It doesn't make sense for Cleveland, because they become worse. It doesn't make sense for Love, as his chance of making the finals diminishes. It doesn't make sense for Portland, as while it is a definite talent upgrade, it makes our defense worse (why do you think they want to trade him?!?) Other than that, it makes sense
nop, but I do like lesbians so much but I do support gays, I mean, everyone has right to do with their life whatever they want
I agree hed be great fit in our ofensive system, he can shoot the ball, and he would benefit playing alongside Nurkic, just like Vonleh, so hed be double threat, but given we have Dame and CJ playing no defence, I would pretty much like bringing some PF that can defend, that can make our defence better with Nurkic, cause we have enough points in Dame, CJ and Nurk, and ofc bench have to do their part I dont know, I dont mind Love at all, hes just not my preferable choice... and I wouldnt want him to fuck Nurkics progress here, I guess one ball wouldnt be enough for those four
I don't get the dig on Love playing poor defense. Cavs played bad team defense all year but it wasn't Loves fault. He plays prett good man on man defense and has shown he can handle his own on the perimeter against quick guards. He struggles in the PNR but you aren't going to find many stretch 4/5's that do all of that well. Compare his advance stats to Vonleh or Aminu and tell me what you see. All of this is irrelevant because we won't ever land him given our assets but the idea that people would prefer our current options over him is insane.
It's not about defending post-ups. It's about the fact that, like the Warriors did to the Cavaliers, opposing teams will put Love's man in the pick-and-roll and force him to navigate those over and over and Love is pretty awful out in space. Having three major defensive minuses, especially against the pick-and-roll, isn't really tenable.
Love would hurt Nurks scoring and rebounding numbers. And that would mean Nurk isn't a max player. Not a bad thing.
Loves defensive rating per 100 pos isn't nearly as bad as you would think, the main thing is offensive rating is a major + over his Drtg. Career 116/106 I will take a +10 if the price is right and Cleveland doesn't need picks so the price is probably right.
The high/low post synergy that Nurk/Love would have is too great to ignore. On this end of the court there really isn't a better PF fit than Love. He's only 28 and just now entering his prime. Time to pounce, Neil!
Nurk + Love is a rebounding nightmare for other teams. Love's a crafty passer and gives the Blazers a needed floor spacer. I'm sick of seeing Harkless brick 3s at the 4 spot.
Hiding my girl in a Kevin Love thread as if I'm going to see it. Lame. I know she wouldn't do it but if she told me to murder everyone who said they liked her for one kiss on the cheek I'd be in a Netflix documentary in no time. So back off
Uh yeah, one play against an injured Curry. Very persuasive. I guess teams that targeted him all year very successfully forgot about that Youtube moment.
One play. Yep one play with the chip on the line. An injured Curry you say? Love got a concussion in game 2 and gutted out the rest of the series. He actually had a better playoffs this year than last. If they decide to match up with the Warriors and go small with PG or Butler, I wouldn't blame them. But they will really miss his rebounding and quick outlets for the break.
Yes, I wrote a post earlier about how I felt this forum was underrating Love. I think he's a good player--just not a good defender, especially against the pick-and-roll.