All indications are that Kevin Love will be with the Utah Jazz for training camp. Honest question: while no one minds this, does anyone want this? The answer is no, and though it appears the Jazz don't have better options, they could solve this problem by trading him for a young player worth a flyer.
Bleacher Report's Dan Favale proposed a three-way trade between the Jazz, Washington Wizards, and New York Knicks in which the following would be swapped.
Knicks Receive: Justin Champagnie
Jazz Receive: Pacome Dadiet
Wizards Receive: Love, 2026 first-round pick (its own*, via New York) $1.8 million cash (via Utah)
The Jazz are more or less an afterthought in this deal (like the Luka Doncic deal), but Favale gave a solid rationale for why they would make a trade like this.
"For all the various youngsters on the roster, Utah's wing pool runs dry after Ace Bailey and Cody Williams. Dadiet has just 111 NBA minutes under his belt and hasn't turned too many heads through two summer-league stints. But he just turned 20 in July and has three years left on his rookie-scale contract. Time is on his side.
"If the Knicks' practice-run metrics are to be believed, Dadiet is also an elite floor-spacer-in-waiting. Given that he stands 6'7" and the cost is minimal, the Jazz should be all over the chance to develop him—even if his best-case outcome is a long shot."
In a nutshell, the rationale would be, "Hey, why not?" Utah wouldn't have much to lose in taking a flyer on Dadiet. The bigger headline for them would be that they managed to get rid of Love, and wouldn't have to give up an asset to do it. Getting a diamond in the rough for their troubles would make the deal even better.
This would probably be the most optimistic outcome with Love
There is no easy solution to what Utah does with Love. Even though he will participate in their training camp, it still remains up in the air as to whether he'll actually make the team. Finding a trade for him that gets them a player they could try to develop while also helping their cap flexibility is pretty optimal.
The most likely outcome is that Love will get waived, whether it's at the start of the season or around buyout season, or he'll be traded as salary filler in another deal. It's not like he'd fetch much of a return in a trade unless Utah trades him in the same fashion Miami did.
It's not like the Jazz should feel pressure to keep or get rid of Love, but it's a topic worth discussing because no one thought he would be on the team a week after they got him, let alone two months.