Kevin Love

Shams Charania and Jason Lloyd of The Athletic are reporting the Cavaliers and Kevin Love are negotiating a contract buyout, ending his time in Cleveland.

The Heat have one open spot on the roster and have been looking into securing the services of an additional big moving into the bottom end of the 2022-23 NBA ...

[Cavaliers](https://www.eurohoops.net/basket/cleveland-cavaliers/?lang=en&lang=en) are fourth in the Eastern Conference standings. The next destination might be the [Miami Heat](https://www.eurohoops.net/basket/miami-heat/?lang=en&lang=en), as reported. The last remaining player of the championship team going all the way in the 2016 Playoffs, it seems like his time is up as well. However, injuries slowed him down in recent years. The experienced forward/center certainly fits the bill, confirmed by the reported interest. [Minnesota Timberwolves](https://www.eurohoops.net/basket/minnesota-timberwolves/?lang=en&lang=en) to the Cavs to team up with LeBron James.

Love, who lost his starting job to Evan Mobley, and later his rotational spot to Dean Wade, had not played in weeks. His play last year was stellar, earning ...

Letting a guy go to a better spot is a bold move by a franchise and it’s If Love goes to Miami, or wherever, and Bickerstaff continues to overwork the starters, then questions need to be answered. Bickerstaff decided Love wasn’t contributing to the level he was supposed to, so he took Love out of the rotation for good.

The Cavaliers and power forward Kevin Love are nearing resolution on a contract buyout that will end Love's tenure with the franchise and send him into free ...

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According to The Athletic's Shams Charania, Kevin Love and the Cleveland Cavaliers are finalizing a contract buyout.

In addition, they are just 26th in team offensive rating (111.1). So adding Love would add to the depth and offensive firepower of a team that is clearly going all in on trying to win now. Despite having won 11 straight games, the Milwaukee Bucks (40-17, second in the East) still lack depth in the frontcourt. Despite his offensive inefficiency and sub-par defense, Love is still expected to have multiple suitors in the buyout market. According to The Athletic’s Shams Charania, Kevin Love and the Cleveland Cavaliers are finalizing a contract buyout. However, he struggled to start the season and subsequently fell out of the Cavs’ rotation.

Kevin Love and the Cleveland Cavaliers are negotiating a buyout ahead of the March 1 deadline. Love has been with the Cavaliers since 2014 and was a core ...

Kevin Love missed a handful of games in November due to the thumb injury. Bickerstaff was planning to re-integrate Kevin Love into the rotation. "I think we've seen that from the beginning of the season until now. Love has been with the Cavaliers since 2014 and was a core member of their championship team in 2016. Shams Charania and Jason Lloyd of The Athletic first reported the news about Love and the Cavaliers finalizing a buyout. It was a surprising turn of events because the veteran was a strong Sixth Man of the Year candidate last season.

Kevin Love's nine-year run with the Cleveland Cavaliers is coming to an end. Per The Athletic's Shams Charania and Jason Lloyd, the Cavs are finalizing a ...

They are seventh in the East with a 32-27 record. 4 in the Eastern Conference standings with a 38-23 record going into the All-Star break. When no trade materialized, the next logical step for the Cavs was a buyout. There have been indications that Cleveland was seeking to move on from Love. 24 and was [Shams Charania and Jason Lloyd](https://theathletic.com/4210496/2023/02/16/kevin-love-cavaliers-contract-buyout/), the Cavs are finalizing a buyout with the five-time All-Star.

The Cleveland Cavaliers and Kevin Love are reportedly "finalizing" a buyout as the veteran center hasn't seen the floor in nearly a month.

He hasn’t played in the last eight games and was inactive for three games prior to that. The recent acquisition of Danny Green would also hamper any playing time as Cedi Osman and Ricky Rubio have also been out with injuries. He last appeared for the Cavaliers on Jan. Love and the Cavaliers are "finalizing" a buyout agreement in order for the four-time All-Star to seek playing time elsewhere, The Athletic reported Wednesday night. And through the constant changes and the ups and downs that have come within the organization, Love has remained with the team. His starting minutes diminished but he became a key bench player in the last two years.

Following the Los Angeles Lakers' impressive 120-102 win over the New Orleans Pelicans on Wednesday, Lakers fans and observers called for the team to...

