Here’s a short musing about athletes and perspective that I haven’t been able to shake since reading an interesting piece a few days ago about LeBron James and how he’s been able to conserve energy while logging heavy minutes in the NBA playoffs.
The upshot: He spends more time walking instead of running than almost every other player in the NBA, and in the playoffs he’s walking almost a full 80 percent of the time.
And he’s flat-out taking plays off. Per ESPN.com:
It manifests itself in many ways. For example, during free throws, James will often walk to the other end of the floor.