LeBron James has been a poster child for durability throughout his career but it wasn’t until last season, his 15th in the NBA, that he played in all 82 games of a single season. James has maintained doing so did not have an adverse effect on his body or conditioning.
That of course is of significant importance to the Los Angeles Lakers, who signed James to a four-year contract in free agency this past summer. He’s due to turn 34 years old on Sunday.
The Lakers have cautiously managed James’ minutes thus far, but that couldn’t prevent him from suffering a strained groin in the third quarter of what was an impressive Christmas Day performance against the Golden State Warriors.