After the Golden State Warriors swept his team in the NBA Finals, Cleveland Cavaliers star Kevin Love pondered how things might have played out if Kyrie Irving was still on the roster.
Per Gary Washburn of the Boston Globe, Love mentioned Irving while describing everything the Cavs went through during the 2017-18 season:
"I think it's only natural to think about [if Irving was still here]. Especially looking at [J.R. Smith] and Tristan [Thompson] and LeBron and myself, and the guys that have come and gone from our 2016 team and what we were able to do to overcome a 3-1 deficit [in the Finals], and how we were able to win those games.