In the latest podcast from famed hoops writer Zach Lowe, he suggested an interesting trade involving Kevin Love.
Lowe used to write for Grantland but after the website was shut down, he went back to ESPN where he aired his The Lowe Post podcast.
In his discussion with NBA Insider David Thorpe, he suggested that Kevin Love might be traded by the Cleveland Cavaliers. While it might be an overreaction to the beating the Golden State Warriors handed them, but he suggested that Love could net them assets to counter the Golden State Warriors.
The players going in exchange for Kevin Love are Eryan Ilyasova, Kentavious Caldwell-Pope and the Pistons 2016 first round pick (unprotected).
The details of the trade mentioned were integrated in this Reddit post, as well the ESPN trade machine approval. It should also involve the Portland, because the Cavs are already way over the cap.
Thorpe mentioned that it was a great trade for both teams. Combining Kevin Love with Andre Drummond would make them "Orlando Magic North" as he was alluding to the Magic team that went to the NBA Finals in 2009.
That team was also coached by Stan Van Gundy and the main pillar was Dwight Howard, back when he was still a beast at the paint and a perennial Defensive of the Player candidate (and multiple awardee).
Drummond may not be as dominating as Howard then, but Reggie Jackson and Kevin Love would be much better than Jameer Nelson and Ryan Anderson. Love and Drummond would arguably be the best frontcourt combo in the league and the Pistons would be the greatest threat to the Cavs, which is probably why they would hesitate to trade Love to a Conference rival.
However, one important point is that Thorpe mentioned Caldwell-Pope as the player who can guard Stephen Curry. Now that's something LeBron James would like to have.
