Los Angeles Clippers player Kawhi Leonard‘s injury, which forced him out of the NBA playoff, triggered Lakers player LeBron James to go on a critical frenzy aiming NBA authorities for tightly packing this season’s match schedule.

James took to Twitter to offer an angry “I Told You So” to the league, blaming the increase in injuries on the shortest off-season ever, which has been followed by a compressed schedule for the 2020-21 campaign.

He wrote, “They all didn’t wanna listen to me about the start of the season. I knew exactly what would happen. I only wanted to protect the well-being of the players which ultimately is the PRODUCT & BENEFIT of OUR GAME! These injuries isn’t just “PART OF THE GAME”.”

James attributed the frequent injuries in the tournament to the players getting “lack of rest” as the play restarted in December last year after a brief halt of 72 days.

Leonard was ruled out of Wednesday’s game against the Utah Jazz with a sprained right knee, suffered during the Clippers’ series-levelling win in game four on Monday.

US media reports said Leonard could miss the remainder of the series, although the Clippers said there was “no timetable” for the two-time NBA champion’s return.

Leonard joins a phalanx of players who have been affected by injury in the playoffs, including James himself and teammate Anthony Davis — who suffered a groin strain during the Lakers’ first-round series loss to the Phoenix Suns.

Teams like Brooklyn Nets, Utah Jazz and Philadelphia 76ers have also suffered major inconveniences as some of their star players have suffered injuries, which cost them missing out on multiple games.

Nets’ Kyrie Irving is likely to miss his second consecutive game against Milwaukee Bucks. James Harden has also missed out an appearance in the last three clashes.

The Philadelphia 76ers have coped with injuries that sidelined Joel Embiid, while Utah has dealt with injuries to Donovan Mitchell and Mike Conley.

James noted that eight, possibly nine All-Star players have missed playoff games.

“This is the best time of the year for our league and fans but missing a ton of our fav players,” he tweeted. “It’s insane.”