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Kevin Love - Miami Ground Machine

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Is Kevin Love a Hero for Saving a Dog?

  • Yes

    Votes: 28 48.3%

  • Too Right!

    Votes: 2 3.4%

  • Hotter than Jimmy G

    Votes: 15 25.9%

  • Jim Chones

    Votes: 13 22.4%
  • Total voters
    58
Stretch waive is a good idea but I don't know how much drama Love actually brings. It's almost like he isn't enough of a star or team leader to create drama any more. Just an old guy in the background with an embarrassing price tag. Main issue seems like his cap hit prevents us from pursuing free agents, and we aren't quite at the point where we'd want to do that yet -- still want another year in the lottery. And he'll be off the books after next year.
 
Alec Zander said:
running to the media and complaining off the record. Embarrassing Beilein in practices. Undermining his authority.

just being an entitled beach boy descendant asshole.
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Don’t forget that TT was part of that as well. There were 3-4 of the team’s vets that rebelled against Belien’s methods
 
I don't want Kevin Love around the young guys. As recently as last season, he's acted like a petulant child *on* the court, let alone things he may be doing in practice and off the court. I wouldn't have been eager to get rid of Tristan like this, but Love has to go. The Cavaliers have Allen Mobley and Lauri that need relatively big minutes. They have "Fat Kev + D" (according to his coach) in Wade, as well. I'm not sure where regular minutes come for him. I haven't seen/heard of him being a role model for young players, so what's the benefit of *keeping* him?

I'm not saying he needs to agree to a buyout, but im sending him away from the team like they did with Andre and JR the last few years. At least.
 
FrontPageNews said:
I’m not surprised at all. I wouldn’t give up 60M either. He has clearly lost his passion for basketball a while ago. He cares more about modeling and his outside interests. He already has a ring so why take a pay cut just to go ring chasing and make the vet min. He’ll just get hurt again and sit out 40-60 games and continue to collect his checks.
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He will end up playing and getting hurt again. His attitude ..well thats to be determined.
 
adam81king said:
I don't want Kevin Love around the young guys. As recently as last season, he's acted like a petulant child *on* the court, let alone things he may be doing in practice and off the court. I wouldn't have been eager to get rid of Tristan like this, but Love has to go. The Cavaliers have Allen Mobley and Lauri that need relatively big minutes. They have "Fat Kev + D" (according to his coach) in Wade, as well. I'm not sure where regular minutes come for him. I haven't seen/heard of him being a role model for young players, so what's the benefit of *keeping* him?

I'm not saying he needs to agree to a buyout, but im sending him away from the team like they did with Andre and JR the last few years. At least.
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Agreed. I don’t see how Love will accept not starting or playing regular minutes and not be a cancer.
 
Randolphkeys said:
Literally no proof of any of these statements. I posted quotes from Love that he is changing his career outlook as well.
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He threw multiple fits that helped get Bielein fired and had a well publicized meltdown against Toronto this past year. He quit on Team USA, just like he’s quit on the Cavaliers.

Every year we hear Love has re-made his body and is coming to camp in great shape yet he continues to get injured. Why should we believe anything Love says, at this point?
 
Lee said:
I dont hate Kevin Love, but i see no point on him playing much unless we have injuries. We are a young building team. Allen, Lauri, Mobley, Sexton, Garland, Okoro, are all under 25 years old, only Rubio is over 25 that projects to get allot of minutes, and his mentor role should be invaluable. I would Love to become a mentor, but I dont know if he has it in him.

Love helped us win a title, and will always Love him for that. Its not my 60 million, so he can be our giant 60 million dollar victory cigar and get in at the end of blow outs, it really doesnt bother me. I dont think he is a distraction, his heart isnt in it, but its not like he is throwing any shade or soup at anyone.
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He’s just sowing discord within the team by talking shit to journalists and costing us games by throwing a hissy fit during them since he can no longer keep up. This isn’t even mentioning him getting a coach fired. His problems are well documented. The guy is a garbage can of a human being.
 
sailfish said:
He threw multiple fits that helped get Bielein fired and had a well publicized meltdown against Toronto this past year. He quit on Team USA, just like he’s quit on the Cavaliers.

