Even though Kevin Love and LeBron James are teammates at the moment, Love doesn’t think that the King is a worthy MVP candidate. James has been in magnificent form lately, leading the Cavaliers to the second seed in the East, and it is a bit unfair not to receive support from his teammate. On the other hand, Love, hasn’t been exactly in top form this season. Nevertheless, in the big man’s opinion, his former UCLA teammate deserves the MVP award more than the King.
“They’re both having an MVP-type season, but I’m going to go with Russell Westbrook because he’s, every single night you’re looking at his stat sheet, they’re fighting for a playoff spot, with Serge Ibaka going down now, Kevin Durant potentially being out the rest of the year and him still going out there and fighting for his team, and winning, and fighting for that seventh or eighth spot in the playoffs. I think Russ is arguably having the better season.”
Even though, it is true that Westbrook is indeed carrying the Oklahoma City Thunder on his back, it’s not exactly realistic to put James so far behind. LeBron has been the main reason the Cavaliers have been doing so well recently. Moreover, he has appeared in a bigger number of games and has logged 400 minutes more than Westbrook.
Furthermore, Love said that he isn’t having the best kind of relationship with James.
“It’s fine. You know, we’re not best friends, we’re not hanging out every day, but we see each other every day, whether at the practice facility, whether on the road or going to a game. I think our relationship is also evolving. I can say the same with each and every coach, Coach Blatt and each and every player on the team. But that’s part of the NBA.”
The fact that Love and James are not close is a bit strange and alarming. Throughout his whole career, James has been known to be a great leader, and he’s been very close to all of his teammates. These statements are a kind of explanation for the weak chemistry between the stars on the court. Both James and Love haven’t shown any signs of great understanding while playing basketball and this riff between them off the court may be the explanation.
It will be quite interesting to see whether Love will choose to remain a Cavalier after these statements. He has said that even if the team doesn’t a win a championship this year he doesn’t plan to leave – “I plan on being a Cavalier either way.” However, I don’t think that we can be entirely sure about that. Love has looked a bit out of sync in this team, and he hasn’t been the same player since arriving in Cleveland.
NBA News: Kevin Love puts Westbrook over James in MVP race
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