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Originally Posted by chiefzilla1501
No team will give up any significant trade bait if they know love won't extend the contract. Loves pickiness is costing Minnesota a ton of leverage. Their only hope is that golden state and Cleveland get into a bidding war, but it sure appears as if both are standing their ground.
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No shit. That's why this has always been a 3-team trade. More than likely it will involve either Cleveland or Golden State, but not both.
Minnesota never was going to get equal compensation for Love, but they should be able to expect at least ONE item on their wish list. Right now they're trying to get two with either Wiggins/Thompson and somebody to take care of the Kevin Martin contract. If that doesn't work, they can try something else, but it's not like the best offer they're going to get is the shitty one Cleveland first put out involving Waiters and Bennett.
Regardless, Kevin Love will NOT be a free agent next year. He'll get traded to a team he wants to play with and sign an extension. Cleveland either gets him now or forever holds their peace. At least until 2016, anyway.