He missed playoffs during the first two seasons in his NBA career.
From 2006 to 2017-2018 season, he never missed playoffs and reached Finals 9 times, consecutively from 2010-18.
What a tiring career. Since Lakers didn't make it again to playoffs last season, I'm sure LeBron miss having a long vacation. He also now enough time for anything including preparation for the next season.
Ow... Thanks for correcting my mistake, its just that I wasn't able to witness Lebron's early stage of journey in the NBA so I miss that.
Anyway, I think it's normal because he starts young in the NBA like Kobe, and after he started to entered in playoffs, he was consistent until he was already consistent to be in the NBA finals, which is a big improvement.
In fact, I can say that Lebron has already accomplished everything as an NBA player, giving championship in 2 different team is a proof that he can play with other teams and still bring the same result, hopefully he can also do that with the Lakers.