<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/news/cavs-news-lebron-james-kevin-love-happy-birthday');   ga('set', 'title', 'LeBron James wishes Kevin Love a Happy Birthday with ‘best ever’ salute');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.cavsnation.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/Kevin-Love-and-LeBron-James.jpg"><figcaption>Winslow Townson-USA TODAY Sports</figcaption></figure><h1>LeBron James wishes Kevin Love a Happy Birthday with ‘best ever’ salute</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2025-09-08T09:19:03-07:00">September 8th, 9:19am</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2025-09-08T09:19:03-07:00">September 8th, 9:19am</time><address><a>Rishabh Bhatnagar</a></address><h3 class="op-kicker">Cavs News</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>The legendary <a href="https://cavsnation.com/news/cavs-news-tyronn-lue-claims-best-version-lebron-james">LeBron James has won </a><a href="https://cavsnation.com/news/cavs-news-tyronn-lue-claims-best-version-lebron-james" rel="noopener">four NBA championships</a> during his career. However, his first and only ring with the Cleveland Cavaliers, where he first rose to prominence, came during his second stint with the franchise in 2016.</p><p>Alongside him was the now 37-year-old <a href="https://cavsnation.com/news/cavs-news-kevin-love-reveals-what-lebron-james-said-that-made-him-put-the-lakers-star-in-a-headlock">Kevin Love, who</a><a href="https://cavsnation.com/news/cavs-news-kevin-love-reveals-what-lebron-james-said-that-made-him-put-the-lakers-star-in-a-headlock" rel="noopener">, like James, at 40, is firmly in the twilight of his career</a>. Love only recently celebrated his birthday on Sunday, September 7. And it seems as if the two continue to remain close even years after being teammates for the Cavs.</p><p>“THE BEST EVER!!!!!” James wrote on his Instagram story <a href="https://www.instagram.com/stories/kingjames/3717080979132407565/?hl=en" rel="noopener">in response to a post</a> from the official NBA Instagram account. The original post had invited fans to wish Love on his birthday.</p><p>“Join us in wishing @kevinlove a HAPPY 37th BIRTHDAY!” it said. Love, who is set to enter the 18th season of his NBA career with the Utah Jazz next campaign, spent close to a decade with the Cavs. He arrived from the Minnesota Timberwolves back in August 2014 to form a big 3 alongside LeBron and Kyrie Irving.</p><figure class="op-interactive"><blockquote class="instagram-media" data-instgrm-permalink="https://www.instagram.com/p/DOUZTCbkZEX/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading"><div style="padding: 16px;"><p> </p><div style="display: flex;"><div style="background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; height: 40px; margin-right: 14px; width: 40px;"></div><div style="display: flex;"><div style="background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; height: 14px; margin-bottom: 6px; width: 100px;"></div><div style="background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; height: 14px; width: 60px;"></div></div></div><div style="padding: 19% 0;"></div><div style="display: block; height: 50px; margin: 0 auto 12px; width: 50px;"></div><div style="padding-top: 8px;"><div style="color: #3897f0; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: 550; line-height: 18px;">View this post on Instagram</div></div><div style="padding: 12.5% 0;"></div><div style="display: flex; margin-bottom: 14px;"><div><div></div><div></div><div></div></div><div style="margin-left: 8px;"><div style="background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; height: 20px; width: 20px;"></div><div></div></div><div style="margin-left: auto;"><div></div><div></div><div></div></div></div><div style="display: flex; margin-bottom: 24px;"><div style="background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; height: 14px; margin-bottom: 6px; width: 224px;"></div><div style="background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; height: 14px; width: 144px;"></div></div><p> </p><p style="color: #c9c8cd; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 17px; margin-bottom: 0; margin-top: 8px; overflow: hidden; padding: 8px 0 7px; text-align: center; white-space: nowrap;"><a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/DOUZTCbkZEX/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading" rel="noopener" style="color: #c9c8cd; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 17px; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">A post shared by NBA (@nba)</a></p></div></blockquote><p><script async="" src="https://instagram.com/embed.js"></script></p></figure><p>The Cavaliers went on to qualify for four straight NBA Finals, although Love missed the 2015 Finals due to a shoulder dislocation. During this time, the Cavs would go on to form the most entertaining NBA rivalry of the 2010s against the Golden State Warriors, eventually winning a title in 2016.