Kevin Love Wants Out, Lakers or Knicks

[eliteballer]

[QUOTE]Kevin Love

[Inferno]

Knicks?

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[BlazerRed]

Pretty sure he's been going to the Lakers for year now.

[KyrieTheFuture]

Could Melo and Love coexist?

[SilkkTheShocker]

Timberwolves are a better organization than the Knicks.

[Jameerthefear]

Could we get a source that isn't bullshit?

[JohnMax]

Smart move going to New York. He will make playoffs every year since you dont even need a .500 record to get in (see Atlanta).

[Smook A.]

If this is true, then f*ck Kevin Love.

Knicks? :kobe:
Lakers? :biggums:

Im starting to think this dude cares about fame and money more than a championship

Well atleast his playoff streak won't end since he wants to go to a team that will be rebuilding :confusedshrug:

[Basketbolero]

It might just be me but it sounds like NY writers are struggling to create decent content so they decide to throw shit at the wall.

They take that story about Love that can be true or not and awkwardly link it to the Knicks :roll: and then there's that other story about Phil not looking as well as a couple of months ago. Seriously. They need to stop.

[T_L_P]

Just trade him. We all know he's leaving, and I don't think his stock is gonna get higher mid-way through next season.

[Legends66NBA7]

I wouldn't be surprised if this is true. But even if this is not, Kevin Love has to be one of, if not the most, disliked player in the entire NBA at this point in time.

This is a guy who tries to injure player(s), makes excuses for his teams loses, and whines when people call him out on his weaknesses and failures. And now to top it all off, he wants to leave for 2 franchises in particular that will probably both be in rebuild mode (if Melo leaves New York) and will continue his path of missing the playoffs.

Yeah, Minnesota is a bottom 3 team of all-time and has missed the playoffs for 10 years in a row, but he could have at least been a bit more professional about this.

[LeBron 06]

Kevin 'empty stats' Love

[Haymaker]

Could Melo and Love coexist?

Not a bad fit. Love would feast on Melo's misses. That FC defense would suck though.

[deja vu]

Just trade his overrated ass already it's clear that he's not happy with the Wolves. Who needs a perennial loser anyway? I'd gladly take Pekovic over him.

[Slim Reaper]

Damn what if the Lakers somehow get Westbrook and Love :facepalm

[bluechox2]

put melo and love togethr

[QuebecBaller]

Im starting to think this dude cares about fame and money more than a championship

Well atleast his playoff streak won't end since he wants to go to a team that will be rebuilding :confusedshrug:


:lol :lol :lol

[nathanjizzle]

dear good lord come to chicago we desperately need you :(

[MC Gusto]

Fkcu Kevin Love, the Lakers, and the Knicks. Can we get some bullsh*t rumors that involve some other teams for a change?

[COnDEMnED]

Damn what if the Lakers somehow get Westbrook and Love :facepalm
"What if"?? :cheers:

[RoundMoundOfReb]

Timberwolves are a better organization than the Knicks.
Came in here to say this.

[Cone]

Just trade his overrated ass already it's clear that he's not happy with the Wolves. Who needs a perennial loser anyway? I'd gladly take Pekovic over him.

This

I'd take Rubio as well over him

[aboss4real24]

Knicks

lakers r not about winning like love sed

N Kobe is washed , n Pau Wont b there

[NattyPButter]

I hate stories that come out and say the player's "people" are saying things. It needs to come from the players mouth because these media ppl love to make shit up just to have a story.

[Rocketswin2013]

Why would he want to go to two shit teams? No offense Lakers or Knicks fans, but this is known.

I mean, you would think he would want to prove to people that he's not a loser. I guess he would be with Melo in NY but what about LA? He thinks he can lure? I mean I guess I see the logic but stilll.....

[Springsteen]

If he's really about winning, he'll go to San Antonio. Perfect system for a player like him, plus he's embedded in a championship-culture. Win-Win situation.

But his leaning towards the Knicks/Lakers just proves he wants to go to a media-hype/hollywood city. Can't blame him, I guess. LA models > fat san antonio women.

[FaceSmack]

Fkcu Kevin Love, the Lakers, and the Knicks. Can we get some bullsh*t rumors that involve some other teams for a change?

umad?

irving or westbrook/nash
Kobe
melo
love
Embiid

yeh that team's going to be winning the title for a long time :pimp:

[Sarcastic]

If he wants to win, he'll come play for Phil Jackson in NY.

