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But when does the tank end?
I think we hope to have two years of top ten picks, so 20/21 would be the first season where you try to pull out of the tank.
It all depends on what the offer is, really. Would a team like the Kings with a ton of cap space and some nice young assets think about trading for Love to bring in a vet and some legitimacy to lure a FA in as well to supplement their young core of Fox, Hield, and Bagley? They could trade for Love and still have max money to throw at someone.
If the right offer comes, you make the move.
I really don't have the time this evening to write an opus on the Art of The Tank, but you are correct that some teams fall into a perpetual tank. In general, the most prominent way that occurs is either drafting the wrong young core within the Tank Window or never adding actual NBA talent to the young core. Signing Love to that contract at that length with his style of play lends itself very well to sticking to the plan.
I think the way certain players have been rested and featured throughout the past 50+ games can tell a seasoned NBA fan exactly who is and who is not put in a position to be traded. If the Cavs were planning to trade him or trying to win, Love wouldn't have been out this long.