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After a turbulent weekend in The Land, the question on the minds of many is if All-Star power forward Kevin Love will ever play for the Cleveland Cavaliers again. The quick answer … is yes. Considering the earliest date Cleveland can trade Love is Jan. 23, plus the team’s determination to be a playoff-contending team […]

The Cleveland Cavaliers are only six games into a long 82-game season, but the Cavs have already put themselves in the race for the worst record in the league as they remain winless during this 2018-19 season. The post-LeBron James era has brought even more devastation than fans had expected, leaving one clear answer for […]

The Cleveland Cavs are preparing to see star forward Kevin Love miss more than a month with a left toe injury, according to ESPN’s Brian Windhorst and Adrian Wojnarowski. According to Joe Vardon of The Athletic, Love missed the last two games due to what the Cavaliers called a sore left foot, but he recently […]

The Cleveland Cavaliers are considering resting five-time All-Star Kevin Love for an extended period of time as he attempts to alleviate foot soreness he sustained early in training camp. Love, who has averaged 19.0 points, 13.5 rebounds and 3.5 assists per game on a true shooting percentage of 47.8, has missed Cleveland’s last two games. […]

In a shocking move by the Cleveland Cavaliers’ front office, the team has fired head coach Tyronn Lue and promoted Larry Drew to be interim coach. Cavs All-Star Kevin Love quickly reacted to the news: https://www.instagram.com/p/Bpe18PGnD4P/?utm_source=ig_twitter_share&igshid=1sxg0wsuce8yd After some time of struggling with finding his niche with the Cavs, Love finally got into his comfort zone […]

Per an official press release from Schick Hydro®, Cleveland Cavaliers five-time All-Star Kevin Love will host a new webisode series, Locker Room Talk. Guests of the video series include Cavs fan favorite Channing Frye, Olympian Michael Phelps and Boston Celtics legend Paul Pierce. Locker Room Talk “seeks to positively discuss healthy masculinity and raise awareness and funds […]

Per a press release from the Cleveland Cavaliers (h/t Basketball Insiders’ Spencer Davies), Cavs power forward Kevin Love will miss Thursday’s game against the Detroit Pistons due to soreness in his left foot. Marla Ridenour of the Akron Beacon Journal adds that Love had a noticeable limp in the locker room following Wednesday’s game against the […]

The Cleveland Cavaliers hosted the Brooklyn Nets Wednesday, which means Cavs All-Star power forward Kevin Love and Richard Jefferson were reunited. Jefferson, who retired from the NBA in the offseason, is now a TV broadcaster with the Nets. So before the game started, Kevin Love paid his old friend a visit in a unique, and […]

The Cleveland Cavaliers are only three games into the new season, but star power forward Kevin Love is struggling, and that is giving fans some cause for concern. He is averaging 20.7 points, 14.3 rebounds, and 4.0 assists per game, which are all excellent numbers. However, he is shooting an abysmal 30% from the field […]

Cleveland Cavaliers forward and fan-favorite Cedi Osman reveals what he really wants to be known for with the Cavs: the “Turkish Kevin Love.” During the team’s meeting with Wine & Gold United — the official fan club of the Cavs — Osman was asked about his photo shoot for GQ Turkey, and the 23-year-old rising […]

We’re only a week into the NBA season, but Tyronn Lue is already changing course with his plan for the Cleveland Cavaliers. It’s nothing major, but after starting the year off with three consecutive losses, the Cavs are going to start leaning on the veterans. This is coming just days after Lue and Cavs general […]

The Cleveland Cavaliers’ old defensive woes have come back to haunt them, and it’s surprising given the defensive reputation a few of their rotation players have had over their career and the athletes littered across their top-10 players. However, individual talent and physical tools are rendered meaningless when there’s a lack of communication, effort or […]

The Cleveland Cavaliers signed power forward Kevin Love to a four-year, $120 million extension in the offseason, meaning the franchise will now pay Love roughly $145 million over the next five seasons. The move surprised many around the league, as most people thought after LeBron James signed with the Los Angeles Lakers, the Cavs would […]

