Rumors: Cleveland Cavaliers keeping Kevin Love, won’t dump his salary

The Cleveland Cavaliers are reportedly not interested in moving Kevin Love.

The Cleveland Cavaliers are not interested in moving on from Kevin Love or “dumping his salary”, according to Cleveland.com’s Chris Fedor. Kevin Love has four years remaining on his current deal that goes into 2022-2023 and will see him paid out about an average of $30 million a year. Love joined the Cavaliers in 2014 and almost since his very arrival trade rumors have surrounded the big man from California.

Love was apart of the teams that went to four straight NBA finals and one the 2015-16 championship and has been an All-Star with the organization. With the team getting younger and younger every year it seems, the move to sing Love long-term after LeBron James left was seen by many outside of Cleveland as ill-advised, but many within the organization have loved the move.

Love has been a steady part of the product both on and off the court, and despite butting heads with John Beilein in the 2019-2020 season, Love has shown to be someone who can be relied on to represent the team and community no matter what. He’s even gone as far to donate money and time during the COVID-19 pandemic. Upping his stock with the area.

Beyond that, the Cavs intend on competing in 2020-2021. For exactly what is unclear. A playoff spot? The division? The conference? Who knows. With a good crop of players in Collin Sexton, Kevin Porter Jr. and Darius Garland (who needs to improve), and fellow All-Star big man Andre Drummond, alongside the possibilities of Dylan Windler and the steady all-purpose skills of Cedi Osman, not to mention a top 10 pick in the upcoming NBA Draft; and the possibility this team being a winning club in the 2020-2021 season isn’t laughable.

Sure, Love needs to stay healthy, Porter and Sexton need to continue to improve, Windler and Garland need to show they can be NBA players, Drummond has to play hard for that contract he’s up for next year, and key guys like Matthew Dellavedova need to be re-signed, but assuming everything shakes out just right, this team could be nipping at the heels of Milwaukee real fast.