OAKLAND, Calif. — Yes, there was damage done to the relationship between LeBron James and Kyrie Irving.



Also yes, it was repaired by Irving’s call to James last month to apologize.



“Yeah, we’re in a good place right now,” James told The Athletic Saturday night. “Me and Kyrie are in a good place right now. I love the man that he’s becoming, I love the challenges he’s accepted and I always wish the best for him.”



These were James’ first public comments about the call he received to his cell last month from Irving, his former teammate on the Cleveland Cavaliers who buzzed to apologize for the hard time he gave James as a younger player.



In a twist of fate, Kevin Love, the third member of Cleveland’s Big 3, was with James at a Los Angeles pizza place the night Irving called.



James said of that call: “We talked and it was a great conversation,” but wouldn’t...