LeBron James wants courtside photographers, videographers relocated after collision

It happens far too often in the National Basketball Association.

A player storms into the row of cameramen sitting along the baseline after losing his balance, often following a particularly hard foul.

Cleveland Cavaliers forward LeBron James wants to remove those encounters from the game, and will propose changing where photographers and videographers sit later this summer.

"During the Players Association meetings in July, I'll have some points that will be announced," James told Chris Haynes of Northeast Ohio Media Group. "Something has to be done."

The four-time MVP received a nasty cut on the back of his head in Game 4 of the NBA Finals courtesy of a camera he fell into after being bumped by Golden States Warriors center Andrew Bogut.

While many pointed their fingers at Bogut for being overly physical on the play, the 7-foot Aussie directed the blame at James, accusing him of exaggerating the contact and jumping into the camera on purpose.

Several NBA players took to social media following the play to push for cameramen to move further away from the action.

It wasn't the first instance during the Cavaliers' postseason run where a cameraman caused James distress, as the 30-year-old rolled his ankle after stepping on one of their feet during Game 1 of the Eastern Conference Finals against the Atlanta Hawks.

Michele Roberts, the executive direction of the NBA Players Association, agrees that adjustments need to be made, saying: "While I appreciate and enjoy up-close action shots of game play, do they really need to be that close to the action? I am no techno geek, but haven't we evolved such that we can capture that action without being within inches of the game?

"Frankly for both the safety of the players and the camera men and women, we need to find a better solution."