Why This Trade Makes Sense For The Miami Heat
Not only can Kevin Love be a high-volume scorer at the power-forward positions for the Heat, but he was a NBA All-Star not too long ago. In back-to-back seasons from 2016-2018, Love was named an All-Star and brings a lot to the table in terms of offensive efficiency.
With the addition of Oladipo, the Heat would have four players who all have All-Star potential, which would be enough to call them one of the team’s to beat in the Eastern Conference.
The Miami Heat’s biggest problem last season was that when Bam Adebayo got hurt, they did not have any big time depth behind him to play valuable minutes in the NBA Finals. With Goran Dragic also being injured, this did not help the case, but the Heat need to have another reliable and proven frontcourt option in case something like this happens again.
Kelly Olynyk and Meyers Leonard and not the right answers to be able to be the third or fourth scoring options for the Heat on the court, which is why trading for Kevin Love makes sense. Pat Riley is no stranger to making big moves for the Miami Heat and trading for Love would immediately have a positive impact with this team.
Last season, the Miami Heat finished second in the league in three-point shooting, but adding Kevin Love could greatly separate them from the rest of the league in this category. With two of the best young perimeter scorers in the league in Duncan Robinson and Tyler Herro, adding a stretch power-forward like Kevin Love, who is a career 37% shooter from deep, the Miami Heat would be an extremely tough team to prevent shooting threes.
Not to mention, Kevin Love is still a terrific rebounder and for a Heat team that ranked 17th in the league in total rebounds per game last season, he would provide some much needed insurance on the glass.
If the Heat want to make it back to the NBA Finals this year, especially after the top teams in the East got better, they will need to make a big move like bringing in Kevin Love.
