Lately there has been some talk about what the Timberwolves should do with Kevin Love. They have a player with a lot of potential sitting behind him in Derrick Williams and he has shown promise in his limited playing time and just needs a starting spot to take another step forward which has basically brought up the whole topic of what the Wolves should do with Kevin Love.
The Wolves have made plenty of strides of improving every year Love has been in Minnesota with the exception of his sophmore season. This past season was supposed to be the year the Wolves had a chance to sneak into the playoffs. Needless to say I think everyone knows how the season played out. The entire roster was devastated by injuries & they never got a chance to show what an actual team around Kevin could do.
Love has improved atleast one part of his game every off-season, whether that was improving his shot selection, adding a three point shot or simply becoming a better rebounder.
For a franchise that hasn't seen a playoff game since the original "Big 3" of Kevin Garnett, Sam Cassell & Latrell Sprewell the Wolves absolutely need to keep Kevin Love on the roster and shouldn't even consider trading him. This team needs to give this roster with a few moves here & there together to see exactly what they can do & moving on from Kevin Love right now could set this franchise back another 3 years.
Right now the Wolves have all the right pieces except a true Shooting Guard to make a real run at a playoff spot if they're able to bring back Nikola Pekovic & Andrei Kirilenko without trading Love. This is the biggest reason why NOT to trade Love. Even if Kirilenko decides to move on that will give the Wolves some more cap space to not only bring in a true Shooting Guard but also find a suitable replacement at the Small Forward position.
If you take Kevin Love away from this team the Wolves now have two huge holes to fill and that doesn't take into account if Kirilenko decides to go elsewhere. Well Kevin Love may not be the same type of player as a Shaquille O'Neal, Kobe Bryant, Kevin Durant, LeBron James or Carmelo Anthony are. He is still not only a great piece to the puzzle but also a great building block who can help attract other good players to want to come to Minnesota which has value that you simply can't measure.
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