Kevin Love - Miami Ground Machine

[Cavsengland]

Windy on ESPN:

"Kevin Love has not agreed to a contract extension."

Anchor: "Hmmm that should be interesting to keep tabs on..."

Jesus Christ ESPN....

 

[batdan]

I think the love makes the cavs odds on favourites to lead the league in scoring and probably points allowed, im expecting alot of 120 110 victories this year.

Welcome kevin love, i hope you continue to shoot well and board like rodman, just try to guard your man and dont forget to sign that extension fella.

Don't forget rebounding.

 

[blommen]

Didn't know where else to post this but

 

[Green Lantern]

Wow...think about this..first we all thought the Cavs would out of the top 5 let alone the lottery...and then we were thinking about what players would there in the late part of the round..then we got into the top 5, the won the lottery..then LBJ comes back..,now we Love without depleteing the roster..wow..

 

[MirORich]

This off season feels like the the Celtics did when they acquired KG and Ray Allen.

Went from bottom-feeder to champions.

And the beauty is in the ages of the big 3 at the time of the deals:

The Celtics got Garnett at age 31 and Allen at age 32 to add to their homegrown star, Paul Pierce who was 30 at the time.

The Cavs get LeBron at age 29 and Love at age 26 to add to their homegrown star, Kyrie Irving, who is 22

 

[col63onel]

Here's how it had to go down:

1) Love to Philly for Young. Trade crease $6.3 exception for Minnesota

2) Bennett/Wiggins/Heat #1 to Philly for Love. Trade meets salary +$5M rule.

3) Philly sends Bennett/Wiggins to Minny for Mbah a Mbah and Shved. Bennett + Wiggins = $11.1M. Mbah + Shved = $7.7M. Trade meets the 150% salary match rule.

Reason to do that is Philly being so far under the cap, it's ridiculous.

Is #1 is legal? Minny is still over the Cap after that trade.

I am guessing it is legal because, as you said, Philly is still under the cap after that trade.

 

[Jack Brickman]

And the beauty is in the ages of the big 3 at the time of the deals:

The Celtics got Garnett at age 31 and Allen at age 32 to add to their homegrown star, Paul Pierce who was 30 at the time.

The Cavs get LeBron at age 29 and Love at age 26 to add to their homegrown star, Kyrie Irving, who is 22

Technically LeBron is a homegrown star too.

 

[westsidebob]

Is #1 is legal? Minny is still over the Cap after that trade.

I am guessing it is legal because, as you said, Philly is still under the cap after that trade.

It's legal. Minny reduces their salary. Any trade that brings your total salary down is legal.

 

[Houston RZ34]

So....WHAT NUMBER IS HE GOING TO WEAR?!?! lol

 

[Frank Reynolds]

Damn! I couldn't get into the Kevin Love Safari thread to baptize that motha fucka! Closed.

I started that thread back when I was on federal unemployment. You had to trust that Minnesota was going to fuck it up, muck it up, miss out on opportunities, and positively add stupid shit to their team, overpay for guys..... and in our freakish luck this summer (Stern?) we capitalize on David Kahn's ultimate blunder: Giving Kevin Love an early out clause in that past contract. If they weren't designating Ricky Rubio as THE franchise guy; Kevin Love rightfully earned himself every dollar that is owed to him, and Minnesota settled on a 4 year deal with Love, 5th year opt in, but also an ETO option after 3, Love was going to be an unrestricted free agent in 2015 anyways.


We can argue Minnesota's success all you want, but when the franchise is passing up on Boogie Cousins, and taking Wesley Johnson instead, who is no longer even on Minnesota.... They paint this picture saying Kevin's faults basically negate all the positive he brings, and that he's a selfish player who is only looking out for himself. Let's attach this asterisk because he's disinterested, giving up, chasing his own stats..... Maybe blame the guy who assembled the teams, and the owner who was duped into it. Kevin Love was a cheap pawn in Minnesota's drunken chess game. The Cavaliers, on the other end are fuckin around playin' the board like Garry Kasparov after a couple espressos.


Kahn foolishly gave him that out clause in his contract (because of Rubio), and now Kevin Love is property of the Cleveland Cavaliers, teaming up with two players who in this instance; Minnesota never came close to providing him two talents anywhere close to these guys. Three if you want to argue Waiters.

Let's go back to LeBron's first tenure here. We never provided LeBron James with a talent like Kyrie Irving. And there was NEVER anybody who provided anything close to the consistency, steady-and-heady, hand of our newest member, Mr. Kevin Wesley Love.

Don't kid yourselves guys. Kyrie is playing the role of the gunslinger, the Gilbert Arenas Agent Zero role. His trickery, with James and Love's IQ

Kyrie just became our third best player!

With LeBron James, the closest thing we ever got was Antawn Jamison, who coincidentally never did shit the moment he was traded here.

Now we have Kevin Love.

Hey Michael, nice job with the Charlotte Hornets, really great season! Hey Masaraji Urjiri the Toronto Raptors did great, DeRozan is going to take you far!

Thibs, hope you enjoy sending Gasol out to the three point line on every single fucking possession. Joakim Noah will be totally punked and psyched out by the passing between Irving,James,Waiters, Love and Varejao.

The whole is greater than the sum of our parts.

And that's what nobody is understanding.

