If LeBron James actually didn’t want to start a new NBA season a few days before Christmas, it would be pretty easy to understand why. After all, the Lakers only just finished winning their championship in early October; why would a 35-year-old with tons of mileage want to start their next training camp less than two months after the longest title run in NBA history?
That reality is why it wasn’t surprising that Lakers guard Danny Green said he didn’t think James would want to play if the season was really starting in December, and why it’s even less shocking that it leaked out that James is one of “several star players” opposed to a season starting that soon.