When LeBron James suffered a groin strain against the Golden State Warriors, there were multiple reports about the severity of the injury and different return timetables.
As James ultimately missed 17 games over six weeks, he returned against the Los Angeles Clippers where he was one assist away from a triple-double in 40 minutes.
Since it was not ideal to play that many minutes in his return, James sat out the following game against the Warriors due to load management.
With the 2018-19 NBA season coming to a close, James reflected on what he would have done differently with the worst injury of his career in an exclusive interview with Allie Clifton of Spectrum SportsNet:
“I think I would have just tried to be a little bit more patient.