Kevin Love

Kevin Love remains on the Cavaliers radar.

(AP)

CLEVELAND, Ohio -- Kevin Love can't win.

Trying to answer a question about the wild speculation concerning his future, the Minnesota Timberwolves star only fueled more speculation.

Asked about an ESPN.com report that he had no interest in Cleveland, Love told the USA Today blog, "The Big Lead," "I don't think the Cleveland [trade rumors] are outlandish at all. They have a great young foundation.''

Love was in Los Angeles to promote the video game "Call of Duty'' and agreed to answer five questions from "The Big Lead.'' There was one stipulation: There couldn't be any questions about the Boston Celtics. A recent trip to Boston generated a flood of speculation that Love, who can be a free agent next summer and reportedly has informed the Wolves he doesn't plan to sign an extension with Minnesota, would try to force a trade to the Celtics.

But his answer to the fifth question will raise some eyebrows in Cleveland.

Q: I saw this actual sentence on ESPN over the weekend: "Cleveland has interest in Love, but the feeling isn't mutual." Did you see that and what do you make of reporting like that? How difficult is it not to pick up the phone and call your agent, or pick up your phone and tweet that it's BS?

Love: "I try not to read it. A lot of it is brought to my attention through outside sources, sometimes twitter. But like most people, I need to be conscious of my image and try to roll with the punches. I know that's a generic answer. I don't think the Cleveland [trade rumors] are outlandish at all. They have a great young foundation."

Love starred with Cavs All-Star Kyrie Irving in one of Irving's popular Uncle Drew videos for Pepsi Max.

He has long been on the franchise's radar. Last year, the Cavaliers offered the No. 1 pick in the draft, along with Dion Waiters and Tristan Thompson, for Love. This year, the Cavs again have the No. 1 pick in a much-deeper draft and general manager David Griffin has made it clear he would consider trading the pick to acquire a player the caliber of Love.