Woj: Cavs Have 'legitimate Fear' Of Kevin Love Leaving This Offseason

I must be a bad person, every news that is bad for the Cavs brings joy and peace to my heart

 

Cavs move now...either you re-up Tristan at near max $, or you re-up Love at $20M...problem with this is you will have given up the #1 pick for nothing if you let Love walk. Your call Gilbert...

 

Sign and trade?

 

Kevin Love is GONE from Cleveland. The King doesn't want him. Boom!

LeBron James won't recruit Kevin Love back to Cleveland, per report
By Ricky O'Donnell  @SBN_Ricky on Jun 24, 2015, 4:32p 43

Is Kevin Love about to FIT OUT with the Cavs?

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Kevin Love opted out of his contract with the Cleveland Cavaliers on Wednesday morning, setting off rampant speculation around the league over whether the 26-year-old power forward will change teams this summer. Love's list of suitors reportedly includes the C Bags, Lakers, Suns and potentially the Trail Blazers, but Cleveland still holds the option of offering the biggest contract.

The Cavs can extend a five-year, $100 million contract to Love if they chose to, but it would likely result in a massive luxury bill for owner Dan Gilbert. What's even more interesting is that, according to Cavs beat writer Chris Hayes, LeBron James doesn't plan on recruiting Love back to the Cavs.







Of course, that isn't to imply LeBron wouldn't welcome Love back. Still, the relationship between Love and James showed points of contention throughout the season. Read into LeBron's refusal to recruit Love as you want.

Why it might matter
Does this ring a bell?







James tweeted this after the Cavaliers had won 13 of their last 14 games. After he was pressed on the subject, James acknowledged that it had been a thinly veiled criticism of Love.

The insinuation from James was that Love wasn't bonding with the rest of the team. Love said he was confused by James' accusation, but the next few weeks would add fuel to the fire.

There was that team photo LeBron posted on Instagram that didn't include Kevin Love. There was also Love saying he thought his former UCLA teammate Russell Westbrook was the MVP of the league, and not James. Love admitted he and James weren't best friends. There were reports that James was "frustrated" by his relationship with Love.

If you subscribe to the old adage that where there's smoke, there's usually fire, perhaps Kevin Love and LeBron James really don't have much of a personal relationship left. Would that be enough to push him out of Cleveland?

Why it might not matter
At the end of the day, free agency usually comes down to two things: money and winning. With the Cavs, Love would be going back to a team that came within two victories of the 2015 championship. He would also be taking the most guaranteed money available to him.

The C Bags are going after Love hard, but would he really leave James and Kyrie Irving to join a plan based around Robin Lopez and 37-year-old Paul Pierce? The Lakers are interested too, but would Love even be able to make the playoffs with that team in the brutal Western Conference?

If it's about money and winning, Cleveland makes the most sense. More often than not, that's the logic NBA players use when making a decision as big as this one.

http://www.sbnation.com/nba/2015/6/...cruit-kevin-love-back-to-cleveland-per-report

 

I have a feeling Love is gonna sign with us

 

David West ? Great friend of Letravel

 

This. If Kyrie Irving didn't get hurt Cavs would have won IMO. If I'm the Cavs I'd try to find a lesser expensive option for the 4 or try to nab Tyson Chandler or a similar type of player to guard the rim (DeAndre?). I don't know what their cap situation is though.

 

Even if they lose Love, they will be way over and not be able to sign anyone substantial.

 

Love might not be their only "problem". Looks like Kang wants more help... it's not an easy thing to win the crazy tough and competetive eastern conference

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