It was just reported by Chris Haynes that Lebron will be on a minutes restriction.
About 28-32 minutes per game, and likely will not play back-to-backs.
BREAKING: @ChrisBHaynes reports Lakers will put LeBron on a minutes restriction and likely won't let him play back-to-backs.
This is going to be a big deal because it's LeBron, but it probably sounds worse than it is. It's late in the season, only 3 back-to-backs left (@TOR/@DET, WAS/@UTA, GS/@LAC), and 32mpg is a reasonable number. For comparison much younger legs like Donic, Hield, Tatum, Jokic only avg 31-32mpg, and other star vets like Kyrie, CP3, Giannis, Conley all avg 33mpg.
LeBron does not need to be playing 40mpg at his age, with nothing really on the line. Last 13 games (since he came back from injury), he's averaging 38mpg and had 5 games over 40 minutes.
If you told me Stevens was going to limit any player on the C's to 32mpg, and have them play only 14 of the 17 remaining games, I would think that's par for the course. If you told me a healthy All-Star like Towns or Beal on the outside of the playoffs would only play 32mpg and sit out 3 of the remaining games, I would think that's pretty normal and need no press release. But it's LeBron, so it will probably be a big deal.