Sorry, it is still too early to condemn the Wiggins for Love trade. Love serves a HUGE purpose in this offense even when he is not involved. He gives so much space for Kyrie and LeBron to work in the paint it is sick. Does Love's defense suck? Yep and he is not averaging 25+ points anymore, but everyone KNEW those numbers were going down to the 17-19 range. He still rebounds and he serves his purpose.
Maybe in the end we overpaid for a stretch 4 with no defense. But Wiggins still wouldn't fit this offense either. Wiggins would have needed to hit outside jumpers to fit in, and that is NOT his game still. Yes he would have been perfect defensively, but we now have Shumpurt and JR Smith filling that role and doing a good job of it.
Love is still learning, heck, the coach and his teammates are still learning how to play with him too. Now that Kyrie and LeBron have figured it out (ie those 2 playing together), I have a feeling over the next few weeks it will figure out the last cog, how to use Love better.
This post nails it to me. If he is in the 15-20 point range consistently and shooting a decent %, he is really a help. Plus his points are not needed in high volume from not only having LeBron and Kyrie, but JR Smith is scoring a ton and some other players are providing some points. And as you said, I hope everyone realized that he would not and need not average 25+ points. Even though he does not average that, he still is more than capable of it if someone is having a really off night/gets injured. I still hope for more from him but as of late, I think he has been a major asset for this team and will continue to grow. Not sure how the Wiggins trade will play out but I think we have not found out yet.
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