LeBron James Has Watched ‘The Godfather’ 6 Times Since the NBA Playoffs Began

LeBron James keeps himself busy between NBA playoff games by watching ‘The Godfather’—and he’s seen it six times during the postseason.

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The Godfather is obviously a great movie, but it’s also a very, very, very looooooong movie. It clocks in at 177 minutes, and if you’ve ever sat down and watched it in one sitting, you know that it can feel even longer than that.

Fortunately, LeBron James has nothing but time right now. Sure, he has practices to attend, flights to catch, and, of course, games to play during the 2016 NBA Finals. But he also has plenty of downtime between all of those things, and because he’s not on social media during the postseason, he doesn’t have much to fill it. So what does he do when he’s not playing basketball?

According to ESPN’s Chris Broussard, LeBron watches The Godfather. Over and over again. Broussard spoke with LeBron Monday, and the Cavaliers star said he has watched The Godfather six times. James said he's worked The Godfather: Part II into the rotation, too (no word on his feelings on The Godfather: Part III).

"Last night, to settle himself down, he watched The Godfather: Part II," Broussard said. "He has taken to watching The Godfather now throughout this postseason. As you know, like I said, no social media, no SportsCenter, none of that stuff. He’s watching movies. And he’s watched The Godfather six times this postseason. He said last night, 'it just settled me down.'"

Six times? As we said, Godfather is obviously great, but you’ve got so many other options, LeBron! Like, your favorite movie, Gladiator. Or maybe you should check out some of the flicks Steph Curry watched during the Finals last year. Hey, it worked for him, right?

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