From the Cavaliers' perspective, I hate this deal. As evidenced by him repeatedly falling (or more accurately, being pushed) onto the sword that pierces Cleveland's logo over the last four years, Kevin Love is the consummate team guy. However, at this point of his career, I fail to see how he's more valuable to an organization that should be looking to hit the reset button than a contending organization looking to add a talented and trusted All-Star who has proven he can excel with and without the ball in his hands. Simply put, as selfless as he was in sacrificing his stats and turning over his touches to LeBron James, a 30 year old Kevin Love isn't taking a team much of anywhere as it's best player. At less than the max, his contract is far from untradeable, but shipping him off sooner rather than later for as many assets as possible was probably the play here. Now, with Dan Gilbert being a massive dumbass who has long been saved from his franchise drifting into a well-deserved depressing state by one LeBron James, I don't particularly care that the Cavaliers are going to stagnantly suck for the foreseeable future. It's just worth noting that that's what they committed themselves to by paying big money to someone who is better off as a second or third scoring option on a successful team. From Kevin Love's perspective, on the other hand, I love this deal. I know he probably just decided to stay because he's comfortable in Cleveland, but I can't think of one single player who is more deserving of the right to do whatever the hell he wants as the provider of good stats on a bad team than the guy that's spent the last 4 seasons as a wildly underutilized whipping boy. With all he went through as the proverbial punching bag for an Eastern Conference powerhouse, I'm glad he secured a much more elusive bag. Choosing to potentially bookend his career with another extended stay in NBA obscurity actually makes a lot of sense for someone with anxiety issues who probably aged like the damn President while not even being able to conceal a damn cough without getting blamed for literally all the drama taking place in the King's castle. Considering it was Kevin Love's defense against one of the most un-guardable players in NBA history that helped guarantee the eternal validation of a ring on his finger, he should just rain threes and cash checks while flipping the script on a franchise that treated him like a goddamn extra since his arrival. Kevin is finally going to feel the Love, even if it's only because Cavaliers' fans have been left with nowhere else to direct it for the time being.
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