The Kevin Love Thread: Update PG. 67, 78

[BullsFTW]

Look for the Bulls to offer Nikola, 16 and 19 a long with any fillers for him.

On draft night Ralph?

Yeah on draft night. I wonder if Nikola holds more value than the Lakers pick. We need to hope LA don't win the lotto.

So if we do land Love, that means no Melo? Or not

[RememberLu]

Rose/Melo/Love

is not a better core than

Rose/Melo/Noah/Taj

Melo > Love

Love is a distraction, we don't need him. He plays PF. We have 2 great PFs already on the roster(Mirotic coming over eventually hopefully before Jesus comes back). Makes no sense.

[Ralphb07]

On draft night Ralph?

Yeah on draft night. I wonder if Nikola holds more value than the Lakers pick. We need to hope LA don't win the lotto.

So if we do land Love, that means no Melo? Or not

I'd think so..

[randybrown]

I think this may come down to how much Minny is willing to pay Mirotic. Is it that wildly high 10M number, then yeah he would play there.

[PMONSTER]

is everyone here okay with pursuing Love instead of Melo? I tend to think Melo makes us more immediate contenders

I dont want to say I dont want Love, because that would be dumb...but when it comes down to it, I dont want Love.

You're not alone.

It's funny because I always felt Melo wasn't going to be wanted until we had an answer on Kevin Love's future.

I want Love also but I also want his future to be determined just as much.

[BullsFTW]

Yeah on draft night. I wonder if Nikola holds more value than the Lakers pick. We need to hope LA don't win the lotto.

So if we do land Love, that means no Melo? Or not

I'd think so..

That's tough...

Any chance we land both?

[Mech Engineer]

I don't think Mirotic to Minny is very realistic. People will try and say Rubio is there, but why is he going to care about one Spainard, when he can stay in Europe and keep playing with a whole team of them, AND not be in a foreign frozen wasteland of talent in Minnesota for years?

He would be likely much more amenable to NY imo, because they would probably easily pay whatever it took to get him over, and he isn't going to say no to 7-8m starting money.

I think Mirotic would probably love it anywhere in the NBA and the familiarity with Rubio makes it better. Yeah, NY might be more attractive than Minnesota as it would be for most people but Minneapolis is not a bad place for somebody aspiring to be a #1 option. He gets to learn the NBA in a more stress-free environment compared to NY.

Thus, both places have their pluses and minuses.

For the Bulls, they have to make a decision on what they do with Mirotic. His value is very high and if they have to make a trade using him, this is the time. Unless he turns into a superstar, his value will never be higher. Some franchises might legitimately look at him as a big building piece right now like a top 5 pick.

Mirotic's value should not become like the Charlotte pick losing value eventually and turning out to be average.

[Jimako10]

I wouldn't even want Melo if we had Love/Rose/Noah already on the team. I'd rather have the depth at that point. Melo's elite abilities are scoring and closing. Well we'd have the scoring with Love, and we already have the closing with Rose. After that, I'd want the depth so they don't kill themselves during the regular season because players 5-12 are a bunch of D-leaguers.

[Ralphb07]

So if we do land Love, that means no Melo? Or not

I'd think so..

That's tough...

Any chance we land both?

I doubt it since we'd be giving all our assets for Love.... Rose, Love and Noah is a sick trio.

[RememberLu]

I'd think so..

That's tough...

Any chance we land both?

I doubt it since we'd be giving all our assets for Love.... Rose, Love and Noah is a sick trio.

oh nvm, Rose Love and Noah? yeah that'll work

[Ben]

I don't disagree on emptying the clip. I do think that people overestimate Taj's trade value. He is on the books for a few more years and as a starter, he is a rather mediocre at best player. For a rebuilding team, he is a negative asset.

Maybe if you do a 3 way. Trade Taj to Charlotte and send the pick to Minnesota. That might be interesting. Let me do some math here:

Rose $18.8M
Noah $12.2M
Dunleavey $3.3M
Butler $2M
Love $15.7M
6 cap holds = $3M
Total = $55M

Chicago would have about $8M in space after dumping Snell and amnestying Boozer. Just spitballing here, dump Dunleavey and then trade whatever picks you have and capspace for Afflalo.