</p><p>That has proved to be his only championship thus far. Kevin Love averaged 15.7 points, 9.2 rebounds, and 2.2 assists during his nine seasons with the Cavs, emerging as one of the best shooters in the league during this stretch. He converted 37.6% of his three-point attempts during this time.</p><p>The player would outlast both Irving and James at the franchise, eventually leaving in February 2023 after agreeing to a buyout with the franchise. Since then, he has continued to produce solid NBA seasons, joining the Miami Heat before eventually signing with the Utah Jazz earlier this year, in July.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

LeBron James wishes Kevin Love a Happy Birthday with ‘best ever’ salute

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/nba/nba-stories/nba-rumors-kevin-love-lakers-clipper');   ga('set', 'title', 'NBA rumors: Kevin Love’s obstacle to desired Lakers or Clippers move');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/Kevin-Love-on-Jan.-29-2025.jpg"><figcaption>Jim Rassol-Imagn Images</figcaption></figure><h1>NBA rumors: Kevin Love’s obstacle to desired Lakers or Clippers move</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2025-08-05T15:50:56-07:00">August 5th, 3:50pm</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2025-08-06T05:16:48-07:00">August 6th, 5:16am</time><address><a>Zachary Draves</a>Zachary Draves is a sportswriter and broadcaster based in the Quad Cities of Illinois and Iowa. Zachary covers a variety of different sports as well as sports history, sport and society, and sport and culture. He is also a professor of sociology.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">Los Angeles Clippers</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>The future for NBA veteran Kevin Love remains up in the air. Even though he was <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nba/nba-stories/nba-news-clippers-jazz-heat-pull-off-3-team-trade-norman-powell-john-collins" rel="noopener">traded to the Utah Jazz from the Miami Heat</a>, he may look towards a buyout agreement. </p><p>On Tuesday, Marc Stein of the Stein Line reported that Love is <a href="https://marcstein.substack.com/p/sunday-best-the-latest-hottest-and-f4d" rel="noopener">“actively exploring”</a> buyout options outside of Utah. While it would be a challenge to trade Love, the potential of a buyout is likely. </p><p>There are also reports that Love <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nba/nba-stories/siegels-scoop-jonathan-kuminga-standoff-warriors-final-stages" rel="noopener">may look to join</a> one of the Los Angeles teams to end his career, per Brett Seigel of ClutchPoints. If he did that, he would rejoin his former Cavaliers teammate LeBron James. </p><p>However, there are challenges ahead that could make his path towards the West Coast difficult. Even though the Lakers have one spot left, they are limited by the salary cap.</p><p>Both the Lakers and Clippers are hard-capped at the first apron, meaning that they are limited to signing a veteran player without slashing salary. The Lakers are limited at $1.1 million, and the Clippers are capped at $1.2 million. </p><p>Ultimately, the Lakers and Clippers would have to trade or waive other players to create space for Love to join. </p><p>Love, 37, has played 17 seasons in the NBA. In 2008, he entered the league with the Memphis Grizzlies before being traded to the Minnesota Timberwolves. He played for them until 2014 before joining the Cavaliers from 2014 to 2023 and winning an NBA championship in 2016. </p><p>Afterward, he joined the Miami Heat.</p><h2><b>What if Kevin Love went to LA?</b></h2><p>If a buyout from the Jazz follows through, Love could have an impact for either of the LA teams. With the Lakers, Love could add a sense of veteran leadership to a team comprised of James and Luka Doncic. </p><p>He could also provide consistent scoring and rebounding. The same holds for the Clippers, particularly in the addition of veteran leadership with Chris Paul. </p><p>In a twist of irony, Love would join John Collins, who was traded to the Clippers from the Jazz in the three-way trade. </p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

