In August, the NBA is relatively quiet because the biggest offseason plotlines are mostly resolved. That's why, when the Georges Niang trade happens in August, it arguably gets more coverage than in other months. For that same reason, many are keeping their eyes peeled on the Kevin Love-Utah Jazz situation. The latest on that didn't provide much, but also showed that neither side is in a hurry.
NBA Insider Jake Fischer revealed the latest on Love during his live stream with Bleacher Report on August 7, where he revealed, well, nothing. And not just a reiteration of what he has said about the Love situation in the past. He actually gave nothing, period, intel-wise.
"I have not heard anything substantial about Kevin Love's future at this juncture," Fischer said (18:45 mark).
While many will be disappointed by the lack of an update, the main takeaway is that neither Love nor Utah is in a rush to do anything at the moment. Everything points to Love won't be a Jazzman this season, and that seemed obvious the second Utah traded for him, but it may be a while before this has a resolution.
Utah does not have to hurry up resolving the Love situation
Even though most of the offseason's plotlines have been resolved, there's still a fair amount left before we enter training camp. That doesn't start until mid-September, so Utah has until then to do something about Love.
Love doesn't have trade value because he's on the wrong side of 30 and, like any player around his age, is far from the star he used to be. Even if he's being paid on chump change, no team is acquiring that when they can simply wait until he hits the open market. That's why in the month since the original trade, there has been no intel confirming that Love has a trade suitor.
Perhaps what the Jazz are waiting for is for the trade restriction to be removed so that they can combine with Love with someone else to either acquire another asset or, at the very least, trim the roster down. Love can't be traded with anyone else until it's officially been two months since the Jazz acquired him, so that gives Utah a reason to wait this out.
Even if we all know how this story ends, that doesn't mean Utah's going to end it as soon as possible because nothing positive or negative comes from doing that. In fact, giving them more options is probably the best route to take. Love will be bought out or traded, but that doesn't mean Utah has reason to get right to that just because they can.