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Multiple sources have suggested that he'll be a popular name within the buyout market for playoff contenders. No doubt that's true, but anyone signing Love with ...

Offensively, he’s no longer the scoring and rebounding machine who had a “30/30” game (30 or more points and 30 or more rebounds) for Minnesota. And that’s a sad sight to see. Defensively, he’s a liability that can no longer stay in front of younger, quicker bigs. He’s earning $28.9 million this season, but will sacrifice a portion of that salary in exchange for his release. Oh, he’s also two years removed from a season in which he missed more than 50 games. The Cavs and veteran forward

While the two sides are soon expected to part ways, nothing has been finalized -- yet.

He also said he didn’t think there was a benefit to sharing his thoughts on the playing time situation. Before Wednesday’s game, which could end up being his last in a Cavs uniform, Love went through his usual pregame warmup routine, finishing with a choreographed handshake with teammate Darius Garland. [Caesars Ohio Sportsbook](https://www.cleveland.com/betting/ohio/caesars/) is open for bets now that Ohio sports betting has launched. Shortly after that performance, Bickerstaff had a conversation with Love about no longer being in the rotation. He then returned for an individual shooting workout with a few assistant coaches after his teammates -- and other members of the organization -- had already left the arena. When approached multiple times by cleveland.com recently, before and after games, Love said he has never talked on the record following a game in which he didn’t play. But the 34-year-old Love battled through a painful thumb injury earlier this season that impacted his performance and was then removed from the team’s every-night rotation shortly after Dean Wade returned from a seven-week absence. He’s a mentor. He’s a teacher. Bickerstaff hinted at prior to Wednesday’s showdown with the 76ers. He’s a leader. Cleveland’s decision-makers, including chairman Dan Gilbert, will discuss that possibility among themselves and with Love’s representation over the next few days, sources tell cleveland.com.

Love seemingly could've been a possible expiring trade candidate near the NBA Trade Deadline, though he wasn't ultimately moved. Now Love/his representation and ...

Love had his share of injury woes over the course of his tenure with the Cavaliers, too, who acquired him via trade from the Minnesota Timberwolves prior to the 2014-15 season. Love was the last remaining member of that Cavaliers title team prior to this buyout news, to that point. He has been a crucial floor spacer, screener and defensive rebounder over the years, and his passing feel was always meaningful. He had been back for a number of games following him missing time with that ailment, but it still had been affecting his shot, and Love was not able to shoot nearly how he’s capable as a result. [when he was the runner-up for the NBA Sixth Man of the Year](https://kingjamesgospel.com/2022/05/05/cavs-kevin-love-2nd-6moy-voting-near-cherry-top-fun-year/), as he’s had only 8.5 points per outing this year. But with Wade’s return from an extended absence and Wade being one of Cleveland’s best defenders and a viable off-ball player, Love was an odd man out.

After nine seasons with the Cavaliers, Kevin Love is working on a contract buyout to start with a new team before the NBA playoffs.

Love has seen his role reduced on a revamped Cavaliers roster, only averaging 8.5 points in 20 minutes per game as he suffered a thumb injury earlier in the season. And he did just that as one of the Big 3 along with Kyrie Irving, bringing home the 2016 NBA championship while overcoming a 3-1 Finals deficit against the Warriors. While in Minnesota, Love averaged 19.2 points, 12.2 rebounds and 2.5 assists, and earned three All-Star game appearances as well as 2010-11’s Most Improved Player.

Kevin Love's nine-year run with the Cleveland Cavaliers reportedly is coming to an end.

Buyout season has been busy already. G/SF Terrence Ross signed with the Suns. PG Reggie Jackson went the Nuggets. SF Danny Green went to the Cavaliers. SF ...

Wall was finally bought out by the Rockets, though it required two trades (to the Clippers and back) to do it. Sure, Russ could lift up the second unit, but that’s the job he had in LA and look how that turned out. If the Suns are worried at all about Paul and Payne’s health for the playoffs, maybe they take a chance on Wall. I don’t think the [NBA Finals](https://www.sbnation.com/nba-finals) as the wind beneath LeBron’s wings. He’s just a year removed from averaging 15 points per game in Denver, but has been terrible this year in Washington and is now out of the rotation. Depends on what he’s got left in the tank, but late year’s Barton could have earned minutes in a supporting wing rotation that now consists of T.J. The only guys the Suns have behind Chris Paul are Cameron Payne, who’s getting closer to returning to action, and two-way Saben Lee who won’t be able to play in the playoffs (and shouldn’t). There’s a lot more blame to go around, and we’ll see that soon enough. Ish has been on a two-way contract all season, but as of tonight’s game versus the Clippers he will be out of eligibility to play NBA games. Fit with the Suns: better than Wainright? SF Danny Green went to the Cavaliers.

