why would you use those stats for love though ?
The last time he was #1 option he put up 26/13
He would clearly be the # 1 option here . You can't say that his stats in cle would be the same as in Boston
Last time he was a #1 option his team won 40 games.
Some points to consider...
Usage argumentThe "buried behind Lebron and Irving" argument is a farce.
Avery Bradley's usage rate this year is 20%, and Kevin Love's usage rate is 23%. Bradley averages 13.5 FGA Per Game and Love averages 12.7 FGA Per Game.
Kevin Love is is getting just as many touches in Cleveland as Bradley is in Boston, so that entire argument just does not stick. It's a weak excuse that former Kevin Love fanboys (who are in deep denial) throw around to try to convince themselves that Kevin Love is still a superstar...he isn't.
These days Love is a complimentary semi-star (about on par with Al Horford), and there is nothing wrong with that as long as you understand and acknowledge that this is what he is.
If you expect Kevin Love to come to Boston and magically turn the clock back three or four years, and transform into the 26/14 guy he was in Minnesota, then you are going to:
1) Be grossly dissapinted and
2) End up massively overpaying
If you don't want the above to happen, than you should temper your expectations and acknowledge the fact that Love has faded to the point where he is little more than a volume jumper chucking ball hog who rebounds quite well, and is a pretty decent passer.
Think of current day Kevin Love as Jared Sullinger with a consistent three point shot, and you are pretty much there. It's nowhere near as big an upgrade for us as people think.
EfficiencyIf the "buried behind Lebron and Irving" argument had any validity to it, then Kevin Love should be getting easier looks as a result of those guys drawing all the defense, and so his shooting percentages should be higher than ever.
That's exactly what happened with Bosh and Wade in Miami (when Lebron was there) and it's exactly what happened with Pierce, KG and Allen when they joined forces in Boston.
If that's accurate, then the opposite is also true, so you could expect that bringing Love to Boston, in a more prominent offensive role, should see his percentages drop even further than where they are now - a frightening thought considering his current percentages almost make Jared Sullinger look good.
Team fitThe big reason Boston (as a team) is so successful, is because we don't have a bunch of stars who hog the ball 24-7 and take stupid amounts of shots. We share the ball and attack teams with a balanced assault, which forces teams to take a "pick your poison" approach to defending us.
When Love had his two best scoring seasons he was playing huge minutes and taking almost 20 shots a game on a garbage team - and that was back when he was getting to the line at a crazy high rate, and he was shooting half respectable percentages from the field.
This year Love's minutes are down (despite him clearly being by far the highest profile big on his team), his percentages are disgraceful, and he's getting to the line at about the same rate as Kelly Olynyk.
If you want the current version of Kevin Love to give you 20 PPG then you're going to have to have him taking something like 18 shots a night, which will utterly destroy the brilliant "team" system that Brad currently has in place.
Do you want that?
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