INDEPENDENCE, Ohio – LeBron James said "I don't think there's a question" that he'll play in the Cavaliers' season opener Tuesday in Chicago, but would not guarantee his availability after being held out of practice again Friday.
"I'm not putting all my eggs in one basket, thinking of Tuesday as the end all, be all," James said in a brief interview with the Northeast Ohio Media Group. "It's a long season. I'm preparing Tuesday as if I'll be ready, and if I have a setback then I won't be ready."
James was similarly coy in an interview with the Cavs' press corps Friday, his first question-and-answer session in a week.