CLEVELAND (AP) — Five-time All-Star forward Kevin Love has discussed the possibility of a contract buyout from the Cleveland Cavaliers after being dropped ...

He missed two games with back spasms but hasn’t been in Cleveland’s last eight games despite being active. He went to four straight NBA Finals with Cleveland. Love hasn’t played since Jan. Green made his debut in Wednesday night’s loss at Philadelphia while Love sat again. Love has been with Cleveland since 2014, and one of the NBA’s most versatile big men had a major role in the team winning the 2016 title, the city’s first pro sports championship since 1964. CLEVELAND (AP) — Five-time All-Star forward Kevin Love has discussed the possibility of a contract buyout from the Cleveland Cavaliers after being dropped from the rotation, a person familiar with the situation told The Associated Press on Thursday.

The Cleveland Cavaliers have made Kevin Love a free agent, but is the former NBA Champion a franchise legend and a future Hall of Famer?

He won the 2010 FIBA World Championship for the United States and the 2012 Gold Medal at the Olympics in London. However, what will put him over the top isn’t his NBA accolades but his non-NBA awards. Love has done a lot for the team, both on and off the court, and while the answer may be obvious, we have to ask; is he a franchise legend?

"I have not been approached by [Love and his camp] at all and I don't anticipate it either," Cavs president of basketball operations Koby Altman said when asked ...

Ultimately, it feels like the thumb injury changed Love’s season and his fit with the Cavs. He is likely to sign a minimum deal with whatever team he ends up with, be it the Heat or another team who can offer him the minutes he wants. What remains to be figured out is how much salary Love will give up in the buyout. The Cavs just added Danny Green off of the buyout market, giving Bickerstaff a three-and-d option that the team arguably needs more of than that Love provides. What happened in the last week that changed? [Cleveland.com reported that](https://www.cleveland.com/cavs/2023/02/kevin-love-requests-buyout-from-cavs-sources-say.html) Love formally requested the buyout before the Cavs played the Philadelphia 76ers on Wednesday.

Kevin Love and the Cleveland Cavaliers have finally parted ways after nine seasons and one memorable NBA championship together. Love and the Cavs have ...

Warren, Torrey Craig, and Darius Bazley will compete for minutes at the backup forward spot, but Love is a better spot-up three-point shooter than any of them. There’s a clear path to minutes in the rotation for Love if he signs in Miami. His game is a wonderful fit with Antetokounmpo, who could cover up for him on the defensive end, and help get Love open on offense with his constant rim pressure. [NBA trade deadline](http://www.sbnation.com/nba-trade-rumors) because they want to win the championship this season. One question for Phoenix is going to be its depth, particularly in the front court. Love’s game is a good fit for Milwaukee’s system: this team spaces the floor well and hoists threes with volume around MVP candidate Giannis Antetokounmpo’s drives to the rim, and that’s exactly what Love can do. [longest tenured players in the NBA with one team](https://twitter.com/YossiGozlan/status/1626259222534160384) after coming to the Cavaliers in a trade for No. The Bulls currently rank dead last in the league in both three-point makes and three-point attempts. 27 in the league in offensive efficiency. Love has always been known for his shooting and passing, but it was a [key defensive stop on Stephen Curry during the 2016 Finals](https://twitter.com/Reflog_18/status/1626177849013985284) that survives as his defining moment. Love and the Cavs have agreed to a buyout which puts the veteran power forward on the free agent market just ahead of the stretch run for the playoffs. He immediately becomes one of the biggest names on the buyout market.

Kevin Love could be the next notable name to hit the NBA buyout market, and one of the Celtics' rivals in the Eastern Conference is reportedly emerging as a ...