It's a hard thing to grasp. But when this team gels, you'll know exactly what I'm seeing.

Successful Safari!

Onto the fucking Finals Boys!

 

[JMcCurry08]

CLEVELAND – The Cleveland Cavaliers have acquired forward Kevin Love in a three-team trade that sends guard Andrew Wiggins and forward Anthony Bennett to Minnesota and a projected 2015 first round pick (via Miami) to Philadelphia, General Manager David Griffin announced today from Cleveland Clinic Courts. As part of the three-team trade, Minnesota will also acquire forward Thaddeus Young from the 76ers, while Philadelphia receives forward Luc Mbah a Moute and guard Alexey Shved from the Timberwolves.

“Kevin joining the Cavaliers represents a very special and unique opportunity for our team. At only 25, Kevin has already firmly established himself as one the NBA’s elite players and his talent, versatility and fit are major parts of our team’s vision for success,” said Griffin. “We want to also wish Andrew Wiggins and Anthony Bennett the best as they will continue the start of their careers in Minnesota. They are both outstanding young men that have great potential on the court and long, very successful careers ahead of them.”


Voted as a starter for the Western Conference in the 2014 NBA All-Star Game, Love appeared in 77 games (all starts) for Minnesota last season and averaged a career-high 26.1 points on .457 shooting, including .376 from beyond the arc and .821 from the foul line, 12.5 rebounds and a career-high 4.4 assists in 36.3 minutes per game. Among NBA leaders, the 6-10, 243-pound forward ranked first in double-doubles (65), first in defensive rebounds per game (9.6), third in total rebounds per game (12.5), fourth in points per game (26.1), tied for fourth in triple-doubles (3) and tied for eighth in three-pointers made (190). In 2013-14, Love became the first player in NBA history to record 2,000 points, 900 rebounds and 100 three-pointers in a single season, while also setting Minnesota’s franchise record for three-pointers made in a season, points per game, and free throws made (520) and attempted (633).

Love is the first player to average 26/12/4 over a full season since the NBA/ABA merger as Kareem Abdul-Jabbar and Bob McAdoo had most recently accomplished that feat in 1975-76. He also scored in double figures in all 77 games last season, which includes 57 games with at least 20 points, a Wolves’ franchise record 25 30-point games and six 40-point performances. He collected a league-leading 24 contests with at least 20 points, 10 rebounds and five assists, and possessed the third highest PER in the NBA at 26.97, behind only Kevin Durant (29.90) and LeBron James (29.40).

Over his six-year NBA career, Love has played in 364 games (282 starts) for the Timberwolves and owns career averages of 19.2 points, 12.2 rebounds and 2.5 assists in 36.3 minutes per game. He is a three-time NBA All-Star (2011, 2012, 2014), two-time All-NBA Second Team selection (2012, 2014), Olympic gold medalist (2012) and winner of the league’s Most Improved Player award (2011) and Three-Point Shootout (2012). The UCLA product was selected to the All-Rookie Second Team in 2009 after being the 5th overall pick of the 2008 NBA Draft by the Memphis Grizzlies. He has averaged at least 14 points and 11 rebounds in five of his six NBA seasons and since entering the league, his 12.2 rebounds per game is the second-highest in the NBA (Dwight Howard, 13.3). Since 1980-81, Love is one of only three players to have at least two seasons with 26.0 points and 12.5 rebounds (2011-12, 2013-14), joining Shaquille O’Neal (4) and Moses Malone (2). Love will wear #0 with the Cavs.

Wiggins was the first overall pick by the Cavaliers in this year’s NBA Draft. An early entry candidate from Kansas University, Wiggins, 19, was named Big 12 Freshman of the Year and First-Team All-League in his only year at Kansas. In 35 contests with the Jayhawks last year, the 6-8, 194-pound guard averaged 17.1 points, 5.9 rebounds, 1.2 steals and 1.0 block in 32.8 minutes per game. In four games during the 2014 NBA Summer League, Wiggins averaged 15.5 points, 3.5 rebounds, 1.3 steals and 1.5 blocks in 29.9 minutes per game.

Bennett was the Cavs’ No. 1 pick in the 2013 NBA Draft, appearing in 52 games and averaging 4.2 points and 3.0 rebounds in 12.8 minutes per game in 2013-14. The 6-8, 243-pound forward out of UNLV also played in four contests for the Cavs’ summer league team with averages of 13.3 points and 7.8 rebounds in 29.8 minutes per game.

The Cavs will send Philadelphia a protected first round pick in the 2015 NBA Draft. The pick was originally acquired from the Miami Heat and is pick 1-10 protected in 2015 and 2016. The pick becomes unprotected in 2017.

 

[QuadrupleDouble]

Imagine if lebron tried to recruit when he was here the first seven years?

So who has the scoop on when Ray Allen signs?

 

[col63onel]

It's legal. Minny reduces their salary. Any trade that brings your total salary down is legal.

That part isn't technically true. If Philly was over the cap, they couldn't have done #1.

 

[batdan]

 

[MirORich]

So....WHAT NUMBER IS HE GOING TO WEAR?!?! lol

From the Cavs press release:

Since 1980-81, Love is one of only three players to have at least two seasons with 26.0 points and 12.5 rebounds (2011-12, 2013-14), joining Shaquille O’Neal (4) and Moses Malone (2). Love will wear #0 with the Cavs.