The consensus is that Kevin Love will be leaving the Minnesota Timberwolves at some point this offseason as part of a blockbuster trade.
Unfortunately, that's where certainty on the topic stops. Nobody knows exactly when such a move will happen or how it will take shape.
Where is also hazy, as a handful of teams have assets on offer, including the Chicago Bulls, Cleveland Cavaliers and, maybe, the Golden State Warriors.
The why part is easy: Love wants out.
"No matter what the outcome is, I just want to end up in a great place where I can win," Love said on ESPN's Sportsnation in June. "At the end of the day, I've played six years, haven't made the playoffs yet, that burns me and hurts my heart, so I really want to be playing."
He's not the first superstar to make that request.
We've seen this movie before, and the ending doesn't figure to be satisfying for Minnesota. The Wolves' odds of getting fair value in a situation like this are basically nil, which we know because we have four recent blockbusters as precedent to prove the point.
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