After LeBron James left the town, Kevin Love is now the Cleveland Cavaliers’ biggest star and the franchise’s best chance to stay competitive for several more years. Love knows that this will be a lot harder to do without James, but he understands why his former teammate made the decision to leave the Cavs.
According to Kevin Love, LeBron James is always “looking for a different challenge,” and that’s why he decided to sign with the Los Angeles Lakers. Love also had an interesting observation about James, saying that “it feels sometimes like he’s playing chess and everybody else is playing checkers.”
“I think he’s always looking for a different challenge,” – Love told ESPN off James. “He’s always wondering what’s next and it feels like sometimes he’s playing chess and everybody else is playing checkers. He’s very very mentally strong, knows the game of basketball so well and sometimes, there are things that he sees that other people don’t. So I think making it to four straight Finals, him helping the most in us winning a championship in 2016 … I think he might’ve been looking for something different. A change and the next chapter for him and here we are.”
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Unlike James, Kevin Love decided to stay in Cleveland for years to come. He signed a four-year, $120 million contract extension in July, and stay with the Cavs through the 2022-2023 season. In the past season, Love averaged 17.6 points, 9.3 rebounds, and 1.7 assists per game.