[imdaman99]

umad?

irving or westbrook/nash
Kobe
melo
love
Embiid

yeh that team's going to be winning the title for a long time :pimp:
Who's gonna play defense on that squad :facepalm

[FaceSmack]

Who's gonna play defense on that squad :facepalm

Never seen Embiid's defense?

[Carter_17]

umad?

irving or westbrook/nash
Kobe
melo
love
Embiid

yeh that team's going to be winning the title for a long time :pimp:


I am a Lakers fan but this team is going nowhere. You won't have any money for a decent bench, kobe might return as rose#2, Embid will be rookie and melo cant coextist with irving/westobrook.


Exum/nash/marhal
kobe/N.young/meeks
Ariza/Butler
Kevin Love/Kelly
Greg Monroe/Amir Johnson

[pejavelin]

Damn what if the Lakers somehow get Westbrook and Love :facepalm
I'm not big on westbrook but I will cream my pants every time they come into the court. We will be back to 2000 lakers in no time

[fpliii]

Would Minny trade him for the 6 or 7 pick? Since that's what we're likely gonna end up with...

:cry:

[navy]

Would Minny trade him for the 6 or 7 pick? Since that's what we're likely gonna end up with...

:cry:
Tank harder....

[Xiao Yao You]

Could Melo and Love coexist?

Don't see why not. Neither has ever won anything so they'd be quite a pair. :roll:

[JGXEN]

what about the celtics? :biggums:

[Derka]

Why the f*ck would you go to the Knicks who have Carmelo under contract? God, these guys are dumb.

[COnDEMnED]

Would Minny trade him for the 6 or 7 pick? Since that's what we're likely gonna end up with...

:cry:
....Or.... Keep the pick if someone good is available and....wait for him the year after in free agency.. Have my cake and eat it too.

[Nastradamus]

Westbrook and Ibaka for Love and Rubio.

Durant gets his pass first PG and I think him and Love would play off of each other a little better.

Minnesota gets a star back for Love, upgrades at the point and Ibaka complements Pekovic(who isn't a rim protector) up front well. Draft someone like Saric or James Young and you have a pretty interesting squad.

[Lakers_Kobe_Fan]

#6/nash to minny for Love/Dieng

[Lakers_Kobe_Fan]

Westbrook and Ibaka for Love and Rubio.

Durant gets his pass first PG and I think him and Love would play off of each other a little better.

Minnesota gets a star back for Love, upgrades at the point and Ibaka complements Pekovic(who isn't a rim protector) up front well. Draft someone like Saric or James Young and you have a pretty interesting squad.

westbrook alone is worth more or equal to getting love + rubio.

u want ibaka too?

[SwishSquared]

westbrook alone is worth more or equal to getting love + rubio.

u want ibaka too?
Minny would jump all over that deal lol, especially since Ibaka and Westbrook have like 3 years left on their contracts. They'd actually make the playoffs next season, especially if they get to keep this year's lotto pick.

If this story is actually true, Minnesota has very little leverage then. Teams are going to offer low-ball trades lol. If he's serious about winning, he either goes to EC via trade/FA or tries to get on a current WC playoff contender (can only see Phoenix or Houston as viable teams right now).

[imnew09]

Pau + Nash for Love

[Sarcastic]

Knicks'll do Tyson + Bargnani, and 2024 second round pick (unprotected).

[kamil]

Damn what if the Lakers somehow get Westbrook and Love :facepalm

Why should the Lakers get Westbrook and Love? Is there a line in the NBA rule book that says the Lakers must always be privileged with success?

[coin24]

Any other laker fans not want this fkn scrub?:confusedshrug:

Rather sign someone else,maybe melo? Top pick in this years draft, healthy Kobe and keep a few of our bench guys, NEW COACH, and championship cruise:rockon:

[Fawker]

he just wants out of Minny because it sucks there. That is number 1.

[elementally morale]

Any other laker fans not want this fkn scrub?:confusedshrug:

Rather sign someone else,maybe melo? Top pick in this years draft, healthy Kobe and keep a few of our bench guys, NEW COACH, and championship cruise:rockon:

The Lakers are not that good these days that they should turn down a player of Love's caliber. Our team is bottom-feeder, man. Even with a healthy (but mind you, 37 year old) Kobe and the rest of the present lineup... a borderline playoff team... if that.

I don't really like Kevin Love's game, but at least he is passionate and a instant upgrade. Not a Laker for life or anything close to that, but for a solid 3-4 years... sure. When Bryant retires, management must blow up everything anyway.

[coin24]

The Lakers are not that good these days that they should turn down a player of Love's caliber. Our team is bottom-feeder, man. Even with a healthy (but mind you, 37 year old) Kobe and the rest of the present lineup... a borderline playoff team... if that.

