Kevin Love Disagrees With Kyrie Irving On Media Dividing Locker Rooms

A: “I’ll say this: This is something that I learned from Bron. It was a quick instance in the locker room. Something had come out and I hadn’t said it and hadn’t done anything or my words got taken out of context. I confronted him and said, “Just so you know …” He said, “They aren’t dividing us. I know. I know.” He’s 16 years in, this was like two to three years ago, that’s when I realized that so long as there is that trust and transparency, it shouldn’t divide a locker room. Because you can’t have so much noise. There’s only so many things you can think about in order to play your game. I think having a young locker room, even guys that are five years or less, having gone through it and being the Boston Celtics, being a team like that and Kyrie trying to be a main leader, that’s a tough thing to juggle. But that’s always been part of professional sports. It’s part of it. It’s just the way it is.”

There is no denying Irving has had a difficult time adjusting to being the leader on a young team, famously turning to James for advice earlier this season. There also is no denying that every team goes through its fair share of media scrutiny. Some handle much better than others. Irving currently sits in the latter category.