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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
I think the best thing for Kevin is to tell him to take a few months off. Heal up whatever injuries he has. Take a vacation. Whatever he needs to do to get fresh. Come back in April in time for the playoff run. Maybe we can get early season Kevin love back where he shot 47% on 3s the first month. But current Kevin love isn’t helping anyone out right now.
 
I think the best thing for Kevin is to tell him to take a few months off. Heal up whatever injuries he has. Take a vacation. Whatever he needs to do to get fresh. Come back in April in time for the playoff run. Maybe we can get early season Kevin love back where he shot 47% on 3s the first month. But current Kevin love isn’t helping anyone out right now.
His thumb was hurt and now back spasms again.
Agree with the above, shut him down for a month to get healthy. Come back with 10-12 games left to get back for playoffs. Now is the time to do it.
 
Mitchell, Mobley, Garland, Allen, LeVert, Okoro, Wade. The last spot goes to whoever wins a fight to the death tourney - or just flip a coin.

my guess is that next year okoro makes levert expendable... both 2/3s....could even happen this year if a 35 minute SF is made available to go with a bad contract in a three team.

20 minutes of a 22 year old limited college okoro split at the 2 and the 3 in the playoffs....big risk but 100 pecent better than taking no risk at all which is not an option when you take into consideration that the bucks are going to get either crowder or gordon.

how bad is that?....the cavs FO do nothing?...basically telling the team they have no chance at the ECF this year so were not spending anything?....yeah you start the repeater tax but what is a 20mm shot on even a small deal like mcdermott in a worst case scenario?

they have to do something every year form here on out RE donovan mitchell.
 
I think the best thing for Kevin is to tell him to take a few months off. Heal up whatever injuries he has. Take a vacation. Whatever he needs to do to get fresh. Come back in April in time for the playoff run. Maybe we can get early season Kevin love back where he shot 47% on 3s the first month. But current Kevin love isn’t helping anyone out right now.
Can’t guarantee playoffs without Kev.
 
my guess is that next year okoro makes levert expendable... both 2/3s....could even happen this year if a 35 minute SF is made available to go with a bad contract in a three team.

20 minutes of a 22 year old limited college okoro split at the 2 and the 3 in the playoffs....big risk but 100 pecent better than taking no risk at all which is not an option when you take into consideration that the bucks are going to get either crowder or gordon.

how bad is that?....the cavs FO do nothing?...basically telling the team they have no chance at the ECF this year so were not spending anything?....yeah you start the repeater tax but what is a 20mm shot on even a small deal like mcdermott in a worst case scenario?

they have to do something every year form here on out RE donovan mitchell.
There's no way this team counts on anything from Okoro the way they do LeVert. Okoro for all the love he has received here recently is just too undependable on the offensive end, he was not scored in double digits in the last 6 games. That's not easy to do as an NBA starter, and it should be doubly more difficult when the team's leading scorer was out most of those games. He's also hit just 4 of his last 16 three pointers. If they don't keep LeVert they need a guard who when forced to start can put in who can put in 15-20 on a regular basis and bring the ball up and serve as a secondary playmaker, things Okoro has shown zero ability at. LeVert is replaceable but not by Okoro's skillset.
 
There's no way this team counts on anything from Okoro the way they do LeVert. Okoro for all the love he has received here recently is just too undependable on the offensive end, he was not scored in double digits in the last 6 games. That's not easy to do as an NBA starter, and it should be doubly more difficult when the team's leading scorer was out most of those games. He's also hit just 4 of his last 16 three pointers. If they don't keep LeVert they need a guard who when forced to start can put in who can put in 15-20 on a regular basis and bring the ball up and serve as a secondary playmaker, things Okoro has shown zero ability at. LeVert is replaceable but not by Okoro's skillset.
He's also averaged under 25 mpg in those games. So projected out to 35 mpg, he's right at 10 ppg, with 47% shooting, which along with his defense, is more than ok as our 5th option.
 
