A primary premise of the OP is that the TWolves have all the leverage in determining Love's destination. It's not true.
If Love's agent tells a club's management that he would not re-sign there after his contract is up, most rationale teams will back off. Assume that's a reasonable premise for the moment. Why then would Love consider these two franchises as desirable locations? Why would Love want to go to the Sixers who were the worst team in the NBA at the end of the year? Why would Love want to go to the Cavs who have been the worst managed team in the NBA for years?
And how did we do last season?
Philadelphia wasn't tanking. They were one of the worst teams in the history of the NBA. Record-tying losing streak and they were mostly blowouts. None of those last minute losses we piled up with suspicious regularity.
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Cavs, OTOH should have been in the playoffs, but were and are a complete mess from the floor to the owner. Witness:
http://hangtime.blogs.nba.com/2014/02/06/cavs-mired-in-self-made-mess/
http://www.cbssports.com/nba/eye-on-basketball/24427061/report-the-cavaliers-are-a-flaming-mess
Or this interview with Brian Windhorst, former Cavs beatwriter and resident ESPN expert about LBJ:
http://www.cavstheblog.com/?p=25410"The truth is [Kyrie?s] camp has been putting out there for years ? years ? that he doesn?t want to be in Cleveland. That they don?t want him in Cleveland. He doesn?t like Mike Brown. He didn?t like Chris Grant. He doesn?t like Dion Waiters. He?s already gotten a General Manager fired. He might get Mike Brown fired. This is the last time ? once he signs he loses all of his leverage ? so this is the last time he gets to enact leverage. I know he?s said all the right things so, fine, on July 1, when they offer a max contract ? which they will ? and I don?t even know if he?s a max player, but you have to sign him ? sign a five year, no out. That?s what a max contract is. A max contract is five years, no out. If you want out or you want three years, that?s not a max contract. You want three years? Okay, we?ll give you $12 million a year. We?re not giving you the full thing.
I?m just giving you my feel right now and my feel is that he?s not crazy about [signing the full max extension] unless he gets everything checked off across the board.
And the other thing is: if the Cavs ever dream of having LeBron, it?s not going to be with Kyrie there. LeBron and Kyrie have drifted apart in the last few years, even to the point that if the Cavs wanted to get LeBron they would maybe trade Kyrie for someone who would fit better with LeBron. And I?m not making that up. That line of thinking was not originated by me. That?s just the truth."
Now we're hearing that the Cavs may not offer Irving a max contract. Still looking for a coach too after the players got Mike Brown fired. Again.
Real stable operation, eh?
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We already know that the Celtics are on Love's radar. Make a simple case for Love's interest in being on the worst team in the NBA or on the biggest cluster-mess in the NBA. Love doesn't have a say in the matter has been your answer to date, but no one believes that but you and Flip Saunders.
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