NBA rumors: Kevin Love’s obstacle to desired Lakers or Clippers move

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/nba/golden-state-warriors/warriors-news-draymond-green-voices-support-kevin-love-veiled-callout');   ga('set', 'title', 'Warriors’ Draymond Green voices support for Kevin Love’s veiled callout');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/Draymond-Green-of-the-Golden-State-Warriors.jpg"><figcaption>Troy Taormina-Imagn Images</figcaption></figure><h1>Warriors’ Draymond Green voices support for Kevin Love’s veiled callout</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2025-07-18T05:11:38-07:00">July 18th, 5:11am</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2025-07-18T15:32:04-07:00">July 18th, 3:32pm</time><address><a>Paolo Mariano</a>Paolo Mariano is a freelance writer, editor, and producer based in Manila, Philippines. He is a journalism graduate from the University of Santo Tomas and the father of a young girl whose personality swings from Simone Biles to Dillon Brooks. A beacon of objectivity, he believes Penny Hardaway is the true NBA GOAT.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">Golden State Warriors</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>Golden State Warriors forward Draymond Green does two things very well: 1. Defend and 2. Talk. <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nba/golden-state-warriors/warriors-news-rich-paul-clarifies-draymond-green-cba-rant">Green is known for his outspokenness</a>. He has never blurted out an opinion he didn’t like. He never shies away from speaking his mind, even if it’s about a sensitive issue or criticizing an opposing player.</p><p>On Thursday, he chimed in on a recent remark of Utah Jazz forward Kevin Love, who said on an Instagram Story: “So many lames are loudest in the room. And the least accomplished.”</p><p>While it’s unclear who the 36-year-old Love was pertaining to, it’s clear that the 35-year-old Green agreed with him.</p><p>“It’s a crazy thing,” wrote the Warriors veteran on his Instagram Story, while reposting Love’s quote.</p><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/Draymond-Greens-Instagram-Story.png"><figcaption>Instagram/money23green</figcaption></figure><p>Green has been criticized throughout his career because of his in-your-face attitude. Even though he’s an accomplished player on the court, helping the Warriors to four championships and being one of the top defenders in history, he’s also notorious for his shenanigans.</p><p>The video of him punching former teammate Jordan Poole will never be forgotten. He has also been in numerous beefs with fellow players, <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nba/golden-state-warriors/warriors-news-draymond-green-opens-up-on-rudy-gobert-chokehold-held-him-much-longer">most notably with Minnesota Timberwolves center Rudy Gobert</a>.</p><p>Green, a former Defensive Player of the Year, has acknowledged his faults and vowed to work on them, including undergoing therapy sessions. Warriors coach Steve Kerr has acknowledged Green as the heartbeat of the team over the years.</p><p>Love, meanwhile, is in his final chapter with the Jazz, although there have been rumors that he will be bought out or waived. He has also been one of the more vocal players in the NBA, especially in advocating for mental health.</p><p>In March, <a href="https://www.si.com/nba/lakers/news/kevin-love-calls-out-stephen-a-smith-over-confrontation-with-lakers-lebron-james-01jns4tqxg69" rel="noopener">he called out</a> ESPN host Stephen A. Smith following his much-ballyhooed back-and-forth with Los Angeles Lakers superstar LeBron James. Love and James won a championship together with the Cleveland Cavaliers in 2016 and have maintained a deep relationship.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Warriors’ Draymond Green voices support for Kevin Love’s veiled callout

