Kevin Love declines player option, may still return to Miami
Adrian Wojnarowski: ESPN Sources: Miami Heat F/C Kevin Love is declining his $4M player option, but both sides are enthusiastic about negotiating a new deal in the opening days of free agency. The five-time All-Star has played the past two seasons with the Heat.
Source: Twitter @wojespn
Source: Twitter @wojespn
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Tim Reynolds @ByTimReynolds
As @wojespn said, there is hope from both sides that Kevin Love and the Miami Heat will agree on a new deal, per sources. Love said many times last season that he intends to stay in Miami. It doesn’t appear that his thinking has shifted in any way. – 11:18 AM
As @wojespn said, there is hope from both sides that Kevin Love and the Miami Heat will agree on a new deal, per sources. Love said many times last season that he intends to stay in Miami. It doesn’t appear that his thinking has shifted in any way. – 11:18 AM
Adrian Wojnarowski @wojespn
ESPN Sources: Miami Heat F/C Kevin Love is declining his $4M player option, but both sides are enthusiastic about negotiating a new deal in the opening days of free agency. The five-time All-Star has played the past two seasons with the Heat. pic.twitter.com/uXU3bR8xPP – 10:56 AM
ESPN Sources: Miami Heat F/C Kevin Love is declining his $4M player option, but both sides are enthusiastic about negotiating a new deal in the opening days of free agency. The five-time All-Star has played the past two seasons with the Heat. pic.twitter.com/uXU3bR8xPP – 10:56 AM
Michael Scotto @MikeAScotto
Story: Predicting what’s next for the top remaining player option decisions for LeBron James, Paul George, Russell Westbrook, Caleb Martin, Kevin Love, Richaun Holmes, Torrey Craig, Damion Lee, Cam Reddish, and more ahead of NBA free agency on @hoopshype. hoopshype.com/lists/2024-nba… – 10:54 AM
Story: Predicting what’s next for the top remaining player option decisions for LeBron James, Paul George, Russell Westbrook, Caleb Martin, Kevin Love, Richaun Holmes, Torrey Craig, Damion Lee, Cam Reddish, and more ahead of NBA free agency on @hoopshype. hoopshype.com/lists/2024-nba… – 10:54 AM
Anthony Chiang @Anthony_Chiang
Remaining Heat player options that need to be decided on by today at 5 p.m.:
Caleb Martin ($7.1 million option)
Kevin Love ($4 million option)
Thomas Bryant ($2.8 million option) – 9:11 AM
Remaining Heat player options that need to be decided on by today at 5 p.m.:
Caleb Martin ($7.1 million option)
Kevin Love ($4 million option)
Thomas Bryant ($2.8 million option) – 9:11 AM
Ira Winderman @IraHeatBeat
Heat remaining option decisions by Saturday 5 p.m. deadline:
Kevin Love, player option
Caleb Martin, player option
Thomas Bryant, player option – 9:57 PM
Heat remaining option decisions by Saturday 5 p.m. deadline:
Kevin Love, player option
Caleb Martin, player option
Thomas Bryant, player option – 9:57 PM
Law Murray @LawMurrayTheNU
Miami Heat take Kel’el Ware with Kevin Love and Thomas Bryant entering free agency…
Orlando Robinson also on the roster, so they must have really wanted Ware in the program – 9:43 PM
Miami Heat take Kel’el Ware with Kevin Love and Thomas Bryant entering free agency…
Orlando Robinson also on the roster, so they must have really wanted Ware in the program – 9:43 PM
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In clarifying, the 35-year-old former All-Star contrasted his situation to even that of 20-year-old teammate Nikola Jovic. “For context,” Love said, “in one of the breaks that we had at the end of the year, it wasn’t recent, it might have been less than a month ago, I said we have to take advantage of this opportunity and this situation because whether you’re Niko, and you have who knows how many years left, or you’re myself, who also doesn’t know how many he has left, we got to take advantage of this. “It could be one more year. It could be two years, three years, four years, five years. But the truth is you just don’t really know. You could miss the playoffs. You could get beat in the first round, second round, third round. Like no matter what it is, that was more like what I was saying, is we need to take advantage of the opportunity.” -via South Florida Sun-Sentinel / May 1, 2024
Kevin Love holds a $4 million player option to return to the Heat next season. “I don’t want to retire,” he said ahead of Wednesday night’s Game 5 against the Celtics in the best-of-seven Eastern Conference opening-round playoff series. “I would like to keep playing.” -via South Florida Sun-Sentinel / May 1, 2024