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Besides, lets see what they do against Golden State before saying they can win w/o Love. They've beaten two tomato cans, and one team that they were simply built to beat without Love, to get to the finals.

Boston was a roster of scrubs playing thug-ball
Chicago is an aging roster whose best player has the knees of my dead grandfather
Atlanta couldn't match up with LeBald, and the twin rebounding freaks Mozzy and TT. The Cavs size and offensive rebounding prowess simply overmatched them
 
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NFBuck said:
Besides, lets see what they do against Golden State before saying they can win w/o Love. They've beaten two tomato cans, and one team that they were simply built to beat without Love, to get to the finals.

Boston was a roster of scrubs playing thug-ball
Chicago is an aging roster whose best player has the knees of my dead grandfather
Atlanta couldn't match up with LeBald, and the twin rebounding freaks Mozzy and TT. The Cavs size and offensive rebounding prowess simply overmatched them
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And golden state beat Memphis, who was missing Conley for 2 games, and then had tony Allen get hurt in game 3 and become useless. Then they beat Houston who was missing their best defensive big and starting pg, which meant 37 year old Jason terry was chasing Curry around.

You could argue that Chicago, with a healthy Rose, is every bit as good as the two mash units golden state beat.
 
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If this comment has been made, I apologize, but Varejao looks like Gene Simmons these days with his hair.
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Report: Cavaliers could activate Anderson Varejao in NBA Finals if necessary

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Windhorst: "I've been told that if anything were to go bad, Anderson Varejao could be activated."

8:59 AM - 29 May 2015

Entire article: http://probasketballtalk.nbcsports....-anderson-varejao-in-nba-finals-if-necessary/
 
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I'm not sure Varejao is anything but an energy player anymore. There's no way he can play high level defense in the NBA now.

The Cavs definitely need to re-sign Love. His shooting efficiency and rebounding rate is one of the best in the league. Even if there were a solid stretch four on the market, which there isn't, Love would still be the best option. Kyrie and LeBron have faced a ton of adversity trying to win by themselves this postseason, and the need for a third star is pretty apparent to anyone who watches the game.
 
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BuckeyeMafia said:
The Cavs definitely need to re-sign Love. His shooting efficiency and rebounding rate is one of the best in the league. Even if there were a solid stretch four on the market, which there isn't, Love would still be the best option. Kyrie and LeBron have faced a ton of adversity trying to win by themselves this postseason, and the need for a third star is pretty apparent to anyone who watches the game.
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Lamarcus Aldridge is the only other person I would consider, but I would still rather have Love.
Either way, Lebron wont let Love walk. Lebron wasn't planning on coming back to Cleveland without Love.
Im sure he called Love before writing the Letter, which is why he didn't mention Wiggins in the letter.

Love has a sweet stroke from behind the arc. He was starting to look clutch in the Boston series.
Cavs need to sign him for the max, get his rights locked up, then have control over trading him in the future.
At 6'9" with his range and rebounding, he is someone every team wants.
 
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Kevin Love says he expects to play for the Cavs next season

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Cleveland Cavaliers forward Kevin Love spoke to media on Sunday for the first time since having season-ending surgery on his shoulder. The million-dollar question was asked, and Love did not leave any room for misinterpretation, via ESPN's Dave McMenamin:

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Kevin Love on next season: "I truly expect to be suiting up for Game 1." For the Cavs? Love: "Yes, sir."
2:30 PM - 31 May 2015

Love's decision this summer is complicated -- the Cavs will also be looking to re-sign forward Tristan Thompson to a large deal, the salary cap is going to increase in 2016 and Cleveland has advanced to the NBA Finals despite his injury. You couldn't blame him if he said he wanted to explore his options. The fact he's not doing that is notable.
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In other news: Love told reporters that he has lost 15 pounds since the surgery and he sent Boston Celtics forward Kelly Olynyk a text saying it's all good. Love had previously called the incident that injured him a "bush-league" play by Olynyk.

Entire article: http://www.cbssports.com/nba/eye-on...s-he-expects-to-play-for-the-cavs-next-season

http://www.foxsports.com/nba/story/...ng-nba-finals-vs-golden-state-warriors-053115
 
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ScriptOhio said:
Kevin Love says he expects to play for the Cavs next season

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Cleveland Cavaliers forward Kevin Love spoke to media on Sunday for the first time since having season-ending surgery on his shoulder. The million-dollar question was asked, and Love did not leave any room for misinterpretation, via ESPN's Dave McMenamin:

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Dave McMenamin ‏@mcten
Kevin Love on next season: "I truly expect to be suiting up for Game 1." For the Cavs? Love: "Yes, sir."
2:30 PM - 31 May 2015

Love's decision this summer is complicated -- the Cavs will also be looking to re-sign forward Tristan Thompson to a large deal, the salary cap is going to increase in 2016 and Cleveland has advanced to the NBA Finals despite his injury. You couldn't blame him if he said he wanted to explore his options. The fact he's not doing that is notable.
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In other news: Love told reporters that he has lost 15 pounds since the surgery and he sent Boston Celtics forward Kelly Olynyk a text saying it's all good. Love had previously called the incident that injured him a "bush-league" play by Olynyk.

Entire article: http://www.cbssports.com/nba/eye-on...s-he-expects-to-play-for-the-cavs-next-season

http://www.foxsports.com/nba/story/...ng-nba-finals-vs-golden-state-warriors-053115
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Yet hackjobs like this won't stop. http://la.suntimes.com/los-angeles-lakers/7/88/270352/espn-kevin-love-lakers-free-agency

I know we've been burned in the past, but Love has never done anything to make me think that his word isn't good. The only way the Cavs could screw this up would be to not give him whatever contract he wants this summer. TT on the other hand needs to get locked down with a long term deal this summer. Even a max deal now won't be expensive next year when the cap goes up. Shump also can be overpaid to sign a long deal now. Biggest key for the Cavs is to not let any key contributors walk for nothing and fill in the holes with role players (i.e. Norris Cole).

If you had told anyone before the season that Lebron would take a lineup of himself with Delly, Smith, Shump, and TT through Eastern conference finals they would have told you that you're crazy. Even if he isn't scoring with a high efficiency and his shot isn't falling he is that good that he can raise the level of play around him. If Kyrie has recovered enough to at least try to defend Curry the Cavs have pretty good matchups down the rest of the lineup. Curry is unstoppable and will get his, but the Cavs biggest chance is to keep everyone else quiet and try to make Curry score 50 a game. If Kyrie still can't move they need to stagger his minutes with Curry to get him out there against the Warriors bench as much as possible. If Lebron can find his shot he is the only player in the league that could win the Finals on his own so hopefully that rested ready Lebron shows up on Thursday to shock the Warriors.

Blatt's motto for the Finals:


Can't wait till Thursday.
 
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