“For me, at the end of the day, I want to win. My first three years were 24 wins, 15 wins, 17 wins,” Love told Yahoo! Sports. “Now things are finally turning around. Losing Ricky [to a season-ending knee injury] was terrible for us. We didn’t make a move at the deadline, which is tough. But we just got to rock with the guys we have now.
“But at the end of the day, if we continue to progress as we get older, learn the system, learn to play together, things are going to look up for us. But am I going to be here my whole career? That’s really up in the air.”
At the end of the day, you got both L.A. teams, Chicago, Orlando, Miami, New York, Brooklyn now, teams that are in bigger markets that are always going to draw more attention from free agents because they want the bigger market and they want maybe a warmer climate.”
“I feel like I could be a lot more well-known,” Love said. “I feel like I could get a lot more respect. But respect is gained by continuing to get better and working my ass off and continuing to get better at what I can be: winning and every night competing and working as hard as I can. …
“Building a brand is definitely big. If someone said they didn’t want to do that they’d be lying to you. If you win everything takes care of itself. That’s how greatness is formed. But guys in bigger markets are going to get more endorsements because that’s just what sells.”
“It was the right decision for me at this time,” Love said of signing a contract extension. “Heading into my prime, if I’m here all four years, I’ll have my chance to pick and be 27. I will have my chance to go wherever I want. But if we are rolling? Who’s to say what will happen.”