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can we merge this with the thread about Kupcake trading his lottery pick?
http://probasketballtalk.nbcsports.c...medium=twitter
Kevin Love will essentially be in the final year of his contract with the Timberwolves next season, because he has a player option for the year after that which he’s widely expected to decline in order to become an unrestricted free agent.
That’s if he makes it through next season in Minnesota.
There have been persistent rumblings that Love will pursue a larger market situation that may offer a better chance of winning when the time comes, but the word out of the Timberwolves is that they’re going to do everything they can to convince their franchise player to re-up with a max contract to stay in town.
The latest report has Love’s “people” reminding the Timberwolves that Love may in fact bolt after next season is finished.
From Mitch Lawrence of the New York Daily News:
Kevin Love’s people reiterated to the Timberwolves this past week that they had better trade him or else he’ll leave via free agency when his contract is up after next season. With Love looking to exit, there’s your No. 1 reason the T-wolves have not been able to find a head coach to take over for Rick Adelman. Love wants to play for the Lakers but he’s also open to coming to the Knicks.
There aren’t many reasons keeping Love in Minnesota, especially if the team fails to retool its roster and make the playoffs next year. As for the coaching search, it’s still far too early in the process to believe that Love’s potential future status would actually be deterring candidates from being interested, and it’s unclear if the search to replace Adelman has even begun in earnest.
This particular report may or may not have any weight to it, but it is restating what we’ve known for quite some time.
Love may very well pursue other options after next season. If in fact he decides that leaving Minnesota is in his best interest well ahead of the trade deadline, then Minnesota would be wise to try to deal him. But superstar free agents aren’t exactly lining up to play there, which leads you to believe that the Timberwolves will work extremely hard until the last possible moment to try to convince Love to stay.
can we merge this with the thread about Kupcake trading his lottery pick?
Last edited by spurraider21; 05-18-2014 at 12:01 AM.
Everybody and their mother knew he was gonna be a Laker. Welcome home, Kev.
That would be nice tbh..
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Everyone knew a long time ago that Love is gonna leave Minnesota at some point. The question is when and where will he go.
Oh and
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Woj just confirmed this too. If LA gets a Top 4 pick, I hope they keep it and wait for Love as a FA next season.
I'd rather go after Monroe first plus (Exum, Embiid, Wiggins, Parker) in the draft.
Or he'll go to the knicks
Do it PJ! Melo to Knicks-West
Beyond the coaching search, the Wolves are under pressure to start considering trade scenarios for Love, who's anxious to exeam is likely to trade for Love without an assurance that he'll commit to a five-year, $100 million maximum contract extension
. Despite a belief that Love prefers Los Angeles or New York as a potential destination, he's open to deals in other markets where he can be part of an immediate contender, sources said Boston Celtics, Golden State Warriors, Los Angeles Lakers and Phoenix Suns are among many teams determined to make hard runs at trades for Love, league sources said. Boston and Los Angeles plan to make high-lottery picks in the 2014 NBA Draft available in offers for Love, sources said.
Exercise his Early Termination Option (ETO) in the summer of 2015 and leave as a free agent, league sources said.
"For the first time, [Saunders] sounds like looking at deals for [Love] is an option," one rival executive told Yahoo Sports.
http://sports.yahoo.com/news/sources...04019-nba.html
Iol Fredo
Knicks IMO are in a worst position than the Lakers, especially if they sign Melo to a max contract. If winning is Love's priority then neither team is appealing. I think Boston is probably better than both. Brad Stevens is legit, and they have tons of future draft picks, Rondo, plus cap space that can build a contender in the Eastern Conference in a short amount of time.
Why would he leave Rubio to play with another pass first point guard that can't shoot in Rondo?
Because Rubio hasn't shot better than 38% in his career.
Rondo averaged 12 PPG on 40% shooting this season.
This is a lost season for the Celtics though, they were going tank mode and i don't think it's best to judge him this year especially coming from injury where he missed 50 games. There are multiple reasons why Boston is in a
much better situation than Minny.
If Love wants to really contend, he obviously need to take a paycut otherwise he must certainly need to start somewhere else and watch the rebuilding process take place. It would be. Ice to pick up Love this offseason just not with the expense of a Top 4 pick. Lakers could always throw an offer in 2015 or at the deadline.
Dp
Minnesota should tell him to STFU with his demands until he makes the playoffs for once instead of just padding stats....
Kevin Love has made it clear to the Timberwolves that he intends to become an unrestricted free agent after next season and has no interest in a contract extension this summer to stay in Minnesota, according to sources with knowledge of the situation.
Although sources say Love has stopped short of demanding a trade, his position could effectively force the Timberwolves to deal the All-Star forward before next season -- or before the trade deadline in February 2015 at the latest -- if they hope to dodge the risk of losing him without compensation.
Kevin Love has told the Timberwolves that he is not interested in a long-term deal to stay in Minnesota, according to sources.
Sources told ESPN.com that the Golden State Warriors and Chicago Bulls are among the potential trade destinations that intrigue Love.
The Los Angeles Lakers and New York Knicks have likewise been mentioned all season as big-market landing spots that would tempt Love, but going to the best situation for immediate contention is said to be the power forward's priority.
Sources say that the Phoenix Suns, armed with several draft assets to offer Minnesota, also have strong interest in trading for Love, but the 25-year-old's interest in joining the Suns is unclear.
Any team that trades for Love before he hits the open market in 2015 would naturally need assurances that they can keep him before surrendering quality assets.
The Timberwolves, at the behest of owner Glen Taylor, have rebuffed all trade interest in Love for months, clinging to hope that they can still sell him on committing for the long term and relying at least partly on the belief that he would be unwilling to walk away from the extra year -- worth roughly $30 million -- in his next deal that he can only get from Minnesota if he becomes an unrestricted free agent.
But sources say Love has stressed to the Timberwolves that he's desperate to get to a winning situation and that the constant losing has worn on him. Minnesota has yet to reach the playoffs in Love's six pro seasons and endured a particularly disappointing 2013-14 season, missing out on a top-eight spot in the West thanks in part to a number of close-game defeats.
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Sources say that the Warriors, in particular, have emerged as a top contender for Love should Minnesota relent and decide to trade him. The Warriors don't have a stash of draft picks to offer the Wolves like Phoenix or the Boston Celtics could offer, but Golden State could assemble a trade package featuring the likes of forwards Harrison Barnes and David Lee.
ESPN.com reported in March that rumblings about the Lakers using their forthcoming high lottery pick to try to tempt the Wolves into trading Love were already in circulation.
The lottery to determine the order for the June 26 draft is Tuesday.
ESPN.com also reported in March that Taylor has remained determined to keep resisting all trade offers for his franchise player until, as one source put it, he "has no choice."
Teams around the league are increasingly expected to test that resolve once the lottery order is established.
http://espn.go.com/nba/story/_/id/10...state-warriors
Says he prefers Bulls, warriors great player but needs good defenders to make up for his weakness on that end wish the Bruin well wherever he lands.
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