Why The Warriors Should Kick The Tires On a Kevin Love Trade With The Cavs
Kevin Love should no longer stay in Cleveland. It’s more than obvious that the Cavaliers are trying to build their roster around two lottery picks in Collin Sexton and Darius Garland. Love can be of great help for the development of both players. There’s almost zero change that we see the Cavaliers earn a playoff spot, and Love makes a lot of money to be a tutor.
Love is an excellent player, and he will be of great contribution for many good teams who lack one big player to become awesome. We can see him become a third option in other teams. His shooting and passing game is impeccable, and he rebounds like crazy. Let’s not forget that the superstar can help a team make the NBA Finals.
Love signed a four-year contract worth $120 million with the Cavaliers last summer. He played 22 games, and we haven’t seen him play more than 60 games since the 2015-16 season. His extension begins the season with $28.9 million. He will make $31.2 million, $31.2 million and $29.8 million through the 2023 season.
He is a good fit for the Golden State Warriors.
“Beyond that, after the shock of the D’Angelo Russell deal to Golden State wore off, I started thinking about potential deals for Russell, and for the Warriors, Love makes a lot of sense. The team is obviously ready to win now and Love slots wonderfully as a big stretch four next to Draymond Green in a new version of the Death Lineup. Russell is a young All-Star, and he’s set to make nearly the same amount as Love, but the Cavs already have their backcourt in place. Perhaps a third team could get involved, or again, maybe the Cavs end up being willing to move of one of Garland or Sexton, but that likely wouldn’t be this season before they’ve had a chance to really see what they have in each.”
The Clippers and Nuggets make sense, too. Neither team has a good package to draw the attraction of the Cavaliers. However, the Hawks may be interested. They have $70 million in expiring deals, and also own the Nets’ 2020 first-rounder and Oklahoma’s 2022 first rounder.
Things are getting really interesting.