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INDEPENDENCE, Ohio -- The challenge for Cleveland Cavaliers coach Tyronn Lue in his first full season at the helm isnt just how to direct LeBron James when hes on the court but also figuring out a way to keep the 14-year veteran off it.As Cavs training camp opens this week, Lue said maintaining James, 31, for the long haul is a priority.Ive looked at the schedule, Lue said Wednesday. Just seeing what makes sense and whats smart when playing four-in-five type of nights. Cant run our guys into the ground. We have to be smart, understand we have to take care of our bodies and take care of our key guys. Make sure that when we get to the playoffs were ready to go.The Cavs schedule actually doesnt include any four-games-in-five-nights scenarios as Lue mentioned, but it features plenty of three-in-four obligations as well as two five-in-seven stretches: one from Dec. 20-26 and another from April 4-10, the latter of which will assuredly include rest dates for James as Cleveland prepares for the postseason.James played a career-low 35.6 minutes per game last season, upping that workload in the playoffs to 39.1 minutes per game as he made his sixth straight trip to the Finals en route to winning the championship. This came a year after he took a two-week sabbatical in the middle of the regular season to rest his body and came back looking noticeably refreshed.Considering the way James taking a step back in the regular season the past two years has seemingly allowed him to take two steps forward in the postseason, the four-time MVP was asked whether he has adjusted how he approaches the 82-game grind.I try to make myself available for my teammates every night, and I think Ive had some pretty good coaches over the last few years, with Erik Spoelstra my last couple years there [in Miami] and now Coach Lue has done a great job of just trying to help me take care of my body, James said, because Im very stubborn when it comes to wanting to play.Perhaps saying more through omission, James skipped over David Blatt -- fired at midseason last year and now guiding a team in Turkey -- as he rattled off his recent coaches.[My coaches] also know Ive put a lot of miles on my body over the last six years from going to the Finals every single year, so, health and longevity for our team is very important, James continued. He said its key for the entire staff to keep a close eye on it.The Cavs training staff uses biometrics to monitor its players throughout the season, categorizing each players body as being in the green, yellow or red zone at any given point based on a combination of minutes played, activity on the court, workout, stress, etc. When a player enters the red zone, Lue is advised to sit him out.So it wont be just James whom Lue will keep on a short leash at times.My thing is just making sure guys are healthy, continue to limit LeBrons minutes, and he was at an all-time low last year, Lue said. Watch Kyrie [Irvings] minutes because we know were playing for something big. We know when we get to the playoffs its going to require a lot of minutes, so with those guys and with Kevin [Love], just have to watch guys getting to the red zone.I talked about the red zone last year, and our training staff does a great job of making sure they let me know who is getting close to that. For me, in the playoffs, health is more important than anything. As long as we can get to the playoffs healthy, I will be very excited about that.James went through a personal boot camp last September, practicing three times a day before training camp to try to ready himself. He followed that up by declaring he intended to play all 82 games for the first time in his career. He ended up playing 76 but vowed Wednesday he could have played the full slate.Does he have a game total in mind for this regular season, considering his goal is to reach a seventh straight Finals at the conclusion of it?For me its a mindset, and its getting my body in 82-game fashion, James said. Will I play them all? Hopefully, but if not then ... For me, for my mental [state] to say I can go out and play all 82 because my body feels that good. Last year I talked about it and I couldve done it. So I just have the same mind frame as I had last year.Luis Gil Jersey . PETERSBURG, Fla. 