David Blatt attempted to clarify comments he made on Sunday saying Kevin Love is not yet a max contract player.

"I don't pay a lot of attention to social media but I think my comment was either misunderstood or misconstrued," Blatt said after Cavs practice Monday at Grand Canyon University. "I was simply saying that with our team, he does not have a max contract because we're not allowed to talk to him about anything until after this season is over. That was really where I was going with that. So I think that's very unfortunate the way that that turned out. That's the way of the world sometimes. I guess I got to be clearer in my thoughts."

Blatt said he talked to Love on Monday about what he had said.

"I did mention it to him just because what I heard [the reaction to it was], but he had no problem with it," Blatt said. "He understands as well as I do sometimes things get taken out of context or even maybe I just wasn't clear in what I meant. But I hope now you understand exactly what I meant. Kevin Love, for me, is a player of the highest order, and whether you want to define that by max contract or any other thing, he's one of the best players in the NBA, and that's the way we value him."

Added Blatt: "I just got to be clearer, that's all. You live and learn."

Love acknowledged that Blatt's comment created a stir but seemed to understand his coach's explanation.

"There was obviously a reaction," Love said. "Not from me. I wanted to get the context of it all. But once I got the context and what he was talking about, he's right. We can't talk about anything about this summer or contracts or anything of that nature. So I just let it roll off [my back]. We had a great practice today, and more than anything, I just think it's unfortunate that that's what we're talking about when we're what, 1-8 in our last nine [games]. So we need to win a basketball game or win basketball games here headed forward, so I'm not really trying to think about that too much."