Game Thread: Bulls @ Cleveland: 8:30 PM ABC

[WiggyRuss]

Who said you do? Obviously, if the Cavs were to trade him, they would do so in order to bring in someone who can be more comfortable as a "3rd wheel" and provide better defense. There's a difference between filling a need and market value.

Someone like Ariza wouldn't be worth what Love is in an open market, but might be a better fit and make the Cavs a better overall team than Love does because he won't demand the ball and is a better defender.

i was agreeing with you

 

[WiggyRuss]

At the risk of sounding like I'm overreacting to a close win at home over the Wolves.... I already like what I'm seeing in terms of using Love on offense.

If you look at his stats from last night you would think it was same old, same old... but they threw the ball into the post to Love a lot more than usual. Not only is Love a great scorer from that position... but he's a great passer from that position.

Anyway, like, I said... I'm not going to overreact.... but I'm very-cautiously optimistic.

lue said they had 12-15 actions for Love at the elbow that they need to work on during practice before really unleashing them and making it a subsntatial part of his game....sounds good to me!

 

[trojanfan12]

lue said they had 12-15 actions for Love at the elbow that they need to work on during practice before really unleashing them and making it a subsntatial part of his game....sounds good to me!

I agree. The biggest issue re: Love has been that his entire skill set wasn't being used. He's much more than a 3 point specialist. If Lue can figure out a way to incorporate more of Love's skill set without taking too much away from Lebron and Kyrie, that will make the Cavs much better.

I don't know if it would make them good enough to beat the Warriors or Spurs in a 7 game series. But I'd like their chances a lot better.

I'd also like the Bulls chances of keeping the Cavs out of the finals a whole lot less.

 

[Heatles84]

Anyone that is close to that stat line and isn't making max money will be soon enough. Who are you talking about? Cousins? Draymond? Towns? That's about it.

Cousins is one of the most dominant and well-rounded big men in the league.

Draymond Green is simply a key part in an offensive machine. The guy does everything with distributing the ball and being a key defender of the 1-5 positions. Does Love do that?

Towns is a rookie. Not going to go further on him.

Love's a valuable player and his stats are suffering because he's now a distant third option where Lebron and Kyrie are clearly the 1-2 punch. But Love's lack of production on that contract will not garner significant interest from teams - and by that I mean you're not going to get a player back of equal talent (most likely).