Every year we hear Love has re-made his body and is coming to camp in great shape yet he continues to get injured. Why should we believe anything Love says, at this point?
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If I remember correctly he’s a big part of why Blatt got fired too… he’s pretty good in talking to the press, but actions says louder than words
 
rastamon87 said:
If I remember correctly he’s a big part of why Blatt got fired too… he’s pretty good in talking to the press, but actions says louder than words
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No Blatt’s firing was all LBJ’s doing. When time outs were called LBJ would walk right past Blatt and engage Lue in time out talks and the team followed his lead!
 
Unless injuries occur, there isn't much of a role for Kevin Love on this team. He may be able to get 10-20 minutes a game if they are being really generous.

I don't buy Kevin Love as a lockerroom cancer. He's a useful big at the tail end of his career and more than likely wants to be competing for a championship before he's done playing.

If he ends up spending the year rehabing and getting himself in shape for his next team or actually contributes; it doesn't really matter. This is the message that organization is sending to Love and everybody else. He's a non-factor on a bad contract.
 
DirtyDan said:
Unless injuries occur, there isn't much of a role for Kevin Love on this team. He may be able to get 10-20 minutes a game if they are being really generous.

I don't buy Kevin Love as a lockerroom cancer. He's a useful big at the tail end of his career and more than likely wants to be competing for a championship before he's done playing.

If he ends up spending the year rehabing and getting himself in shape for his next team or actually contributes; it doesn't really matter. This is the message that organization is sending to Love and everybody else. He's a non-factor on a bad contract.
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I'm hoping he wants one more chance to compete for a Championship like he wanted one more chance to win another Olympic gold medal. If that's the case, he will ask for a buyout so he can sign with a team that has a chance to win now.
 
daytripper said:
As a fan I could really care less about the money aspect. I mean if Love makes $300 mil or $290 mil for his career it doesn't effect me. With that said his continued presence in the lockerroom I fear could be a detriment to the team esp now that they have drafted a potential unicorn. I don't think his presence the past 3 years has been positive despite what some players may say publicly. Love has been very undependable and *allegedly* been leaking lockerroom stuff to The Athletic writers too.

Cavs aren't innnocent either..they are the ones who gave him the contract. From the outside it also seems the Cavs org feel like they always have to win these pissing contests with the players. JR, Drummond, KPJ, Love...It's a players' league these days and they aren't going to win these type battles. If I'm the Cavs I stretch waive the last season of his contract after Sept 1 which is going to eat about $9mil of their cap for the next 3 seasons. They can always dump Osman's contract with a pick to some team like OKC next summer if they really need the $9 mil for their cap. That amount is less than the MLE so it won't kill them. It sucks but the Hornets basically did the same thing with Batum last year to kick off the Lamelo era (yes I realized the also needed the capspace to sign Hayward). Call it the cost of doing business or the cost of winning that championship.

The Cavs have an opportunity now for a fresh start with the Mobley era without the Love drama. Now if they hadn't lucked into a potential franchise player in the lottery I'd probably be singing a different tune.
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The only thing near a "pissing contest" the Cavs had with any of those players was with KPJ. They held onto JR and Drummond thinking their would be a trade market for their contracts that never developed, but they took no actions against either player.
As for using a stretch on Love, count me out. While I don't want him near the team and my guess is the staff feels the same way, but I'd give him the JR treatment and let him sit at home counting his money. It sucks, but it is what it is and I don't want his attitude poisoning this team. I'd rather eat the 30 million next year when we still won't be ready to compete and be done with it than spread it over 2 more years when an additional 10 million may really matter.
 
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