Cleveland Cavaliers Should Not Trade Away Kevin Love

Despite Kevin Love‘s issues, the Cleveland Cavaliers should not trade away their power forward this offseason.

Kevin Love is an all-star caliber player who has not fit in the Cleveland Cavaliers organization as well as the team has hoped. Prior to coming to the Cavs, Love was a three-time NBA All-Star and the face of the Minnesota Timberwolves.

Now, he has become a liability, particularly in the NBA Finals as love is a shell of the player he used to be. Despite his issues, there should be no Cleveland Cavaliers trade this offseason involving Love. That is, unless they get blown away from another team and right now such a proposal is not going to happen.

Cleveland made a significant investment in Love, by first trading away small forward and former number one overall pick Andrew Wiggins and then re-signing Love last offseason. Throughout this season, Love provided another very solid stat line but his play has gone downhill in the playoffs.

Love is a very talented player for the Cleveland Cavaliers. However, he also gets a tough rap because his impact on games is a bit limited. The impact is that way in large part is due to SF LeBron James and PG Kyrie Irving‘s need to have the ball in their hands.

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The fact of the matter is that the Cleveland Cavaliers roster is very dominate and their dominance led them to the back to back NBA Finals. That said, in nearly every matchup outside of the Golden State Warriors, the Cavs have the advantage (with Love in the lineup).

Cleveland should not go into this offseason looking for a trade partner for Love, just so they can become a better fit versus the Warriors. I liked Love prior to the trade but I also liked the idea of Wiggins in a Cavs uniform learning from LBJ.