Sources: Cavs pursuing trade for Kevin Love if they sign LeBron James. The Cleveland Cavaliers are pursuing a trade for Minnesota Timberwolves All-Star forward Kevin Love contingent on the signing of LeBron James, league sources told Yahoo Sports. The Timberwolves will demand Andrew Wiggins, the Cavs No. 1 overall pick from last months NBA draft, be a part of any proposed deal, sources told Yahoo Sports. The Cavs have already made a salary-cap-clearing move to create room to possibly sign James by reaching agreement on a three-team trade that will send Jarrett Jack and Sergey Karasev to the Brooklyn Nets, league sources told Yahoo Sports. For the Cavaliers, there are no assurances James will sign with them, but he did reach out to two veteran free agents last week about joining him if he were to leave Miami, sources told Yahoo Sports. Sharp-shooting forward Mike Miller was one of them. If James does leave Miami, Chris Boshs intention is to also leave the Heat, league sources told Yahoo Sports. Bosh has been speaking with the Houston Rockets, who are prepared to clear enough cap room to offer him a four-year, $80 million-plus contract. If the Cavs cant get James, their backup plan remains making a run at signing free-agent forward Trevor Ariza, league sources told Yahoo Sports. James and agent Rich Paul are scheduled to meet with Miami Heat president Pat Riley and assistant general manager Andy Ellsburg, the teams salary cap expert, in Las Vegas on Wednesday, sources said. Theres still an expectation among some rival general managers that James could tell Riley he wants a short-term maximum contract and remain with the Heat. As part of the trade, the Boston Celtics will receive Marcus Thornton from the Nets and Tyler Zeller from the Cavs, along with the Cavaliers top-10 protected 2016 first-round pick. The top-10 protection on the pick remains for the 2017 and 18 drafts. If the Celtics still havent received the pick, it will be unprotected in 2019. The Cavaliers receive the rights to Ilkan Karaman and Edin Bavcic, all former draft picks. The deal will free up more than the $20.7 million in cap space needed to offer James a max contract.
Posted on: Wed, 09 Jul 2014 21:20:52 +0000
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