Okay, I can't verify that—I live on the other coast—but you could hardly blame Los Angeles Lakers fans if all they can think about after a poor season is the possibility of landing superstar Kevin Love in the next two years.
And it sure looks like Love is going to do everything in his power to force a move away from the Minnesota Timberwolves this offseason.
Thus, everything in Los Angeles among the Lakers contingent is what the team might do to bring Love on board, from trading their lottery pick to simply waiting out Love for a year and signing him next offseason.
One thing seems certain—Love seems plenty ready to depart the Minnesota Timberwolves. From Mitch Lawrence of the New York Daily News:
Kevin Love’s people reiterated to the Timberwolves this past week that they had better trade him or else he’ll leave via free agency when his contract is up after next season. With Love looking to exit, there’s your No. 1 reason the T-wolves have not been able to find a head coach to take over for Rick Adelman. Love wants to play for the Lakers but he’s also open to coming to the Knicks.
And as Adrian Wojnarowski of Yahoo! Sports writes, the T-Wolves might finally be entertaining the possibility of moving Love as well:
'For the first time, [Flip Saunders] sounds like looking at deals for [Love] is an option,' one rival executive told Yahoo Sports.
The Boston Celtics, Golden State Warriors, Los Angeles Lakers and Phoenix Suns are among many teams determined to make hard runs at trades for Love, league sources said. Boston and Los Angeles plan to make high-lottery picks in the 2014 NBA draft available in offers for L...
Article Source: Bleacher Report - Los Angeles Lakers
