Signing Shawn Marion Now a Necessity for Cavs After Kevin Love Trade

August 8th, 2014 by Dan Favale Leave a reply »

Love is not all the Cleveland Cavaliers need.

They need a little bit of Shawn Marion, too. And, per Yahoo Sports' Adrian Wojnarowski, they just might get him:



Following a weeks-long jitterbug around and toward one another, the Minnesota Timberwolves will ship Kevin Love to the Cavaliers in exchange for rookie Andrew Wiggins, Anthony Bennett and a protected 2015 first-round pick, according to Wojnarowski. The deal cannot be made official until August 23, but it's the most official unofficial deal you'll find. 

Anticipation is naturally mounting in Cleveland, where the Cavaliers have gone from a 33-win lottery team stuck in the cyclic throes of a static rebuild to an Eastern Conference powerhouse playing home to LeBron James, Kyrie Irving and Love.

Championships are on the brain. Their offense will be explosive. The starting lineup will be packed with All-Stars.

Their defense will be, um, yeah. Hence the need for Marion: to make it less "um, yeah." 

 

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