Working on a buyout agreement with the Cleveland Cavaliers, Kevin Love will be one of the better names available as free agent in the buyout market,

The Cleveland Cavaliers reportedly are finalizing a buyout with Kevin Love and it seems one Eastern Conference team is in the mix for him.

The Heat enter the NBA All-Star break as the seventh seed in the Eastern Conference and could greatly benefit from adding a big who can stretch the floor. Love has not played in the last 12 Cavaliers games, averaging 20 minutes per contest earlier this season. Charania was the first to report that Love and the Cavaliers were finalizing a contract buyout, as well.

You could also make a case for the Atlanta Hawks and Chicago Bulls.

[Phoenix Suns](https://www.cbssports.com/nba/teams/PHO/phoenix-suns/) [Atlanta Hawks](https://www.cbssports.com/nba/teams/ATL/atlanta-hawks/) [Chris Paul](/nba/players/555969/chris-paul/) will make great use of a guy like Love. In isolation, Love provides spacing and a capable shooter when those guys collapse the defense, and the pick and rolls can become pick-and-pops with Love. It could be worth noting that Chicago is one of the potential landing spots for Obviously Love isn't anywhere near the same player as he was back then, but he still makes some sense for the Warriors, who made good use of stretch big [Nemanja Bjelica](/nba/players/1755218/nemanja-bjelica/) on their championship run last season. [JaMychal Green](/nba/players/2103346/jamychal-green/) toward the back end of Golden State's potential playoff rotation, but Green is hardly cemented. Also, you know Love is comfortable in big, late-round playoff games, where the Suns expect to be come May and -- they hope -- June. The Knicks are a high-volume 3-point shooting team, but do not confuse that with being a good 3-point shooting team; only six teams connect from deep at a worse percentage. Assuming he does still have some game left in him, below is a look at seven teams, in no particular order, that would make varying levels of sense as a Love landing spot. He fell out of Cleveland's rotation largely because of this, and of late hasn't played at all. When that becomes official, Love will be a free agent with no shortage of suitors.

The five-time All-Star forward has discussed the possibility of a contract buyout with the Cavs after being dropped from their rotation, a person familiar with ...

Love had some initial struggles trying to fit in when he first arrived. “We still believe he’s capable of helping us in big moments because he has that experience and has been through those pressures,” Bickerstaff said Monday night before a win over San Antonio. His acceptance of a reserve role last season helped fuel the team’s turnaround after winning just 60 games combined in the three previous seasons. Miami and Phoenix are among the potential landing spots. Green made his debut in Wednesday night’s 118-112 loss at Philadelphia while Love sat again. The 34-year-old hasn’t played in the last 12 games and his representatives approached the Cavaliers about the buyout, said the person who spoke to the AP on condition of anonymity because negotiations continue.

Despite the enormous contract, it was inevitable for him to get moved until they restructured their contract with Darius Garland, Evan Mobley, and the rest of ...

Compared to Miami, the expectation for Love to contribute instantly with Phoenix will be less because of the star power in this lineup. Due to this move, their bench still has a few holes to fill, and one of them would be acquiring a more reliable center that can match up well with a smaller lineup. The offense of Miami has been abysmal this year, and Kevin Love’s addition gives them a reliable spark plug off the bench. With the evolution of the NBA, Love will likely play the majority of his minutes at the 5 for 12-15 minutes per night. At 34 years old, it is imperative that his primary goal is to claim another championship in the NBA. Adding Donovan Mitchell this year put the Cavs on the map, so it seemed that Love would be the veteran that would mentor these young guys.

After missing a dozen games in a row, Kevin Love has asked the Cavaliers for a buyout of his contract.

As Windhorst points out, Love was teammates with Suns president of basketball operations James Jones when Cleveland won its lone championship in 2016, so ...

