LOS ANGELES – After LeBron James emerged from the longest season in NBA history with a fourth championship ring, he returned home and planned the first Christmas family vacation of his adult life.That's when James learned that his 17th NBA offseason would be unprecedentedly short.When James was told the NBA intended to resume games on Dec.
22, just 72 days after the Lakers beat Miami to win the title, the superstar admits he reacted with a mild expletive.“Just being completely honest, I wasn't expecting that,” James said Monday in his first public comments since the NBA champions opened training camp.“Early conversations were going on, and I was hearing there would be kind of a mid-January start," James said.