Shane Battier has been very impressed with LeBron James off the court during his tenure this season with the Heat.

"He is a fascinating study because he's really the first and most seminal sports figure in the information age, where everything he does is reported and dissected and second-guessed many times over, and he handles everything with an amazing grace and patience that I don't know if other superstars from other areas would have been able to handle," said Battier.

James has taken up reading books after shootarounds and before games, something widely reported.

"Whatever happened in the past -- good bad, indifferent -- it's in the past," Battier said. "I think LeBron is in a really good spot personally and professionally and he's focused on what he needs to do for our team."