Kevin Love Painfully Reacts to LeBron Telling Luka 'Don't Fit In': '#LeHurtMyFeelings'

Love and LeBron played four seasons together on the Cavs.

February 11, 2025
LeBron James and Kevin Love high-five in Cleveland Cavaliers jerseys during a basketball game.
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Kevin Love got in his feelings after seeing LeBron James tell Luka Doncic not to work with the Lakers system and instead "fit out," a callback to when Bron told Love to fit in with the Cleveland Cavaliers back in 2015.

On Monday night, Doncic took the floor alongside Bron for the first time against the Utah Jazz, and right before the game started, the four-time NBA champion told his new teammate in the team huddle, "Luka, be your fucking self. Don't fit in, fit the fuck out." Love caught wind of the video and couldn't believe his former teammate told him the opposite years ago.

Love got on Instagram and shared a post showing a still image of Bron telling Doncic to fit out, and the tweet he sent in 2015 directed at Love that read, "Stop trying to find a way to FIT-OUT and just FIT-IN. Be apart of something special! Just my thoughts."

"Punching the air right now!!! 😢 Just my thoughts 💭 @kingjames#10yearslaterstillahater#LeHurtMyFeelings," Love wrote in his post.

In 2015, Love stated he wasn't necessarily trying to fit into the Cavs system and claimed his teammates told him to "fit out" and be himself. It appeared that Bron wasn't one of those teammates, as he shared his tweet about fitting in and being part of the team.

"It wasn't even about this team. It was more about people in general," James told reporters about his tweet in 2015. "It was just a general thought that I had, and obviously, whatever thought I had, people try to encrypt it and Da Vinci Code it and all that stuff. It's just a general thought. That's all that is."

He added, "And people are always trying to fit out instead of fitting in, instead of being a part of something special. And that's all that was about."

Doncic had a stellar debut with the Lakers, scoring 14 points, dishing out four assists, and grabbing five rebounds (in just 24 minutes) in the blowout against the Jazz. LeBron had another great stat line with 24 points, eight assists, and seven rebounds, helping the Lakers improve to a 32-19 record this season.