Kevin Love - Miami Ground Machine

[Cayman13]

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[Simmy]

I'd honestly rather him sit out the rest of the season rather than try to delay surgery, heal as quickly as possible, and potentially return prematurely just for the small chance that he can play in the last few games of the Finals. His long term health is more important. And even if he was cleared to play, he wouldn't be in basketball form.

If there were any chance he could play for us in the postseason completely healthy without risking injury, obviously I would be all for it. But I just don't see that being possible.

Only reason I would encourage Love to return in even the smallest capacity for the Finals would be for reasons Bill Livingston made reference to in his article today:

• The greatest inspirational playoff story ever is probably the return of team captain Willis Reed in the New York Knicks' seventh-game victory over Los Angeles in 1970. Reed suffered a severe right leg injury, tearing a muscle in it, in the fifth game, which should have tilted the series the Lakers' way.

The Lakers took a 16-point lead in the third quarter of Game 5, but then a scrambling defense and full-court press by New York completely disrupted the Lakers. Wilt Chamberlain, who was always demonized for his failures, was swarmed by a defense that resembled angry bees in a swarm around their hive.

The Lakers committed 19 turnovers in only the second half – 19! – and the Knicks, playing under the mantra "win one for the captain" pulled the game out.

Chamberlain had his way in Southern California in Game 6, although not to the extent of March 2, 1962, when he scored his absurd 100 points on a much different Knicks team. The 1970 Knicks still seemingly had little hope back at Madison Square Garden.

But moments before the tip of the seventh game, Reed limped out of the locker room, limping noticeably on the leg, which had been shot up with painkillers. This is a very dangerous practice on a weight-bearing limb.

The fans rose in a thunderous standing ovation. Energized by the emotional electricity in the building, which was that of a chained lightning bolt after Reed hit his first two shots, the Knicks won easily.

A sentimental press corps, even though Reed did not score and barely played after that, voted him the MVP of the series. This ignored the fact that Walt Frazier had 36 points, 19 assists and seven rebounds. Clearly, Frazier won the game more than Reed.

As a sentimental, motivational factor - even in incredibly limited minutes - if there were any chance that he could even suit up and the players and fans at the Q had a moment to absorb that, the place would errupt and the players would likely kick into a short-handed gear that I don't even think they'd consider possible. That's something I'd be for.

At this stage, all things being as they are, my main concern is the psyche and mental frailty of the players on the floor. Consider the damage its done to fans and how Love being out and JR missing the first 2 games has forced us to realign our expectations - the players spirits have no doubt somewhat diminished as well (whether they admit it or not).

Anything that can propel this team, our fans and our players into a 'we can do this' mindset could still be a good thing.

And in saying that, I don't see how Love is ever coming back for the playoffs, so everything I said is really just an inspirational pipe-dream..

 

[614balling]

Damn, I'm going to miss Fred saying love is in the air.

 

[Jimmy Rustler]

i'm here also hoping that the cavs said he was most likely out of the playoffs due to less speculation/media/expectations.

if/when we make the finals. I hope it will be a 'miraculous' return for K.Love, 70-80% KLove is still alot better than some people on our roster.

 

[All4One1ForAll]

These threats against Olynyk are getting serious now, guys. This lack of class shown by some Cavs fans is astounding.

http://i.imgur.com/d6WK8gd.jpg

 

[theSwayze]

I think this off season the Cavs should sign Chuck Liddell and just put him in the first game we play Celtics and have him just destroy kelly olynyk

NBA with thwart your plan and put the Cavs against the Celtics first game of the season for Kelly Olenchick's suspension game. Now you have Liddell getting schooled in the P&R, you know he's got no lateral movement anymore. Think man, think...

 

[Rainman]

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It's funny I was thinking about a new catch phrase. I had one similar. FOR THE LOVE OF IT or ALL IN FOR LOVE

 

[wremy]

all I know is if Love could come back for limited minutes in any game especially a home game where I hope the crowd would show their appreciation for how IMO he had really looked like he was stepping his game up for the playoffs(especially his toughness in the paint on offense) I think he would offer a huge emotional boost

 

[Yipee]

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr"><a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Cavs?src=hash">#Cavs</a> say Kevin Love had surgery today to repair his shoulder. Recovery time is 4-6 months. Needless to say, his postseason chances are over</p>&mdash; Jason Lloyd (@JasonLloydABJ) <a href="View: https://twitter.com/JasonLloydABJ/status/593605961283153920
">April 30, 2015</a></blockquote>
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[Nightperson]

Well hopefully he doesn't screw us this off-season.

 

[Zen]

Looks like the armchair doctor got the diagnoses including the time out exactly right @AZCavs @Chris . Sorry, I just couldn't resist.


One of many excerpts.
It just isnt a fair comparison id be absolutely shocked if he was back. This is the type of injury thst takes a legit 6 months to even start to feel right

 

[CommD]

Don't think Olynyk will be with BOS next year; Ainge about to apply the bitch slap for fucking up the plan.

 

[Helium filament]

Official statement:

Cavaliers forward Kevin Love underwent successful surgery this afternoon at the Hospital for Special Surgery in New York City to repair his dislocated left shoulder. The surgery was performed by Dr. David W. Altchek. Continuing treatment and rehabilitation at Cleveland Clinic Courts and Cleveland Clinic Sports Health will be conducted by the Cavaliers’ medical staff and Head Team Physician Dr. Richard D. Parker. His projected recovery time is four to six months.

http://www.nba.com/cavaliers/releases/status-update-love-150429

 

[tristan+kyrie=$]

God damn I am depressed...this stings so fucking much...Why Cleveland??? what the fuck did we do to deserve this for over 50 years.

 

[Otsego Mar]

Shit.....saw 4-6......then it hit me like a ton of bricks.