Kevin Love Laughs Off Stephen A. Smith Saying He Didn't Want to Address LeBron Confrontation: 'Lol'

Kevin Love thinks it's funny that Stephen A. Smith believes he had "no choice" but to acknowledge his recent confrontation with LeBron James.

On Friday, March 7, Smith addressed a video taken at the end of Thursday's Lakers-Knicks game that showed LeBron confronting the First Take host. In a tweet, before the episode aired on ESPN, Smith wrote, "I didn't want to have to address this." He said that he wouldn't have done it if the clip didn't go viral. "Now I have no choice," he wrote.

LeBron's former Cleveland Cavaliers teammate Kevin Love laughed at the suggestion in a quote-tweet. "You have no choice? lol" he wrote. "Because it went viral? lol. You didn't want to have to? lol. You wouldn't have? lol."

On First Take, Smith confirmed speculation that LeBron approached him to talk about comments he made about his son and teammate, Bronny James.

"Can't repeat the words, because they ain't suited for FCC airwaves," he said. "That wasn't a basketball player confronting me, that was a parent, that was a father. And I can't sit here and be angry, or feel slighted by LeBron James in anyway in that regard. ... He clearly took exception to some of the things that he heard me say and he confronted me about it."