Kevin Love is finalizing a contract buyout with the Cleveland Cavaliers, and the Miami Heat are waiting to pounce as the top candidate to pick up the last of the Cavs’ old Big 3, according to The Athletic.
The buyout will enable the veteran forward to become a free agent before the league’s March 1 deadline to land with a team of his choosing and be eligible to play in the postseason.
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Fri, 17 Feb
Friday February 17th
MARKET COOL ON WESTBROOK The blows keep coming for Russell Westbrook. The Lakers sent Westbrook to the Jazz in a complex three-team trade with the Timberwolves and Jazz on the night before the NBA trade deadline. Westbrook has since been given permission from the Jazz to talk to teams should get bought out of his contract, which has $23m million owing (on a $68.5m AUD deal) The Heat, Bulls, Clippers and Wizards were initially linked to the 34-year-old. Now, however, it seems interest in Westbrook has cooled. The Athletics’s Shams Charania reported on Thursday that the situation was “slow moving”. “There is not a spot yet for [Westbrook],” he said. Specifically regarding the Los Angeles Clippers he said he “[had] not heard any traction yet.”