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The top-ranked Americans are seeking redemption in Rio and their first gold ever.This is the rivalry to watch in the womens volleyball tournament.The Americans expected to win gold four years ago in London and instead were stunned by the Brazilians, who captured their second straight Olympic title.Now, the Brazilian women have home court, so beating them in Rio would be even more monumental.And coach Karch Kiralys close-knit U.S. squad believes it has built the right mix to challenge for the top spot on the podium this August in Rio de Janeiro. The Americans have developed a culture they are counting on being the right one.Ive never seen anybody win a competition like the Olympics without getting through massive adversity along the way, and the way you do that is to have the team that fights really hard for each other and makes each other better and adds up to more than the sum of their parts, Kiraly said. When our adversity came at us, it wasnt until the final match of the Olympics and we werent powerful enough. We didnt add up to enough more than the sum of our parts to be able to withstand the storm that came at us.The American women have dealt with challenges already preparing for Rio. They had to get there the hard way -- through a second-chance qualifier in January at Lincoln, Nebraska, after losing twice at last years World Cup in Japan for bronze, with the top two teams securing their spots then for Rio.Brazil coach Jose Roberto Guimaraes led the mens team to gold at the 1992 Barcelona Games and then the women the past two Olympics, and he has several players from both of those winning teams back for the run right at home in Rio.The Brazilian women would become the first to capture three straight gold medals in womens volleyball since Cuba in 1992, `96 and 2000. China won in 2004 at Athens.Kiralys team will be in the same six-team pool with China just as it was in London. The Americans beat China in the 2014 world championship, while China won last years World Cup in Japan.Here are some things to watch in the Rio Games volleyball tournament, which became part of the Olympic program in 1964:NO LONDON SWEEP: The Brazilian men were so close to making it a sweep of the top podium spot in London, then Dimitriy Muserskiy and Russia changed the plan. The Russians captured their first mens volleyball gold in 32 years with a comeback five-set victory, even saving two match points in the third set for a 19-25, 20-25, 29-27, 25-22, 15-9 victory.Former Brazil captain Gilberto Godoy Filho, known as Giba, was one of the games most celebrated stars who led Brazil to gold in Athens. He said farewell in London after 16 years with the national team.FORMAT: In both the mens and womens tournaments, there will be two six-nation pools with the top four from each advancing.The pools were divided based on teams with the highest world ranking aas of Jan.dddddddddddd 1 being placed first into Pool B after host Brazil was automatically put into Pool A.On the womens side, Serbia returns to the Olympics for the first time since 2008 in Beijing.YOUTH MOVEMENT: U.S. mens coach John Speraw has embraced a youth movement with the Americans, choosing eight first-time Olympians to his roster to join veterans such as four-time Olympian Reid Priddy and David Lee headed to his third Olympics.This group won the 2014 World League title and last years World Cup, so those championships alone have helped the U.S. gain valuable experience on the world stage.For us to have been at the top of the podium a couple times this quad, it does give a young team confidence they can win a tournament, Speraw said. Certainly thats our goal. They believe they can do that. They believe they can win a gold in Rio.RUSSIAN SCANDAL: The meldonium doping scandal that has tainted many Russian athletes, including tennis star Maria Sharapova, extended to volleyball, too. Russia outside hitter Alexander Markin tested positive for the substance in January following the semifinal match against Germany at the 2016 European Olympic Qualification tournament. Markin was temporarily suspended while the FIVB, volleyballs international governing body, considered the case. The FIVB found that Markin committed an anti-doping rule violation but bore no fault or negligence in this case and reinstated him. The panel also found that the amount of meldonium in Markins sample was so small that it likely did not enhance his performance, and therefor did not impact Russias qualification for the Rio Games.DONT COUNT OUT CHINA: While much of the focus in Rio will be on the battle between the U.S. and host favorite Brazil, the Chinese womens national team could surprise everyone. China is ranked No. 2 under coach Jenny Lang Ping -- the former U.S. coach who led the Americans to silver in Beijing. Lang Ping was known as the Iron Hammer during her playing days, and helped guide the Chinese women to victory in the 1984 Los Angeles Olympics. She stepped down as coach of the Americans shortly after the Beijing Games to devote more time to her family, but took Chinas top post in 2013. Earlier this year, Lang Ping married Wang Yucheng, a religious studies professor.RUSSIAN WOMEN REGROUP: The Russian women have had to heal during this four-year cycle, and now they will chase their first Olympic medal since earning silver at the 2004 Athens Games.After failing to medal at the London Olympics after coming into the tournament as a contender, the Russian women suffered an unimaginable loss.Their coach, Sergei Ovchinnikov, died at age 43 while working at a training camp in Croatia only a couple of weeks later. Russia lost in the quarterfinals in London to Brazil.---AP Sports Writer Anne M. Peterson contributed to this report. ' ' '