LeBron James on Cavaliers Clinching Division Title: 'It's a Pretty Cool Thing'

LeBron James has been to eight NBA Finals in his career, but he knows not to take anything in this league for granted.

Even division titles.

On Monday, the Cleveland Cavaliers clinched their fourth consecutive Central Division title with a 123-109 victory over the New York Knicks. Even with plenty of work still to be done this season, the four-time NBA MVP stayed in the moment after his team's latest accomplishment, per ESPN's Dave McMenamin:

"I mean, listen, throughout a long season if you're able to accomplish feats no matter what's going on, you should always try to appreciate it, try to take time. I've been one, I've kind of like been a hypocrite [with] that because I'm always moving and trying to figure how we can be better the next day or whatever the case [might] be. So, it's always hard for me to be like, 'OK, another division crown.' Even after all that's gone on with our team and our ballclub this year, but it's a pretty cool thing."

The 33-year-old has been through quite a lot over the past year. After Cleveland traded Kyrie Irving last offseason, the team struggled to start 2017-18 while dealing with no shortage of drama. Ultimately, the team decided a roster overhaul was necessary at the trade deadline.

Through it all, James has never lost confidence in his squad, via McMenamin:

"I'm not much of a doubt guy. But I just, you guys, listen, you've been with us all year. Just the ins and outs, the revolving door of guys in and guys out, either from switching teams or from injuries. Coaches being out. Players being injured. We had six guys leave before the trade deadline, which is something you don't want to be a part of if you don't have to because you want to kind of build stuff. So, it's just been a challenge. And we're trying to figure out the best way we can."

Cleveland (50-31) has now won at least 50 games in each of the four seasons since James returned. In fact, the three-time NBA champion has failed to reach that mark just twice since 2005-06, with one coming during a strike-shortened season that saw his Miami Heat win the NBA Finals.

James once again finds himself in the MVP conversation this season, averaging 27.7 points, 9.2 assists and 8.7 rebounds per game. In his 15th season, he is on pace to play in all 82 regular-season games for the first time in his career.

A strong individual performance and a division title are nice, but success in the playoffs will always be the main objective. The Cavs are a half-game back of the Philadelphia 76ers for the third seed with one game to play. If it winds up in fourth, Cleveland will play the Indiana Pacers in the first round.