The Cleveland Cavaliers were hoping to pick up their first win since LeBron James’ second departure on Sunday night after a couple of losses to two teams that made the playoffs lasts season in the Toronto Raptors and Minnesota Timberwolves. Sunday’s home opener at The Q was supposed to be the slight glimmer of hope […]

“What’s it look like for Collin Sexton, Cedi Osman, Larry Nance Jr. to close out games in the fourth quarter with Kevin Love on the team and try to win that game as opposed to being down 30 and developing that way?,” said Cleveland Cavaliers general manager Koby Altman (per cleveland.com‘s Chris Fedor). “Having Collin, […]

Cavs All-Star Kevin Love hasn’t received many technical fouls over the course of his career. In fact, he kept a clean slate in that department all last season. However, in Wednesday’s season-opening loss to the Raptors, referee Kane Fitzgerald hit the former UCLA stand-out with his first “T” of the season. The incident occurred with […]

After his team’s loss to the Toronto Raptors in their season opener on Wednesday night, Cleveland Cavaliers star Kevin Love is already embracing the role of the team’s alpha dog. So much so, that the 30-year-old is voluntarily taking the blame for the Cavs’ 116-104 defeat in Toronto. Speaking to Joe Vardon of The Athletic […]

According to ESPN‘s Zach Lowe, the Cleveland Cavaliers will trade both Kevin Love and Kyle Korver by the trade deadline (February 7th, 3 p.m. ET). While it should be noted that a large portion of Lowe’s text seems like speculation, his rationale falls in line with what many have said since the offseason. Lowe predicts […]

Cleveland Cavaliers head coach Tyronn Lue has a message for Cavs All-Star forward Kevin Love: play like an “A-hole.” The Cavs want to see the best in Love this year as he takes over as the team’s leading man, and Lue believes Love needs to show some attitude to truly unleash his game. “He’s like, […]

The Cleveland Cavaliers finished the preseason with a 2-2 record. While there were some promising signs for the Wine and Gold, there were some concerning trends as well. As a team striving to reach the playoffs in their first year after LeBron James left for the Los Angeles Lakers, there will be a smaller margin […]

Cleveland Cavaliers All-Star power forward Kevin Love has always been a picture of poise and composure on the court. The former NBA Cavs champion’s moves often look so mechanical on the court with rebounding, passing, shooting, defending — and doing the whole thing again. Unknown to most, behind the brilliant athletic display and the otherworldly plays, […]

Kevin Love and the Cleveland Cavaliers have done well with slogans over the years. Cavs fans will remember “Defend The Land,” “Whatever It Takes,” and “All In 216.” On Friday morning, the organization announced a new mantra for the 2018-19 campaign: “Be The Fight.” The new slogan was revealed in a short video clip posted […]

The fate of the Cleveland Cavaliers is going to be in the hands of the likes of veteran shooting guard JR Smith and All-star big man Kevin Love. With the franchise forming its LeBron James-less identity, it will be up to their more tenured cast to keep the former championship team afloat. With the playoff-hardened […]

Kevin Love of the Cleveland Cavaliers looked back on Jordan Clarkson’s struggles in last year’s playoffs. As reported by Joe Vardon The Athletic, Love observed that Clarkson attempted way fewer shots than he’s used to. Prior to joining the Cavaliers, Clarkson averaged some 12 shots per game. But things drastically changed in the playoffs where […]

On Thursday, Cleveland Cavaliers power forward Kevin Love made an appearance on SiriusXM NBA Radio with Cavaliers former general manager David Griffin and Frank Isola of the New York Daily News to discuss his decision to re-sign with Cleveland after LeBron James left to join the Los Angeles Lakers. While responding the question with what’s […]

Cleveland Cavaliers big man Kevin Love’s former teammate, none other than the Los Angeles Lakers’ LeBron James himself, praised the Cavs star for his honesty with regard to his mental health. As reported by Dave McMenamin of ESPN, James commended Love for admitting that he suffered panic attacks, noting that opening up was a brave move […]

