We are now in late August. Typically around this time, it's a shocker if any NBA team adds any new players unless it's via trade. Free agency is pretty much done. The Utah Jazz pretty much wrapped up their offseason when they signed Mo Bamba, which all but signaled that Kevin Love was not coming back to the team.
In his late-30s, it didn't seem as though Love was exactly in demand this summer for obvious reasons. His one supposed lifeline was teaming up with LeBron James again, but it's been some time since James joined the Philadelphia 76ers, and there have been no indications that Love will follow him there.
So it feels as though Love is out of options at first glance. Not so fast. ESPN's Brian Windhorst revealed on "The Hoop Collective" that Cleveland may inquire for Love's services.
"The Cavs are looking for a big man, and Kevin Love is out there," Windhorst said. "That's a guy to keep an eye on for Cleveland."
Love played for Cleveland from 2014 to 2023, where he won a championship with James in 2016 while making two All-Star teams in 2016 and 2017. There may be a sentimental aspect to this, but their current iteration of the team has familiarity with Love and needs some frontcourt depth.
If anything, Love can provide veteran leadership as they try to vie for a title. The two sides didn't exactly have the best parting of ways back in 2023, but perhaps they may be in the mood to mend some fences.
There aren't exactly a whole lot of other options to choose from for Cleveland (or really anyone else), so at this stage of the offseason, if Love re-joins Cleveland, the response will be somewhere along the lines of "Why not?"
Jazz alumni rejoining forces is nothing new
This is a story the Jazz are all too familiar with. We have seen Jazz alumni rejoin Rudy Gobert in Minnesota, while others have rejoined Donovan Mitchell in Cleveland. This offseason alone, we've seen even more recent alumni, like Walker Kessler and Collin Sexton, rejoin forces in Los Angeles! It's become so rampant that it's almost a joke at this point.
This is a rather unique version because Love played with Mitchell before he joined the Jazz, and now he has the chance to rejoin forces with Mitchell three years later.
Of course, it's different this time because, with the Jazz planning to be good this season, fans won't root for their alumni to succeed like they could for the past four years. Of course, with how positive an influence Love was on the Jazz, many are hoping he can keep his career alive for as long as possible. Even if it's in Cleveland.
Besides, it's not like he'll do much damage on the court if he becomes a Cavalier again.
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