Through 20 games with the Los Angeles Lakers, LeBron James is averaging the fewest minutes per game of his career (34.8). While James could probably lead the league in minutes per game again at the age of 33, team president Magic Johnson doesn’t want to run James into the ground.
In an interview with Sirius XM NBA Radio (H/T ESPN), Johnson said that the Lakers are trying not to repeat the same mistakes the Cleveland Cavaliers did with James and his usage.
“We are trying to make sure that we watch his minutes but also that we don’t run everything through him because now it is Cleveland all over again and we don’t want that,” Johnson said in an interview on SiriusXM NBA Radio.