I don't really like Kevin Love's game, but at least he is passionate and a instant upgrade. Not a Laker for life or anything close to that, but for a solid 3-4 years... sure. When Bryant retires, management must blow up everything anyway.


That's just it though, I don't think love is a high caliber player at all..
Rather go for melo, if not then try our luck in the draft..
At least we didn't get stuck with dwight:lol

Buss is an idiot so I'm not expecting miracles..

[bdreason]

Wolves need to try and get a top 5 pick in this draft for him if they're smart.

[DMAVS41]

Wolves should have made this trade before the season, but better late than never.

I don't know why they would want draft picks. They can't really bottom out and their history of doing anything with picks...even when they hit one...is terrible.

They should move Love/Brewer to the Warriors for Lee/Barnes/Green.


Curry
Thompson
Iggy
Love
Bogut

Brewer/Speights/Crawford/Blake/Backup center

Way better than what they currently have.


Minny would get to run out;

Rubio
Martin
Barnes
Lee
Pek

Barea/Green/Buddinger/Dieng/Moute

Both teams are just way better in my opinion.

[elementally morale]

That's just it though, I don't think love is a high caliber player at all..
Rather go for melo, if not then try our luck in the draft..
At least we didn't get stuck with dwight:lol

Buss is an idiot so I'm not expecting miracles..

Well, I think Melo is a high scoring, skilled loser who doesn't really give a fcuk, and I think Kevin Love is a high scoring, high rebounding skilled and passionate loser. So I'd side with Love, who probably comes cheaper and is younger.

[oarabbus]

Wolves should have made this trade before the season, but better late than never.

I don't know why they would want draft picks. They can't really bottom out and their history of doing anything with picks...even when they hit one...is terrible.

They should move Love/Brewer to the Warriors for Lee/Barnes/Green.


Curry
Thompson
Iggy
Love
Bogut

Brewer/Speights/Crawford/Blake/Backup center

Way better than what they currently have.


Minny would get to run out;

Rubio
Martin
Barnes
Lee
Pek

Barea/Green/Buddinger/Dieng/Moute

Both teams are just way better in my opinion.

No thanks we're keeping Draymond. Seriously. They can keep Brewer.

[DMAVS41]

No thanks we're keeping Draymond. Seriously. They can keep Brewer.

Do Warriors fans love him that much?

That you would turn down Kevin Love if you were forced to give up Draymond Green?

It's not really about the player in Brewer...it's that the Wolves would really want to shed either the Brewer or Buddinger deal in any Love trade.

When you have a core of Curry/Thompson/Iggy/Bogut....and you could land Love...you don't worry about Draymond Green. I like him, but you don't worry about him.

Now...would you rather do Love/Buddinger for Lee/Iggy? So you keep Barnes/Green...

[kuniva_dAMiGhTy]

Why should the Lakers get Westbrook and Love? Is there a line in the NBA rule book that says the Lakers must always be privileged with success?

Why shouldn't they get Westbrook and Love?

Does their past success mean they should take their ball and go home?

[TheMagicMan]

Woj comes through in the clutch :rockon: :

http://sports.yahoo.com/news/sources--sam-mitchell-emerges-as-minnesota-candidate-with-kevin-love-s-future-undecided-074004019-nba.html


"For the first time, [Saunders] sounds like looking at deals for [Love] is an option," one rival executive told Yahoo Sports.


Boston and Los Angeles plan to make high-lottery picks in the 2014 NBA Draft available in offers for Love, sources said.

[All Net]

Any other laker fans not want this fkn scrub?:confusedshrug:

Rather sign someone else,maybe melo? Top pick in this years draft, healthy Kobe and keep a few of our bench guys, NEW COACH, and championship cruise:rockon:
Not as number 1 option but 2nd? Hell yes.

[[GR]]

Do Warriors fans love him that much?

That you would turn down Kevin Love if you were forced to give up Draymond Green?

It's not really about the player in Brewer...it's that the Wolves would really want to shed either the Brewer or Buddinger deal in any Love trade.

When you have a core of Curry/Thompson/Iggy/Bogut....and you could land Love...you don't worry about Draymond Green. I like him, but you don't worry about him.

Now...would you rather do Love/Buddinger for Lee/Iggy? So you keep Barnes/Green...
How does Love make them better over Lee?

