Who needs Love? Blazers, Hawks, Wolves are intriguing landing spots
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When LeBron James left Cleveland for the Lakers in summer 2018, the Cavs needed to respond with a big move. So they extended five-time All-Star Kevin Love’s contract through the 2022-23 season, a bold move demonstrating Cleveland still had playoff aspiratioWho needs Love? Blazers, Hawks, Wolves are intriguing landing spots
When LeBron James left Cleveland for the Lakers in summer 2018, the Cavs needed to respond with a big move. So they extended five-time All-Star Kevin Love’s contract through the 2022-23 season, a bold move demonstrating Cleveland still had playoff aspirations and wasn't going to give up. Then the Cavaliers gave up. In the season opener, Love suffered a toe injury that required surgery. Then the Cavaliers fired Tyronn Lue after six games, sent J.R. Smith home, and traded Kyle Korver just after Thanksgiving. Cleveland won 19 games last season, and Love's contract seems wildly out of place now on a tanking team building around young guards Darius Garland and Collin Sexton, both of whom can’t legally drink. So news that Love is on the trading block isn't surprising. He has seemingly been subject of trade rumors since his 2014 trade to the Cavaliers (5-18), who, by the way, have won exactly one game in the past month. Love turned 31 before the season, but he’s still an excellent outside shooter (15.6 ppg.) and Read more