The Cleveland Cavaliers' decision to trade Andrew Wiggins for Kevin Love, as was first reported by Adrian Wojnarowski of Yahoo Sports, proves the organization is all about the present. But there's a chance the Cavs may question their decision in the future.
Before proceeding any further, it's important to make something clear: Love makes the Cavaliers significantly better in the short term. There's no doubting that. He's a superstar, a stat-stuffer and, perhaps most importantly, somebody LeBron James approves of:
"I don't even really care about the 26 [points] and 12 [rebounds], I care about his basketball IQ," James said, per Brian Windhorst and Marc Stein of ESPN.com. "His basketball IQ is very, very high. I had the opportunity to spend 32 days with him in the 2012 Olympics. He was huge for us ... he's a great piece."
In Love, Cleveland has a 25-year-old superstar who statistically graded out as a top-five talent last season. Though the Minnesota Timberwolves failed to reach the playoffs, Love ranked third in player efficiency rating, third in win shares and fourth in scoring, per Basketball-Reference.
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