Kevin Love Facing Toughest Test of NBA Career with Cleveland Cavaliers

August 29th, 2014 by Jim Cavan Leave a reply »

Beginning with remarks made in a 2012 interview with Yahoo Sports' Marc J. Spears, Kevin Love has made it clear that, incendiary individual statistics aside, playing for a winner is the only thing that matters.

In joining LeBron James, Kyrie Irving and the Cleveland Cavaliers, Love’s long-deferred dream finally came true, accompanied in close tow with an entirely new set of expectations: Win now, win big and win often.

Still, there’s one warning in particular Love would be wise to heed, burdened as he's about to be with unprecedented pressure: Be careful what you wish for.

After six years of serving as the Minnesota Timberwolves’ unquestioned cornerstone, Love’s Lake Erie exodus finds him arriving as Cleveland’s de facto third fiddle—something with which the former McDonald’s All-American, Pac-12 Player of the Year and three-time NBA All-Star isn’t exactly familiar.



While his stint as a seldom-used reserve for Team USA at the 2012 Olympics may seem like a mark in his favor, never has Love been expected to take such a distant backseat on an NBA team.
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