NBA Rumors: LeBron James Might Not Pick Kevin Love In All-Star Game Draft

LeBron James and Kevin Love are teammates on the Cleveland Cavaliers, but there’s no guarantee the two forwards will be linked up for the NBA All-Star Game.

James, along with Golden State Warriors guard Stephen Curry, will be a captain for this year’s All-Star festivities in Los Angeles. This year’s game will be a little different, however, as James and Curry will pick the two teams as opposed to the typical conference showdown.

And while a conventional line of thinking would lead one to believe that James will pick his Cavs teammate, Love apparently hasn’t gotten a guarantee that he’ll be a part of LeBron’s squad.

This doesn’t come as much of a surprise in wake of recent news. As the Cavaliers continue to implode, the team reportedly held an “emotional” team meeting in which some players questioned the legitimacy of Love’s illness that forced him to exit last Saturday’s game against the Oklahoma City Thunder early. Love’s teammates also appeared to intentionally avoid helping him off the floor when he hit the deck in Tuesday night’s game against the San Antonio Spurs.

While James not picking Love only would fuel the rumors of the Cavs’ disconnect, Love’s tweet about his All-Star desires raised some eyebrows on its own Wednesday.

Cleveland doesn’t appear to be able to stay away from drama these days, so it only would make sense that a typically fun weekend of meaningless basketball would find a way to continue this trend.