Limiting James Minutes This Season
Tyronn Lue is worried about keeping his 14 year veteran refreshed this upcoming season. Lue talked about how the Cavaliers schedule has two 5 game in 7 day stretches which is key because he wants the players to remain healthy. Not driving his players into the ground is a strong point. LeBron James minutes were at a career low last season 35.6 minutes per game. Then jumping up to 39.1 minutes per game which is smart. Last year midway through the season Lue gave James two weeks off. Lue said that James came back looking noticeably refreshed. Although his ideas revolve around James this doesn't mean other players won't be seeing the same type of concept come start of the season. The Cavs' training staff uses biometrics to monitor the players health. Grading them by their body being in the green, yellow, or red zone. This is based on the minutes they play, activities, workouts, stress, and more. When a player enters the red zone Lue is advised to sit that player out.
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I think its a good idea to have LeBron rest more than play, he maybe the best player they have but the older you get the harder its to recover from anything.
ReplyDeleteAyy dude. I don't think they need to limit his minuets. He is the best player on the league and he needs to be on the court in order for them to win games. He's in the best shape of his life and is still in the MVP conversation at 31 years old.
ReplyDeleteHey Grant, I enjoyed reading your post!
ReplyDeleteI think it is really cool how the Cleveland Cavaliers monitor their players health. I definitely think that this concept should be used in all sports; if it isn't already being used. Regardless of which sport it is you can tell when a player is having a great performance or a really bad performance. When a player is not doing that great it is mainly because of his health. By monitoring players health I think it would definitely decrease to number of players getting hurt. Unfortunately unexpected things like injures will probably still happen; regardless of how many safety precautions you use. However, we can still at least can try to reduce the risk of injures.
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