INDEPENDENCE, Ohio -- Back on Cleveland Cavaliers media day in late September, LeBron James came into the new season with a fresh mind and body.
"This is one of the best offseasons I've had in my career," James said. "And I'm extremely excited."
After spraining his left ankle, however, and only playing in one of the Cavs' five preseason games, followed by a 3-4 start to the regular season, James admits that all the air from his summer training was let out of his balloon when he got injured.
"This was probably the worst training camp for me in my career because of the injury," James said at Cavs shootaround Wednesday morning before their game against the Indiana Pacers.