Kevin Love Buy Out

Kevin Love—the lone survivor of the franchise’s championship team—made a formal request for a buyout.

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Love has played for the Cavaliers for the last nine years of his 15-year NBA career.

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Love, a five-time All-Star, shared the 2016 championship with fellow All-Stars LeBron James and Kyrie Irving in Cleveland.

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Love is shooting just 38.9% from the field and 35.4% from outside the arc this season.

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34-year-old big man has been a member of the Cavaliers ever since the Timberwolves traded him to them prior to the 2014–15 NBA season.

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Love win the 2016 title and establishing themselves as the unmistakable face of the post-LeBron James era.

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