Defense? No, he's worse.
Rebounding? Not really when he plays next Bogut.
Passing? No; Lee is better in the halfcourt


Lee's post game is superior as well, and gets tough buckets when they need it. Love would be another soft jump shooter, which they dont need. They have enough guys jacking up 3s

[alec613]

Don't trade draft pick for a guy with an expiring contract

[Brokenbeat]

If Love is going to cost the Lakers their first, then they'd be better off going after Monroe. Keep the pick and draft Smart/Vonleh instead (unless the pick is top 3).

[talkingconch]

hes going to the lakers

lol @ u if u dont see this coming from a mile away

[mikek85]

hes overrated

[Verticality]

Love is a moron :facepalm

[miles berg]

The dude is garbage why would the Lakers to through the season they just went through trying to rebuild only to blow a large chunk of their space for Kevin fn Love lol?

Lakers are much smarter than that I'd hope.

[mikek85]

Lakers gonna get him and f'ck up like they did with Dwight and Nash. hahahaha

:lol :lol :lol :lol

[Chad44]

Kevin Love making moves.

[outbreak]

but half the lakers fans who now want love were the same fools who touted the "empty stats" bullshit about him for his whole career....

[red1]

hes overrated
so overrated. zero defense and deceiving numbers

[smoovegittar]

The biggest news in 4 years for the Knicks was the PJ signing. Now the writers are starving for daily tidbits due to the Garden's secrecy and the Net's ineptitude. You will see the most ridiculous stories right up until the ball gets moving.

NY media does not help the Knick's image, for certain. Embarrassing, to say the least. :facepalm

[All Net]

Suns only team out of the 3 who will have what wolves want

[JUDGE WITNESS]

Timberwolves are a better organization than the Knicks.
this

[DMAVS41]

']How does Love make them better over Lee?

Defense? No, he's worse.
Rebounding? Not really when he plays next Bogut.
Passing? No; Lee is better in the halfcourt


Lee's post game is superior as well, and gets tough buckets when they need it. Love would be another soft jump shooter, which they dont need. They have enough guys jacking up 3s

Well, we disagree about as much as possible here. The difference between Lee and Love as players in my opinion is huge.

To your points...I disagree with all of them. Love is a better defender, rebounder, and passer.

He's just a different class of player.

[DMAVS41]

Suns only team out of the 3 who will have what wolves want

I'm not sure what the Wolves want. Are they really going to rebuild?

They have a lot of guys on the roster that are quality players and if they got Lee/Iggy....they could make the playoffs.

They are kind of locked into Pek, Martin, Rubio, Brewer, Buddinger for the next few years.

I mean...they could definitely trade them all as they are all on pretty good contracts, but it seems like they could get real assets and try to make the playoffs and build.

I mean...another bottoming out...that would be hard for fans to take.

This is why there shouldn't be a franchise in Minnesota. ****ing Love for 6 years and they haven't made the playoffs. Just pathetic.

Now, like everyone has known for over a year now...Love is going to refuse to sign with them and wants out.

[longtime lurker]

he's going to the Lakers especially if they're willing to give up their lottery pick

[wally_world]

Phoenix Suns

Len + 2 1st rounders + Marcus Morris/Gerald Green

[Hoopz2332]

:pimp:


:oldlol:

[Meticode]

Even I thought he'd go to the Lakers when it was first reported he wasn't happy in Minnesota. Wouldn't in my wildest wet dreams think Cleveland would even be talked about.

[kennethgriffin]

Even I thought he'd go to the Lakers when it was first reported he wasn't happy in Minnesota. Wouldn't in my wildest wet dreams think Cleveland would even be talked about.
he still might

he's not signing an extension. he'd be stupid to. you get more money if you wait. and if the cavs stink it up and hes blamed. he might dip

[Hoopz2332]

he still might

he's not signing an extension. he'd be stupid to. you get more money if you wait. and if the cavs stink it up and hes blamed. he might dip


:oldlol:

[Meticode]

he still might

he's not signing an extension. he'd be stupid to. you get more money if you wait. and if the cavs stink it up and hes blamed. he might dip
And you're a great poster.

[DukeDelonte13]

And you're a great poster.


every single decent player in Cleveland supposedly wants to dip out. :oldlol:

[Hoopz2332]

Even I thought he'd go to the Lakers when it was first reported he wasn't happy in Minnesota. Wouldn't in my wildest wet dreams think Cleveland would even be talked about.


that's because you weren't banking on LBJ coming back

[guy]

This is why you trade for a player when they become available even if they do express interest in signing later on as a FA instead of saying "why not just wait till they become a FA?" People thought it was pretty much a given that Love was coming to LA. How is that working out? These are guys in their 20s. They change their mind all the time.