Do you think Kevin Love is a legit Top 5 player?

[TheMan]

There's been rumors floating around that the Cavs are now offering Minny Wiggins for Love. So my question is...

Is Kevin Love a top 5 NBA player and would you trade Wiggins potential for the player Love is now?

I'm curious what you guys think so I won't give my own opinion right away. Just want to see where you guys are on this...

[FireMcFailPlease]

Nope..but he's the best second option on any team if he joined the Cavs

[moe94]

Nope..but he's the best second option on any team if he joined the Cavs

Westbrook
Blake/Paul...whoever you consider the second option

[Hoopz2332]

Kevin Love might be a top 5 player when you talk about his offensive game and rebounding but doesn't play any defense or generate winning basketball.:coleman:

[FireMcFailPlease]

Westbrook
Blake/Paul...whoever you consider the second option
I don't think minny wins as many games as they did with Russ, without love.

Love is more valuable than Blake. I can't stand cp3 but he's that teams best player

[FireMcFailPlease]

Kevin Love might be a top 5 player when you talk about his offensive game and rebounding but doesn't play any defense or generate winning basketball.:coleman:
Is kyrie irving a top 5pg? His resume is the same as loves

[Warfan]

I think he's a top 10 player, borderline top 5. Personally i would trade for him, just because no matter how much people will promise that he'll be a superstar, you take the proven over the unproven and we'll never know if wiggins will ever be as good as Love is now. And Love is still fairly young too, so id trade for him especially if my team was in a win now situation.

But I mean this situation isn't exactly the same as the Cavs, so don't flame me.

[HomieWeMajor]

Nope
His stats are emptier than a Lebron James promise.

[GODbe]

To stat nerds yes.

[Hoopz2332]

Is kyrie irving a top 5pg? His resume is the same as loves


Kyrie is overrated as hell. He's not even Kevin Love of point guards...he's worse than that. Kyrie only shines every now and then in the clutch but other than that, he's not even that great. He's just lightly better than Jameer Nelson:coleman: For lebron, Im hoping his impact can cover Kyries and Love's deficiencies. Lebron/cavs did manage to make Wally Szczerbiak look solid on D and he was awful:oldlol:

[Real14]

Naw.

[moe94]

Kyrie is overrated as hell. He's not even Kevin Love of point guards...he's worse than that. Kyrie only shines every now and then in the clutch but other than that, he's not even that great. He's just lightly better than Jameer Nelson:coleman: For lebron, Im hoping his impact can cover Kyries and Love's deficiencies. Lebron/cavs did manage to make Wally Szczerbiak look solid on D and he was awful:oldlol:

Kyrie had somewhat of an off year, but before that, he was rapidly becoming one of the best guards in the league. He's only 21 years old. He's a kid. No doubt he gets better.

[DirkNowitzki41]

nope. top 15. would be a good 2nd option though

[Sakkreth]

He makes almost no difference besides his rebounding.

[FireMcFailPlease]

He makes almost no difference besides his rebounding.
Yea his passing sucks and he's a horrible 3 pt shooter

[Sakkreth]

Yea his passing sucks and he's a horrible 3 pt shooter

He's not elite 3pt shooter, he's very good, but very good can be replaced. He relies on jump shots as a big man, it's very useful to have good outside shot as big man, but it shouldn't be your main way to score. His passing, yes it's good and impactful.

[FireMcFailPlease]

He's not elite 3pt shooter, he's very good, but very good can be replaced. He relies on jump shots as a big man, it's very useful to have good outside shot as big man, but it shouldn't be your main way to score. His passing, yes it's good and impactful.
So who's a shortlist that has all of those assets that can replace love?

[qrich]

Definitely not.

[kshutts1]

Love is not a top 5 player. Just off the top of my head, Lebron, Durant, Westbrook, Paul, Melo are all better. Then I also prefer Griffin and Howard over him. So that's 7 players that I consider better. Then we get into the territory of players like George, Noah, Harden, Curry... are they better than him? An argument could be made for or against.

But I do think the Cavs should trade Wiggins for Love. If Wiggins turns out to be a top 10 player in the league, that's a great thing. It's not the sure thing that some people make it out to be. Also depends on what else is in the deal, but if we could hypothetically do Wiggins for Love, yes, the Cavs should do that.

[FireMcFailPlease]

Just curious..why is melo better than love?

[HurricaneKid]

I don't think he is a top 5 player but he is a great player and guys like that don't become available often. Even if Wiggins becomes an even better player it still makes sense to make the trade as it synchs up the window so their best two players are peaking together.

[GimmeThat]

no, but it doesn't require having one of the top 2 player and another top 5 player in order to win a championship.

not when you have Irving

[GimmeThat]

Just curious..why is melo better than love?
people emphasize versatility. but it's still a 5 man game after all.

[RoundMoundOfReb]

I'd say:

LeBron
Durant
Paul

are the ones that are clearly better to me...

he's in that next group with

Melo
Aldridge
Griffin
Westbrook
Harden
George
Davis
Nowitzki
Curry

etc...so it's debatable

[Duggrr]

Top 10

[4 Inches]

Nope
His stats are emptier than a Lebron James promise.
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