The Cleveland Cavaliers and Miami Heat have been on different paths this season, but the two teams have remained connected throughout because of LeBron James, who elected to leave Miami as a free agent and return home to play for the franchise that drafted him.
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The Cavs are all but locked into the second seed in the Eastern Conference, but the team still generates plenty of headlines thanks to the drama surrounding LeBron and Kevin Love. The two do not seem to be getting along, and Love's body language has been awful all season, leading to all manner of speculation. After the Cavaliers and Heat played earlier this week, LeBron's former teammate (and one of his three friends in the league) weighed in.
According to Heat Zone, Dwyane Wade thinks that all of the stories surrounding the alleged rift between LeBron and K-Love are being blown out of proportion and that the circus is just a product of the microscope that James has been under for his entire career.
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"I think it's stupid," Wade said. "It's stupid. I guess there's nothing else to talk about. But LeBron is used to it. He's had the spotlight on him for a long time, so everything he's involved with is gonna be a topic. He understands that. His comment recently was just to shut it down.
"People can't expect you to be best friends with all your teammates. You know how many teammates we've had over our career? People don't have that many best friends. You're teammates with some guys, cordial with other guys, friendly with some guys - that's just the way it is in everything. It's a lot made of nothing."
Wade also said that this kind of distraction can really wear on a team.
"It's something you shouldn't have to talk about. If you get enough of those, then it becomes a problem. It's a distraction to have to sit down after wins or losses or whatever and have to talk about are you buddy-buddy with this guy and what's y'all's relationship. Why are we talking about that? Let's talk about wins and losses and whether we're playing well. It becomes a distraction, but at the same time, you've gotta find stories. Stuff gets boring. People gotta have stuff to talk about. What was the outcome? Are they friends or are they not friends? I didn't watch the coverage."
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