Beijing time on October 24, an NBA regular season game, the Cavaliers defeated the Hawks 101-95 at home, from our point of view, today's Cavaliers belong to the reconstruction period, do not know when the Cavaliers' next championship window will be. But one thing is for sure, when there is James, regardless of the Cavaliers' lineup configuration, they are all championship teams, but without James, the Cavaliers seem to be the only fish belly of the East.
In this game, Cavaliers player Kevin Love played for 23 minutes and 45 seconds off the bench, he shot 3 of 7, 3 of 3 three points, 12 points + 6 rebounds + 3 assists, 0 turnovers on the field, plus or minus +11 second on the team! Very directly, now the Cavaliers have changed direction, and Lefour has truly become a member of the bench, not because Lefour's performance is not good enough, but because the Cavaliers do not give so much time, nor do they give the starter, but they want Lefour to grow up with young people.
In the 17-18 season, James led the Cavaliers to the NBA Finals, and even though the first game of the Finals was 50+, the overall strength of that Cavaliers was indeed much worse than that of the Warriors. And in the offseason James left to join the Lakers, it seems that the Cavaliers management is still a little angry, and directly gave a 4-year, $120 million extension to Lefour, but the back story everyone also understands that the Cavaliers want to rush the playoffs again, helplessly can only be at the bottom of the swing, Lefu also because of injuries and other factors did not play many games. For example, In the 18-19 season, Luck played 22 regular season games, and at the age of 30, he played 22 games in a season. For example, in the 20-21 season, Love was 32 years old and made 25 regular season appearances!
33-year-old Kevin Love, is there really no strength? Neither is the Cavaliers, and the Cavaliers' policy now is to control most of The Luck's time to 20 minutes, on the one hand, to keep lovely, and on the other hand, to develop players such as Allen and Marcanin. NBA reporter Windhorst has previously said that if Love stays with the Cavaliers, then he will always be on the bench. With 120 million on the bench, the Cavaliers didn't care about Love, and Love's contract only expired in the 22-23 season!
Knight, let go of Love! How much of Love's time has been wasted since James left? He still has the strength to fight, and his tank still has oil. For the Los Angeles Lakers, they have big insides and heights, but the Lakers lack players who can pull away space. Love and James have worked together for many years, and The ability of Love to open up space is also clear to Old Zhan, maybe if the Lakers' big three are still running into a bad relationship by the middle of the season, maybe the Lakers can try to make a deal with the Cavaliers. Or maybe, if Love really wants to pursue it, he can negotiate with the Cavaliers management, even if it is bought out, even if the money is less.