LeBron wants shorter season to protect players

LeBron James, speaking before the Cavs hosted a preseason game against the Indiana Pacers, was adamant the length of games isn't what should be at stake. And he said most of his fellow players are in agreement.

"No. It's not the minutes, it's the games," James said. "The minutes doesn't mean anything. We can play 50-minute games if we had to. It's just the games. We all as players think it's too many games. In our season, 82 games is a lot. But it's not the minutes. Taking away minutes from the game is not going to shorten the game at all."