"Mo Williams isn't having the greatest week, and now it's gotten painful.

The Cavaliers announced Friday that their point guard suffered a strained groin muscle in workouts leading up to the start of next week's training camp. An MRI at the Cleveland Clinic revealed no tear but the team expects him to not be able to fully return to practice until mid-October. He will take part in some low-impact team activities until then.

This is the second consecutive year a preseason groin injury has slowed Williams down. He missed some practice time and a preseason game last October with a groin strain.

Williams' name has been in the news all week. He was quoted by Yahoo! Sports in an interview released Monday that he considered walking away from the final three years of his contract after LeBron James left in free agency.

"I contemplated it," Williams told Yahoo. "I really sat down and envisioned life after basketball. . . . I really saw myself not playing." "