kevin love lakers-Kevin Love to Be Traded to Cavaliers

Once the trade is completed, Love, 25, a three-time All-Star, will team with LeBron James and point guard Kyrie Irving to form one of the game’s most formidable groupings of stars. kevin love lakers will complete a stunning makeover for the Cavaliers, who last month brought James back to Cleveland on a two-year, $42.1 million contract.

Love, who has played with James on the United States men’s basketball team at the 2012 Olympics, averaged 26.1 points, 12.5 rebounds and 4.4 assists a game last season, while shooting 45.7 percent from the field and 37.6 percent from 3-point range.  

At 6-foot-10, he is considered one of the game’s best rebounders and is a threat from long range, a skill set that will complement the ball handling and shooting abilities of James and Irving.

Love had previously told the Timberwolves that he would not come back to Minnesota upon opting out of his current contract next summer and asked to be traded before the end of this summer. As part of the move to Cleveland, Love agreed to opt out of his contract after the season and sign a five-year extension with the Cavaliers.

The Cavaliers’ whirlwind summer continued on Thursday amid reports that they have reached an agreement to acquire All-Star forward Kevin Love from the Minnesota Timberwolves to pair with James, who rejoined his hometown team last month as a free agent after four seasons in Miami.

The Cavs will send forwards kevin love lakers Anthony Bennett and Andrew Wiggins — the No. 1 overall picks in the past two NBA drafts, respectively — and a protected 2015 first round pick to Minnesota. According to Yahoo Sports, the Cavs also have received assurances that Love will opt out of his contract in 2015 and re-sign with Cleveland on a five-year contract extension worth at least $120 million.