LAS VEGAS -- Cavaliers general manager Koby Altman said he doesn't think trading Kevin Love "makes us better" now that LeBron James is gone, and laid out his case Friday against tanking.
"The years where you're non-competitive aren't fun," Altman said, in his first public comments since James agree to leave the Cavs and join the Los Angeles Lakers. "And I know that's hard to build a culture that way and we've had a great culture of winning because of LeBron and that infrastructure that he brings right away. And I'd like to capitalize on that.
"You won't be nearly as good if you lose a player of that magnitude," Altman said, speaking of James.