Kevin Love Trade Rumors: Cavaliers Showing 'Limited Interest' in Moving Star

The Cleveland Cavaliers have reportedly shown "limited interest" in trading veteran forward Kevin Love this offseason, according to ESPN.com's Zach Lowe.

Despite that, Lowe added it seems "inevitable" that Cleveland will move him eventually given its status as a rebuilding team.

Love has four years remaining on the contract he signed with Cleveland last year, and Lowe suggested that the Cavs extended him for the purpose of eventually dealing him.

The 30-year-old Love will make $28.9 million this season, $31.2 million in each of the two seasons after that and $28.9 million in 2022-23 before becoming a free agent in 2023.

Injuries limited Love to just 22 games last season, but he was productive when healthy. The five-time All-Star averaged 17.0 points, 10.9 rebounds and 2.2 assists, although he shot just 38.5 percent from the field and 36.1 percent from beyond the arc.

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Love was far more efficient one season earlier, shooting 45.8 percent from the floor and 41.5 percent from long range.

While Love was more of an interior player earlier in his career with the Minnesota Timberwolves, his game has evolved. Love is now a stretch forward who has knocked down over two trifectas per game in each of the past four seasons.

That style of play fits well in the current NBA, and it should make him a hot commodity on the trade market should the Cavs decide to make him more readily available.

After reaching the NBA Finals in four straight seasons with LeBron James leading the way, the Cavs went 19-63 last season, which was tied for the worst record in the NBA.

With LeBron gone and Kyrie Irving getting traded to the Boston Celtics after three straight Finals trips, Love is one of the last holdovers remaining on Cleveland's roster with regard to players who were on all four Finals teams along with Tristan Thompson and J.R. Smith.

Cleveland has laid a solid framework for future success with a backcourt comprised of 2018 first-round pick Collin Sexton and 2019 first-round pick Darius Garland, but the Cavs don't seem likely to contend for a playoff spot for at least a couple of more seasons.

If the Cavaliers trade Love and acquire some draft picks and young assets, however, it could go a long way toward accelerating their rebuild.