As Lebron and Kyrie have left town and the team has made it apparent we are in rebuild mode why are we holding on to a 30-year-old huge contract when he has some trade value now. The NBA is sort of wide open currently as the Warriors are damaged and the upcoming free agency will shake up most rosters, why not shop around the stretch forward for some assets. There were talks about this during the NBA Draft, but alas nothing came from it. The Cavaliers are really rebuilding at a great time in all honesty, but we are just hurting ourselves holding on to such a useless contract for our current situation, along with many others on the team. Kevin Love is under contract until the 2022-2023 season for a total of over 120 million dollars on this four-year contract. My greatest anger towards this contract is we did what every desperate organization did when a major star leaves and is sign someone immediately to change the presses, which is honestly moronic and pathetic. I have put a few trade ideas in mind for Love.

Disclaimer: I do love what Kevin Love did when he was here as a big three, he embraced the city, the role and everything that came with it and has always been a stand up guy. I just at this point in time see no reason to have him on the team when we could let the younger guys develop and pick up role players to mentor them with the small amount money we have for free agency. I am afraid that Kevin Love will be retired a Cavalier, which I understand and some people have been retired for a lot less but I am not sold he is worth retiring.

Trade Partner #1: Portland Trailblazers

The one thing that has really hurt the Trailblazers is the front court. Lillard and McCollum are a solid tandem of guards, but after them its Enes Kanter, Jusuf Nurkic? Trash. I figure the Cavaliers could get a first-round pick and some expiring contracts for the upcoming season and we ship Love to his old home town in Oregon and both sides are happy. The Cavaliers walk into next season with a significant more amount of cap to spend on players and the Blazers could get someone that would spread the floor and take some defensive pressure off their star guards.

Trade Partner #2: Boston Celtics

Now I know last time the Celtics trade sort of left a bad taste in the city of Cleveland’s mouth, but hear me out. Celtics are losing a lot this offseason, along with losing the Anthony Davis sweepstakes, but losing Horford will hurt them significantly as they expected to keep him and are now at a frenzy to make moves. Kevin Love is sort of an Al Horford style player, big man who stretches the floor with his perimeter shooting. The Cavaliers could get a bargain on shipping Love off as the Celtics are going to be desperate to fill that role.

Trade Partner #3: Charlotte Hornets

As Kemba Walker is reportedly going to Boston, they will be looking to do what we did when Lebron moved on, sign any decent name to a contract. The Cavaliers could walk away like kings, as the Hornets organization is a dumpster fire and we could take some valuable assets and dump this god forsaken contract on someone else’s payroll department. The players on Charlotte are not the most appealing but their picks will be as they usually do not make playoffs and the more lottery picks the better.