Rose
Afflalo
Butler
Love
Noah

I would be very happy with that starting 5, even though it would only have 1 shot creator (Rose). I would also like re-signing Luol if he would take something under $10M and if Afflalo weren't available.

EDIT: Jimmy would also need to work like heck on his 3P shot (or be replaced), b/c with such elite-passing big men as Noah and Love (plus Rose at PG) the wings would need to be able to punish opposing defenses who leave them open.

[BullsFTW]

I'd think so..

That's tough...

Any chance we land both?

I doubt it since we'd be giving all our assets for Love.... Rose, Love and Noah is a sick trio.

That is. If we keep Taj and acquire Afflalo, then we'd have a solid team.

F Butler/Dunleavy
F Love/Gibson
C Noah/Smith
G Afflalo/Hinrich
G Rose/Augustin

[DRoseCantStop]

Golden State and Chicago are potential trade destinations for Love, according to ESPN.

This off-season is looking to be great, and even if we don't land him, I'm just glad he'll get to strive to success with another franchise.

[BullsFTW]

I don't disagree on emptying the clip. I do think that people overestimate Taj's trade value. He is on the books for a few more years and as a starter, he is a rather mediocre at best player. For a rebuilding team, he is a negative asset.

Maybe if you do a 3 way. Trade Taj to Charlotte and send the pick to Minnesota. That might be interesting. Let me do some math here:

Rose $18.8M
Noah $12.2M
Dunleavey $3.3M
Butler $2M
Love $15.7M
6 cap holds = $3M
Total = $55M

Chicago would have about $8M in space after dumping Snell and amnestying Boozer. Just spitballing here, dump Dunleavey and then trade whatever picks you have and capspace for Afflalo.

Rose
Afflalo
Butler
Love
Noah

I would be very happy with that starting 5, even though it would only have 1 shot creator (Rose). I would also like re-signing Luol if he would take something under $10M and if Afflalo weren't available.

EDIT: Jimmy would also need to work like heck on his 3P shot (or be replaced), b/c with such elite-passing big men as Noah and Love (plus Rose at PG) the wings would need to be able to punish opposing defenses who leave them open.

While Love does not have the elite ball-handling skills, he has actually improved his iso-game. He's also a great passer.

[micromonkey]

Dwight had a list
Love had a list
We ain't on either

Let's see if he can raise the hate-meter as much as Dwight did
So far he's off to a real good start

[Jordan45822]

http://espn.go.com/nba/story/_/id/10949 ... e-warriors

Stein says that Love likes the Bulls & Warriors and are teams he would welcome a trade too

[dafunky1]

Well,Love just added Golden State & the Bulls on his list according to ESPN.

[randybrown]

Rose/Melo/Love

is not a better core than

Rose/Melo/Noah/Taj

Melo > Love

Love is a distraction, we don't need him. He plays PF. We have 2 great PFs already on the roster(Mirotic coming over eventually hopefully before Jesus comes back). Makes no sense.

I agree with this but Bulls should not dwell if Love is available earlier in this process than Melo. No guarantee Bulls get Melo.

[Jimako10]

http://espn.go.com/nba/story/_/id/10949807/kevin-love-tells-minnesota-timberwolves-sign-extension-likes-chicago-bulls-golden-state-warriors

Stein says that Love likes the Bulls & Warriors and are teams he would welcome a trade too

Sources told ESPN.com that the Golden State Warriors and Chicago Bulls are among the potential trade destinations that intrigue Love.

The Los Angeles Lakers and New York Knicks have likewise been mentioned all season as big-market landing spots that would tempt Love, but going to the best situation for immediate contention is said to be the power forward's priority.

[DRoseCantStop]

Dwight had a list
Love had a list
We ain't on either

Let's see if he can raise the hate-meter as much as Dwight did
So far he's off to a real good start

We on it now

We might have our own Big 3.