INDEPENDENCE, Ohio -- The Cavaliers nearly traded Kevin Love twice.
Once was near the trade deadline in 2016, the year they'd go on together to win their only championship. The other was last summer, when they thought they'd secured a deal for Paul George that Indiana pulled out of at the last second. His name popped up in trade rumors even beyond that.
Love was picked on by LeBron James, publicly (anyone remember the FIT IN tweet?) and privately, especially during his first two years here.
He was the one who had to change how he played to make it work in Cleveland -- not James and not Kyrie Irving -- and coach Tyronn Lue got in Love's face more than once, to tell him to quit whining and demand the ball.