Last season in late December, LeBron James took an anti-inflammatory shot in his back to help deal with issues. He missed a little over two weeks and eight games. He came back rejuvenated and was able to carry the brunt of the work, leading the short-handed Cavaliers all the way to the NBA Finals before losing to the Golden State Warriors. This season he’s ready to do the same thing if he deems it necessary.
LeBron got the same shot during training camp and is expected to play when the season tips off Tuesday night (and the Cavs take on the Bulls), but in talking about it he said he’ll do it again if needed, reports Dave McMenamin of ESPN.
“But it’s always been in the works, and if it happens again where I need to sit down for another week for the better of the team, then [that will be] in the works as well.”
LeBron has been an iron man throughout his career — he had never missed more than seven games in a season before the last one. However, as his body ages and he feels the toll of all those miles (including hard driving playoff miles) he’s approaching the season differently.
