The Cavaliers continue to value Kevin Love highly and don’t regret giving him a four-year, $120MM contract extension, according to Chris Fedor of the Cleveland Plain Dealer. Love’s attitude and play improved once J.B. Bickerstaff replaced John Beilein as head coach after the All-Star break. The Cavs don’t feel the need to dump salary this offseason, Fedor continues, so in any Love deal they’d want some combination of draft picks and young players.
We have more from around the Central Division:
- The coronavirus pandemic could impact renovations planned for the Pacers‘ Bankers Fieldhouse prior to next season’s All-Star game, Scott Agness of The Athletic writes. Some work has already begun but the renovations were scheduled to ramp up once the season ended. Phase one (of three) is supposed to be completed before the All-Star Game but if Indiana’s games resume this season and last into July, it could impact those scheduled renovations prior to next season.
- Bulls GM Gar Forman has essentially been reduced to a lead scout, Joe Cowley of the Chicago Sun-Times reports. The franchise is expected to overhaul its front office once the league shutdown is lifted. Forman will lose his GM title and will have no decision-making authority once the restructuring is completed, Cowley adds.
- Cavaliers big man Larry Nance Jr. is especially concerned about COVID-19 due to other health factors, as Kelsey Russo of The Athletic explains. Nance was diagnosed with Crohn’s disease as a teenager. Since the illness is treated with immunosuppressive medication, he is more susceptible to infections in general. “You’d hear every now and again somebody say like, ‘Oh we’re blowing this out of proportion, it’s not that big of a deal.’ And for me, it was like, ‘What?’ This is a huge deal,” Nance said.
Good luck Larry! That’s an awful disease to have…..
Umm, yay. No more gar. Half way there right?
GarPax gotta go… no use half of it staying!
Depends who the replacement is.
Nothing can be worse, so anyone will be an improvement, right?
Ask Knicks fans that question
Coast is clear; no more polar bears for KLove.
Cavs drinking that purple stuff. No one is giving them a haul for Love.
Cavs should trade Love. The best they can probably get is..
– Nic Batum and a first (protected 1-14)
Which I would take, Batum next year would be seen as a 25mil expiring deal which holds value in itself and getting a lottery protected first is a solid return.
Batum can ride the bench for the Cavs, then agree to extend Drummond. Draft in either Avdija, Okoro or Edwards.
Not enough… the Cavs are not worried about saving money or getting Batum… the pressure is off to move away. He’s fine where he is, there may not be any playoffs anyway.
If there is a playoff and some players just skip it, a team need may come open.