Windhorst wonders if the Cavs will negotiate to try to force Love to join a Western Conference team instead. Windhorst suggests the Cavs weren’t “thrilled” with the request, but they had gone 9-3 with Love out of the rotation, so they didn’t want to switch things up when they’re having success without him. A thumb injury, which is now healed, limited his effectiveness from an efficiency standpoint, as his FG% (.389) and 3PT% (.354) are his worst marks since 2012/13, when the 34-year-old played just 18 games due to injury. Windhorst says the Heat are “very interested” in Love, but notes that Cleveland might have to play Miami in the first round of the playoffs — paying him to join a direct competitor in the East obviously doesn’t make much sense. [Kevin Durant](https://www.basketball-reference.com/players/d/duranke01.html?utm_medium=linker&utm_source=www.hoopsrumors.com&utm_campaign=2023-02-16_bbr) and [Chris Paul](https://www.basketball-reference.com/players/p/paulch01.html?utm_medium=linker&utm_source=www.hoopsrumors.com&utm_campaign=2023-02-16_bbr) on Team USA in 2012, when the Americans went undefeated in the London Olympics. [Kevin Love](https://www.basketball-reference.com/players/l/loveke01.html?utm_medium=linker&utm_source=www.hoopsrumors.com&utm_campaign=2023-02-16_bbr) if he finalizes a [buyout](https://www.hoopsrumors.com/2023/02/kevin-love-cavaliers-nearing-buyout-agreement.html) with the Cavaliers, Brian Windhorst of ESPN said in an appearance on Pardon the Interruption ( [YouTube link](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GTeMjIBhnKk&t=411s)).

Kevin Love is finalizing a buyout with the Cleveland Cavaliers, and it's possible the Phoenix Suns and Golden State Warriors will have interest.

How big a threat they are in the postseason remains to be seen. [Paul George](https://www.nbcsportsedge.com/basketball/nba/player/29583/paul-george) and Terrence Mann. But the defense was not the problem most of the season (it is 12th in the league for the season, using Cleaning the Glass’ numbers to filter out garbage time), it was the offense. The Bucks are not going to rush their star back. However, whether he plays in Sunday’s All-Star Game, where he is a captain along with “I think we have the group to really go out there and compete.” “We still got to get better,” Leonard said. We plan to have a long postseason, so we plan to have an identity to carry us through that final stretch.” In his last 15 games he is averaging 27.1 points per game on 51.6% shooting, with 6.3 rebounds a night as well. “I like how we look. [Kevin Durant](https://www.nbcsportsedge.com/basketball/nba/player/29277/kevin-durant) and the Mavericks add [Kyrie Irving](https://www.nbcsportsedge.com/basketball/nba/player/29682/kyrie-irving). “We just have to bring that all together and find an identity to carry us throughout games.

The Suns are one of the reported teams interested in Kevin Love, who is expected to reach a buyout with the Cleveland Cavaliers according to ESPN NBA insider ...

If Kevin Love finalizes a buyout with the Cleveland Cavaliers, he is expected to be coveted by two playoff contenders. On the Hoop Collective Podcast...

He is averaging 8.5 points on 38.9 percent shooting and 6.8 rebounds per game in 41 appearances for Cleveland this season. He also represented Cleveland in the All-Star Game in 2017 and 2018. 24 while the Cavaliers have tried to figure out a resolution to his situation. The Suns just need more depth after trading most of it away to acquire Kevin Durant. [Sam Amico](https://lakersdaily.com/report-lakers-may-be-interested-in-kevin-love-on-buyout-market/) of Hoops Wire previously reported the Los Angeles Lakers, Golden State Warriors and Portland Trail Blazers could pursue Love. [Windhorst](https://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/35672534/sources-cavaliers-kevin-love-working-possible-buyout) reported on Thursday that Love and the Cavs have started buyout talks and could come to a resolution during the All-Star break.

Count the Los Angeles Lakers among the teams reportedly interested in Cleveland Cavaliers veteran big man Kevin Love if he receives a contract buyout as…

At 6'8", Love is able to spread the floor and knock down open three-point attempts from the power forward and center positions. He is also the last player remaining from Cleveland's first and only NBA championship in 2016. The Lakers are just 27-32 on the season, but they are only two games out of the final postseason play-in spot in the Western Conference, and they have a roster capable of contending for a championship under the right circumstances, which could appeal to Love. That group remained together for three years and went to the NBA Finals each time, and even after Kyrie was traded to the Boston Celtics, the Cavs returned to the Finals for a fourth consecutive year with LeBron and Love leading the way. In 2014, the Cavaliers acquired Love from the T-Wolves and teamed him with LeBron James and Kyrie Irving, forming one of the most dynamic trios in the NBA. [HoopsHype.com](https://hoopshype.com/rumor/1910535/)) that the Miami Heat are "very interested" in Love, and the Phoenix Suns have interest as well.