The Cleveland Cavaliers and Kevin Love are finalizing a contract buyout, with the Miami Heat expected to emerge as a suitor for the five-time All-Star should the sides finalize parting ways, league sources tell The Athletic.
Love has spent the last nine seasons of his 15-year NBA career with the Cavaliers, being part of Cleveland’s 2016 championship team and making consecutive All-Star teams in 2017 and 2018. Love, 34, battled through a thumb injury earlier in the season and was removed from the Cavaliers’ rotation in recent weeks, clearing the way for him and the organization to begin discussions on a potential buyout arrangement that allows him to seek a better playing opportunity.
Cavs and Kevin Love are finalizing a buyout, per @ShamsCharania, @ByJasonLloyd
End of an era. pic.twitter.com/GCYGZSoVbM
— Bleacher Report (@BleacherReport) February 16, 2023
BREAKING: Kevin Love and Cavs finalizing a buyout, via @ShamsCharania pic.twitter.com/mB9EAvd2Ax
— Hoop Central (@TheHoopCentral) February 16, 2023
