Cavs: Kevin Love needs to apologize and be held responsible

Kevin Love threw a tantrum when the Cavs were within striking distance.

Kevin Love may have just tarnished his legacy, and at the most inopportune time. In a game where the Cavs were only own a handful of points, Love lost his cool. The supposed leader of the Cavaliers just gave up with the game far from over, and it’s made the rounds on social media. Nearing the end of the third quarter, the ref imbounded the ball to Love, who batted the ball away and onto the court; putting the ball in play.

A Raptors player quickly grabbed it, passed it to a teammate who shot and made a three-pointer. Cavs point guard Darius Garland watched the whole play unfold, gobsmacked with what was clearly a series of questionable moves by his teammate.

Love embarrassed his teammates, his team, the league but worst of all himself. After building up so much goodwill in the offseason with his charitable donations, his humanitarian awards, and even winning the Arthur Ashe Award at the ESPY’s, it seems like Love just tanked his entire legacy with one act of blatant stupidity.

If only this was the first problem of the season for the Cavs.

This is the cherry on the top of the Cavs sundae of suck. The team has been embarrassing themselves all year. From Andre Drummond not wanting to come off the bench as a replacement for Jarrett Allen, to the snide pop-shots that Collin Sexton is doing on social media against Love, and let’s not forget the problems that Kevin Porter Jr. has been causing all year across two different teams.

We’re talking in a span of months he allegedly hit a woman, wrecked his car while carrying an unlicensed firearm, trashed the locker room and got into a heated argument with Cavs GM Coby Altman before getting sent to Houston where he broke COVID protocols and got into a strip club fight.

The Cavs sure know how to pick disgruntled players.

It’s unclear how Love can revive his career at this point in Cleveland. He was struggling already to find his shot, but he was still a good third option, but his behavior during Monday’s game is going to make it hard for fans to give him the benefit of the doubt.

Love needs to be fined multiple game-checks for his outburst and give an earnest public apology before anyone should even think about forgiving him.