While ESPN The Magazine went with Chicago’s Derrick Rose as the cover of their NBA Preview issue, Sports Illustrated wasted no time in putting LeBron James, Kyrie Irving and Kevin Love front and center on theirs.

In the Eastern Conference, all eyes will be on Cleveland with its new Big Three of LeBron James, Kyrie Irving andKevin Love, all of whom appear on the national cover of this week’s Sports Illustrated. Just like Cleveland, almost every team improved in the East, setting up for what could be a particularly eventful season. “There are questions. We want the pressure. We want the focus,” says Love, a three-time All-Star who averaged 26.1 points and 12.5 rebounds for the Wolves last season before coming to the Cavaliers. “I’m going to be a sponge. I know I can get a lot better.”

By the looks of things, it appears that Lee Jenkins nabbed himself yet another LeBron story, one that will now feature a few of his teammates, complete with money quotes from power forward Kevin Love. The Cavs also topped SI’s “League Pass Entertainment” list.

ESPN The Magazine forecasted the Cavs to win 56 games this season (two below the Las Vegas over/under), but does add that they could get that total to 62 by merely playing league average defense. What SI has in store remains to be seen, but between this past July, ESPN last month, and the impending SI issue, it appears that Cavs fans will get to see Cleveland on plenty of national covers over the next few months.

Case in point: The upcoming SLAM.

Buckle up, Cavs fans. It’s about to get fun.