Cleveland Cavs superstar forward Kevin Love founded the ‘Kevin Love Fund’ a couple of weeks ago. Love’s charity group started to carry out their mission by giving back to UCLA student-athletes and coaches, per Cleveland.com. The group partnered with Headspace, an organization whose goal is to help people through meditation and relaxation of the mind. […]

Teaming up with LeBron James can be a dream for some NBA players, but former Cleveland Cavs teammate Kevin Love wants to give others thinking about joining the future Hall of Famer a fair warning of what to be prepared for. Love made it clear that he enjoyed his time with James, but it’s just […]

On Tuesday, as the Cleveland Cavaliers prepared for their annual Big Shots and Little Stars fundraiser, the four Cavs that remained from the team’s “Big 3” model NBA Finals teams had to commemorate the moment. “Last of the Mohicans,” said Cavaliers All-Star Kevin Love. “Fantastic Four,” said Cavaliers shooting guard J.R. Smith, after Cavs fan […]

While the issue of mental health was a taboo subject not too long ago, it has now become an open and honest topic of conversation between Kevin Love and his Cleveland Cavaliers teammates. Thanks in large part to his decision to open up about his own struggles, the 30-year-old Cavs star is now able to […]

LeBron James is no longer in town, and Cleveland Cavaliers star Kevin Love feels like he can breathe much easier now. The Cavs power forward admitted in a Q&A with Rohan Nadkarni of Sports Illustrated that some of the pressure he felt from the past four years has now been taken off. “But for us this […]

Cleveland Cavaliers forward Kevin Love wrote a monumental piece about mental health in The Players’ Tribune earlier this year, and he says the results have been therapeutic. Love’s article about mental health helped spark a conversation in the world of professional sports. He recounted his first panic attack, which occurred back in March of this […]

Kevin Love and the Cleveland Cavaliers made it through the NBA Finals for four consecutive years, winning the Larry O’Brien trophy in 2016. While they went 1-3 against the Golden State Warriors, Love says that he was moved to every emotion in his four-year stint in Cleveland. Luckily for him, those feelings are mostly positive. […]

Cleveland Cavaliers All-Star forward Kevin Love had no plans of going into tank mode after former franchise superstar LeBron James departed for the Los Angeles Lakers. In a Q&A with Rohan Nadkarni of Sports Illustrated, Love said he spoke with general Koby Altman that he wanted to stay competitive with the Cavaliers. “I had a talk […]

Is Cleveland Cavaliers shooting guard J.R. Smith misunderstood? In an interview with The Crossover‘s Rohan Nadkarni, Cavaliers star big man Kevin Love would say as much about the three-point artist affectionately known as “Swish.” According to Love, “if anyone’s spent an hour or even 10 minutes with him, you know that J.R. is a great […]

In an interview with Sports Illustrated‘s Rohan Nadkarni, Cleveland Cavaliers power forward Kevin Love discussed the expectations he has for himself in his first season as the first option on a team  since 2013-14, when he was starring for the Minnesota Timberwolves. While comparing his ability to dominate at this point in his career to […]

Despite playing behind the shadows of LeBron James and Kyrie Irving for so long, Cleveland Cavaliers superstar forward Kevin Love reiterates that he is still an All-Star that every team should be wary of. The 30-year old Olympic gold medalist says that, “It’s not like I forgot how to play basketball.” Love joined the Reiter’s […]

On Monday, Cleveland Cavaliers All-Star Kevin Love joined CBS Sports’ Bill Reiter on “Reiter’s Block” and discussed his expectations for the upcoming season. After being thrust into the role of the Cavs first option in the wake of LeBron James’ free agency decision, Love has widely been expected to try to put up numbers similar […]

While making an appearance on the Hang Time Podcast with NBA.com’s Sekou Smith, Cleveland Cavaliers star power forward Kevin Love discussed a myriad of topics that ranged from his evolution as a leader to his belief that his development as a three-point shooter has been the biggest change he’s made to his game over the […]