LeBron James is averaging 37.1 minutes per game through 21 games this season, a full minute more than he averaged in 14-15.

The idea was for James to drop that number even lower to perhaps 34 minutes per game.

"I'm not a 31, 32 minute guy. That's just not, that ain't me," James said after practice on Thursday. 

The Cleveland Cavaliers haven't been healthy all season with injuries to Kyrie Irving and Iman Shumpert.

"I'm playing at a high level," James said. I'm shooting the ball extremely well and I'm not hurting my team when I'm on the floor. If I'm hurting my team, then I should be sitting down. But I feel good.

"I'm always kind of like in the middle," he continued. I'm not a guy who likes to sit. If we take care of business and we go out and we're able to beat up on a team and I can sit in the fourth, then I can. If not, then I need to play. If I'm in the lineup then I need to be out on the floor. And I'm not saying I have to be out there 48 minutes or 40 minutes. But I'm going to make an impact."