The Cavaliers don't look ready to win big now, and that's critically important to James, but that would change quickly if James commits and if Cleveland trades Andrew Wiggins for Kevin Love, who reportedly would be receptive to signing with the Cavaliers longterm if James is there.
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If Cavs front office can pull off that double swoop, fair dues to them.
This is why I hope Lebron stays in Miami. We may still have an outside shot at Love. Although if this happens maybe we would then have an outside shot with Bosh with our assets.
I can't help but think that the Celtics best chance at K-Love has come and past.
The #6 pick and Sully or Olynyk and future picks was best offer Celtics will likely be able to put together between now and the trade deadline. If Flip Saunders wasn't interested in that, it's hard to see Ainge putting together a better offer. Hopefully Flip Saunders gets desperate like Kevin McHale did years ago and accepts a lesser offer (when McHale missed out on #5 pick) down the road if nobody else comes in with better offer ... but I doubt that happens twice.
I think trading for K-Love was the best route to acquiring him. Not being able to put together a trade will make it much more difficult to acquire him.
So if no trade to Boston, and
IF (big if) Kevin Love isn't traded to a different team that he (will likely) be happy to stay with sometime between now and the trade deadline, then K-Love enters free agency in 2015. I think Boston will be on K-Love's shortlist of teams but I also think Ainge will need to make a big move between then and now to make Boston #1 team on that shortlist. If it's just Rondo and role players, I think some other team will end up bettering that offer. So I think a 2nd star needs to be acquired (while retaining enough cap flexibility to land K-Love in free agency) to convince K-Love to join.
Anyway, what I am trying to say is that I am no longer optimistic about getting Kevin Love to Boston. I think the likelihood of a trade appears slim. Likelihood of K-Love making it to free agency is slim (cause he'll likely be traded to a team he is happy to stay with). Then comes free agency which right now is probably Boston's best chance (has become due to failed trade attempts) at acquiring K-Love but Boston still needs to make another move to put them over the hump between then and now to make themselves a frontrunner rather than an honourable mention on shortlist.
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