Kevin Love is not playing in this weekend’s NBA All-Star Game due to a broken bone in his left hand and, though frustrated by missing his second straight All-Star Game due to injury, he’s still in Los Angeles enjoying the various All-Star festivities.
Despite what’s been an up-and-down season for the forward, Love does seem to be in a good mood this weekend. He was thrilled to be selected as an All-Star and even more thrilled to be picked by LeBron James in the All-Star draft. Even after his injury, Love looks to be happy about where he’s at and where the Cavaliers are going.
He’s even able to joke about some recent troubles, like when he was reportedly blamed for a downturn in play for the Cavaliers. That rumor — that Isaiah Thomas claimed Love gave up on a blowout loss to the Thunder when he left with bad headaches — seems far in the past when it comes to Cavaliers history. Thomas isn’t even on the team anymore, and the incident was one full Kevin Love injury ago. Still, he made light of it in an interview on ESPN’s The Jump on Friday afternoon.
Kevin Love keeps it 100 😂 pic.twitter.com/p8Vjh5J9ak
— NBA on ESPN (@ESPNNBA) February 16, 2018
Love was asked about his upcoming fashion line and what season the clothes would be based in, giving him an opportunity to crack a very clever joke.
“I can’t give away too much but it’s a number of items and accessories that I hand-picked. I went through an entire process of finding what was really me, and it happened to be fall,” Love said, a smile coming across his face.
Asked by Rachel Nichols if he was “a fall,” Love kept going.
“I’m a fall guy,” Love said, starting to laugh. “Right? In every way.”
Nichols and the rest of the crew loved the joke, even giving him a bit of a slow clap.
“It makes perfect sense,” Love said, still smiling.
Clearly he’s over whatever happened earlier in the season. Everyone’s happy now, even the guy with the broken hand. And the cast is coming off in the next couple weeks. Maybe Cavaliers general manager Koby Altman really is a genius.
