All Love can do is score. That's all he contributes. If he's not the primary option, there are any number of other PFs out there that have just as much value as him. He's not the kind of player you win titles with, at all. I hated the idea of giving Wiggins up for him. I was willing to give it a shot in the hope that maybe he would play SOME defense and contribute in other ways. It's clear at this point he's nothing more than a tall volume scorer.
I'm not all that knowledgeable about NBA cap gymnastics, so I don't know how that would work. But there's been no indication that they'd even consider that. As it stands now, he seems to be indicating he's here long term. Of course, we know how good the word of a professional athlete is. But, the bottom line is they're playing at a high level now, even without consistent contributions from Love. They seem to be developing some chemistry finally, so probably not a good idea to disrupt that at this point. I'm just lamenting the potential long-term impacts.
And this is the rub. If he could string a few good games together, I'd certainly find him more tolerable. I'm just not a big fan of "stretch fours." @Piney does bring up a good point about him spacing things out for LeBald and Kyrie, that's one of those things that doesn't show up in the box score. But, I am really tiring of seeing him put up these single-digit scoring games, while logging an awful shooting % and contributing nothing on defense. I guess my biggest beef was all of the "top-10 player" talk, as I never really saw it. I just saw a tall, glorified volume scorer on a terrible team that, to his credit, rebounds well.