He's also averaged under 25 mpg in those games. So projected out to 35 mpg, he's right at 10 ppg, with 47% shooting, which along with his defense, is more than ok as our 5th option.
As a starting guard???
When Garland or Mitchell is out, LeVert has went into the lineup pretty seamlessly. While not a point, he can bring the ball up and run the offense. Okoro has none of that ability.
 
Honestly if the Cavs we’re doing what best for the Cavs and the organization they would trade his expiring contract, and most likely whatever team trade for him, will probably buy him out, then he could pick whatever team , he feels fit to go to……..Most likely the Nets or Clippers
 
There's no way this team counts on anything from Okoro the way they do LeVert. Okoro for all the love he has received here recently is just too undependable on the offensive end, he was not scored in double digits in the last 6 games. That's not easy to do as an NBA starter, and it should be doubly more difficult when the team's leading scorer was out most of those games. He's also hit just 4 of his last 16 three pointers. If they don't keep LeVert they need a guard who when forced to start can put in who can put in 15-20 on a regular basis and bring the ball up and serve as a secondary playmaker, things Okoro has shown zero ability at. LeVert is replaceable but not by Okoro's skillset.

We’ve also been playing awful teams.
 
When Love is ready to play he'll play. The only decision to be made will be made by the medical staff.
This is true for numerous reasons: We need his shooting when he's right - he can still help us. We are still paying him buckets of money and no organization likes to see buckets of money sitting on the bench night after night - that kind of thing makes GM's look bad. And, chemistry-wise, we need Kevin to remain happy Kevin - he's been a good teammate these last 2 years, we need to keep it that way. As far as effectiveness goes, unless he's cooking from 3, he's not going to help us win games. Time has caught up to him. Last year was a wonderful reprieve from the decline, but he's no longer one of our best 8 players. However, he is Kevin Love, he's earned a lot of respect over his years in Cleveland, and he's going to play if at all possible.
 
Honestly if the Cavs we’re doing what best for the Cavs and the organization they would trade his expiring contract, and most likely whatever team trade for him, will probably buy him out, then he could pick whatever team , he feels fit to go to……..Most likely the Nets or Clippers
Yeah let's make the Nets better and us worse. Really?

Kevin gets healthy and he's an asset.

Highly unlikely we could trade Kevin anyway. He makes $29 million which is a lot to send back. Drummond's expiring was unwanted at about the same level.
 
Yeah let's make the Nets better and us worse. Really?

Kevin gets healthy and he's an asset.

Highly unlikely we could trade Kevin anyway. He makes $29 million which is a lot to send back. Drummond's expiring was unwanted at about the same level.
Even healthy I'm not sure how much of an asset Love is come playoff time. He was often virtually unplayable against the Warriors and that was 5 years ago and he's slowed down more since then. He was healthy last year and was still unplayable against the Hawks, the moment he came in Atlanta just ran picks and screens to force Love onto the guy they wanted to shoot so Love only played 10 minutes. I just see very limited value for Love in a series against a good team when they have time to scheme against him.
 
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Yeah let's make the Nets better and us worse. Really?

Kevin gets healthy and he's an asset.

Highly unlikely we could trade Kevin anyway. He makes $29 million which is a lot to send back. Drummond's expiring was unwanted at about the same level.
He not evening making us better, how’s he going to make those teams better ?………plus I didn’t say just cut him, hopefully the player/players we get would help us more…..
 
Kevin has absolutely been unplayable since the first week of November.

However, in a trade market where Cavs fans can't find size and shooting in realistic trade scenarios, Love possesses the capacity to be a floor spacing big. His shooting motion has been altered due to injury... is that permanent or temporary?

I'm okay with trading Love at the deadline. Other seasons, I was more hesitant to sell low.

That said, let's recognize how difficult it is to identify attainable & legitimate shooting with legitimate size at the deadline.
 

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