They say it's better to have loved and lost than to have never loved at all.
By now, the Minnesota Timberwolves know a thing or two about Love and loss alike. But after being cornered into trading away their disaffected star forward to the Cleveland Cavaliers, there's a very real danger the franchise could overspend in a bid to avoid more loss.
It flirts with said danger on account of point guard Ricky Rubio, the Spanish would-be star Minnesota selected with the No. 5 overall pick in 2009.
To be sure, Rubio's situation shares little in common with Kevin Love's. The 23-year-old has neither the superstar pedigree nor the requisite leverage to force a trade at this juncture.
Moreover, he's given no indication that he intends to do such a thing.
"I'm loyal," Rubio recently told Yahoo Sports' Adrian Wojnarowski. "I want to give them back what they gave me there: a lot of love."
Unfortunately, that love—not Love—will come at a steep price by all accounts.
The organization has until the end of October to sign Rubio to an exten ...
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Article written by Stephen Babb