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Cavs think big, spend nearly $240M to keep Love, Thompson, Shumpert as LeBron waits (Ball Don’t Lie)
OK, you guys: I think it's safe to say that the Cleveland Cavaliers are set at the power forward spot for a little while. Kevin Love announced in a first-person piece published Wednesday afternoon at The Players Tribune — where he's a "senior editor," natch — that he's going to stay with the Cleveland Cavaliers, the team he joined in a blockbuster trade with the Minnesota Timberwolves last summer. After suffering a dislocated left shoulder at the hands of the Boston Celtics' Kelly Olynyk, Love missed the final three rounds of the Cavaliers' run to the 2015 NBA Finals. The 26-year-old power forward told ESPN.com's Ramona Shelburne after the Cavs' Game 1 loss to the Golden State Warriors that he had "never wanted to be in a game more than that one," and that he wanted to return to Cleveland because "I want to win." He doubled down on that sentiment in his announcement. [Related: Complete 2015 NBA free-agency tracker | Latest from Woj ] "After Game 1 of the NBA Finals, that's when it really struck me," Love wrote . "Sitting on the sidelines, I never wanted to play in a game more than that one. I had dreamed of playing in the NBA Finals and I just wanted to help my guys...
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