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/nba/miami-heat/heat-news-channing-frye-reveals-appreciate-miami-kevin-love-trade');   ga('set', 'title', 'Channing Frye reveals why he didn’t ‘appreciate’ Heat’s Kevin Love trade');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/Heat-news-Channing-Frye-reveals-appreciate-Miami-Kevin-Love-trade.jpg"><figcaption>© Jim Rassol-Imagn Images</figcaption></figure><h1>Channing Frye reveals why he didn’t ‘appreciate’ Heat’s Kevin Love trade</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2025-07-10T09:10:37-07:00">July 10th, 9:10am</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2025-07-10T09:10:37-07:00">July 10th, 9:10am</time><address><a>Preston Byers</a>Preston Byers is an experienced writer and journalist who currently serves as an associate editor for ClutchPoints and as a staff writer at The Vindicator and Tribune Chronicle, where he covers sports in the Mahoning Valley. Previously, Preston worked as an associate editor for Dot Esports and a site expert for FanSided's Union and Blue.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">Miami Heat</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>After parts of three seasons with the Miami Heat, Kevin Love was traded as part of <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nba/nba-stories/nba-news-clippers-jazz-heat-pull-off-3-team-trade-norman-powell-john-collins">the deal that netted the Heat Norman Powell.</a> And while no one would argue that Love, 36, is better than Powell at the current stages of their careers, one of Love’s former teammates expressed dissatisfaction at how the trade went down.</p><p>In the deal, Love, along with Kyle Anderson and a second-round pick, was acquired by the Utah Jazz, who sent John Collins to the Los Angeles Clippers, who shipped Powell to Miami. <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nba/miami-heat/heat-news-kevin-love-trade-jazz-math-problem-quip">Love, who joked afterward that he was “a math problem”</a> in the trade, was effectively that — a relatively small part to help complete the larger three-team puzzle.</p><p>Still, Channing Frye, one of Love’s former Cleveland Cavaliers teammates and a close, personal friend, <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LE-UZQG6Jy0&amp;ab_channel=RoadTrippin%27" rel="noopener">did not like one aspect</a> of the trade.</p><p>“I will say this: my understanding was that Kevin was going to be that next guy for Miami, right? … The next guy, the next UD (Udonis Haslem), the next guy that was keeping that locker room — to have a great locker room, your 15th guy, your number one guy, your coach, your GM, your owner need to be on the same page. They need to buy into what you’re selling. And Kevin was bought in a thousand percent in Miami,” Frye said on the ‘Road Trippin’ podcast. “Now, do things happen? Yes. But I think when you’re telling somebody at that age, ‘Hey, we want you here,’ this and that, you’ve got to give them a call to explain like, ‘Hey, here’s why you’re going here. Here’s our thought process.’ Just that level of respect. It’s not like it would’ve changed anything, but the communication is what I didn’t appreciate necessarily from that thing.”</p><figure class="op-interactive"></figure><p>Love has played 17 seasons in the NBA, and until Monday, had only been traded once before; in 2014, he was famously dealt by the Minnesota Timberwolves to the Cleveland Cavaliers for, among other players and picks, No. 1 draft pick Andrew Wiggins. He won a championship with the Cavs two years later alongside LeBron James and Kyrie Irving, as well as ‘Road Trippin’ co-hosts Frye and Richard Jefferson.</p><p>In February 2023, Love and the Cavs agreed to a contract buyout, and he shortly thereafter joined the Heat, who reached the NBA Finals in his first season with the team. Love has averaged increasingly less playing time in his three seasons with Miami; after averaging 19.9 minutes per game in 2023, he played 16.8 minutes in 2023-24, and 10.9 this past season, which <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nba/miami-heat/heat-news-kevin-love-emotional-announcement-fathers-passing">included the death of his father, Stan, in April</a>.</p><p><a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nba/nba-stories/ranking-nba-buyout-candidates-and-their-best-potential-fits">Kevin Love is expected to be bought out by the Jazz</a>, which would enable him to sign essentially anywhere. Frye, though, said he would prefer to see Love end up with either the Portland Trail Blazers (Love’s hometown team), the New York Knicks, where Love primarily lives, or return to the Cavs.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Channing Frye reveals why he didn’t ‘appreciate’ Heat’s Kevin Love trade

