Love appeared on the “Ledlow & Parker” podcast and indicated that the 2017 Cavaliers were actually more talented. That squad ended up falling to the Golden State Warriors in five games, with Love citing the team’s dampened competitive fire as a cause. “In 2017, I actually think that was our most talented team,” Love said. “And that was one where like, we’re three years in, some of the jokes aren’t as funny anymore, stuff is falling on deaf ears or it’s raining hollow. Everybody’s kinda like, ‘Oh, we’ll figure it out during the playoffs.’ So we’re not trending or hitting on all cylinders on the time that we should. “Then of course we come out and we’re like, ‘Oh, this is easy, we’re just gonna make it to the Finals and we’re gonna give it our best shot.’ Had we really locked in that I feel like could have been—cause it’s only this much between winning and losing—I felt like that was our most talented team and I think we only won one game in the Finals.”