Kevin Love has signed a contract to join the Miami Heat by the end of the season on Monday.
A member of five all-star teams, the 15-year veteran won the NBA championship, Olympic gold and the FIBA World Cup.
He is 42e on the NBA three-point list with 1,536 three-pointers, which ranks him 19e among active players in the league.
” That’s exciting. We have fresh legs on the team,” said Bam Adebayo, the Heat’s second point scorer this season. A guy like Kevin Love has been through what it’s like to come back from a 3-1 deficit (in the 2016 Finals with Cleveland, against Golden State). He is seasoned. This is a big acquisition for us. »
In 15 NBA seasons with Cleveland and Minnesota, Love averaged 17.2 points and 10.5 rebounds.
This season with Cleveland, he had 8.5 points, 6.8 rebounds in 41 games, almost all of them as a reserve.
He didn’t play in the team’s last 12 games before the all-star break.