LeBron James' first season with the Los Angeles Lakers was an unmitigated disaster.

The superstar suffered a groin injury in December, which knocked him out for over a month and represented the first time in his NBA career that he had been sidelined for an extended period of time.

When he came back, the Lakers were in disarray and had fallen out of the Western Conference playoff picture, and his return did nothing to help the situation.

Los Angeles ended up winning just 37 games as James missed the playoffs for the first time since his second year in the league back in 2005.

But now, with the Lakers adding Anthony Davis and numerous other pieces over the course of the offseason, James feels rejuvenated. He called his summer a great success at media day on Friday:

“It's been a great summer for me,” said James, via ClutchPoints. “Spent a lot of time with family and friends, shot a movie, and got an opportunity to put a lot of work into my game.”

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The 34-year-old added that he “ramped up” his training over the last couple of months.

Individually, LeBron had one of his prototypical seasons this past year, averaging 27.4 points, 8.5 rebounds, 8.3 assists and 1.3 steals over 35.2 minutes per game while shooting 51.0 percent from the floor, 33.9 percent from 3-point range and 66.5 percent from the free-throw line.

But without a postseason appearance, all of those stats went for naught.

The good news for James is, barring any injuries or unforeseen circumstances, he should almost certainly be back in the playoffs this year.