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/news/cavs-rumors-fans-debate-kevin-love-reunion');   ga('set', 'title', 'Cavs rumors: Fans debate possible Kevin Love reunion');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.cavsnation.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/Is-Kevin-Love-playing-vs.-Clippers.jpg"></figure><h1>Cavs rumors: Fans debate possible Kevin Love reunion</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2025-07-08T11:13:06-07:00">July 8th, 11:13am</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2025-07-08T11:13:06-07:00">July 8th, 11:13am</time><address><a>Caleb Nixon</a></address><h3 class="op-kicker">Cavs News</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>A reunion between the <a href="https://cavsnation.com/news/cavs-news-clevelands-special-kevin-love-tribute-had-him-feeling-the-love">Cleveland Cavaliers and Kevin Love</a> is possible if the veteran big man is <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nba/nba-stories/nba-news-clippers-jazz-heat-pull-off-3-team-trade-norman-powell-john-collins">bought out by the Utah Jazz</a>. Cavs fans are reacting with mixed emotions about Love’s potential return to The Land.</p><p>“The Cavs have given K Love quite enough money to NOT play basketball,” one fan commented on <a href="https://www.fearthesword.com/2025/7/7/24463192/kevin-love-would-fit-in-with-this-version-of-the-cavs" rel="noopener">Fear the Sword’s article</a>. “Enough is enough.”</p><p>In nearly nine years with Cleveland, Love made more than $230 million. Given that Cleveland is a second apron team, the only way they can sign Love is on a veteran minimum contract.</p><p>“If he’s playing a tough playoff series outside of garbage time,” commented another fan, “that’s likely an injury-induced problem. But for a (minimum)? Sure thing. Less of a problem than playing Tristan (Thompson) or most 12-13th men.”</p><p>The speculation comes shortly after <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nba/miami-heat/heat-trade-grade-for-norman-powell-deal-with-clippers-jazz">Love was traded from the Miami Heat</a> to the Utah Jazz as part of a <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nba/los-angeles-clippers/clippers-news-lawrence-frank-breaks-silence-on-norman-powell-john-collins-trade">three-team deal also including the Los Angeles Clippers</a>.</p><p>Shortly after the trade, NBA insider Jake Fischer reported on X that Love is “<a href="https://x.com/JakeLFischer/status/1942240225163374682">certainly a buyout candidate</a> in Utah<a href="https://x.com/JakeLFischer/status/1942240225163374682">.</a>”</p><p>The <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nba/miami-heat/heat-news-kevin-love-trade-jazz-math-problem-quip">36-year-old NBA vet</a> also took to X <a href="https://x.com/kevinlove/status/1942236372032487869">with his immediate reaction</a>. “Never thought I’d be a math problem,” Love posted. “Welcome to the NBA.”</p><h2><b>Why a buyout makes sense</b></h2><p>Love is undoubtedly near the end of his career, most likely seeking a roster spot with a championship contender. Last season, he appeared in only 23 games, averaging a career low 10.9 minutes and 5.3 points per game.</p><p>Despite shooting poorly overall– 35.7% from the field – he still shot 35.8% from 3-point range on 2.9 attempts per game. It’s unlikely that his next team will require much more than occasional minutes and filling in for injured players.</p><p>What Love provides most is what a lot of teams lack: <a href="https://cavsnation.com/news/cavs-news-kevin-loves-legacy-in-cleveland-goes-beyond-basketball">championship experience.</a> The Cavaliers, in particular, have only two players on their roster who have been to the NBA Finals – Max Strus and Larry Nance Jr. – neither of whom won the championship.</p><p>Love’s locker room presence is most valuable at this stage in his career. Couple that with his ability to spread the floor, he will certainly draw interest in the free agency market if he is bought out by Utah.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

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