Do you think Kevin Love is a legit Top 5 player?

[Sakkreth]

Yea his passing sucks and he's a horrible 3 pt shooter

He's not elite 3pt shooter, he's very good, but very good can be replaced. He relies on jump shots as a big man, it's very useful to have good outside shot as big man, but it shouldn't be your main way to score. His passing, yes it's good and impactful.

[FireMcFailPlease]

He's not elite 3pt shooter, he's very good, but very good can be replaced. He relies on jump shots as a big man, it's very useful to have good outside shot as big man, but it shouldn't be your main way to score. His passing, yes it's good and impactful.

So who's a shortlist that has all of those assets that can replace love?

[qrich]

Definitely not.

[kshutts1]

Love is not a top 5 player. Just off the top of my head, Lebron, Durant, Westbrook, Paul, Melo are all better. Then I also prefer Griffin and Howard over him. So that's 7 players that I consider better. Then we get into the territory of players like George, Noah, Harden, Curry... are they better than him? An argument could be made for or against.

But I do think the Cavs should trade Wiggins for Love. If Wiggins turns out to be a top 10 player in the league, that's a great thing. It's not the sure thing that some people make it out to be. Also depends on what else is in the deal, but if we could hypothetically do Wiggins for Love, yes, the Cavs should do that.

[FireMcFailPlease]

Just curious..why is melo better than love?

[HurricaneKid]

I don't think he is a top 5 player but he is a great player and guys like that don't become available often. Even if Wiggins becomes an even better player it still makes sense to make the trade as it synchs up the window so their best two players are peaking together.

[GimmeThat]

no, but it doesn't require having one of the top 2 player and another top 5 player in order to win a championship.

not when you have Irving

[GimmeThat]

Just curious..why is melo better than love?

people emphasize versatility. but it's still a 5 man game after all.

[RoundMoundOfReb]

I'd say:

LeBron
Durant
Paul

are the ones that are clearly better to me...

he's in that next group with

Melo
Aldridge
Griffin
Westbrook
Harden
George
Davis
Nowitzki
Curry

etc...so it's debatable

[Duggrr]

Top 10

[4 Inches]

Nope
His stats are emptier than a Lebron James promise.