Timberwolves To Consider Kevin Love Trade Options

It’s no secret that Kevin Love is unhappy in Minnesota, and reports are indicating that the T-Wolves have begun to accept the inevitability of a trade. Yahoo! reports that Wolves president Flip Saunders is now seriously considering trade options for the first time:  

The Wolves are under pressure to start considering trade scenarios for Love, who’s anxious to exercise his Early Termination Option (ETO) in the summer of 2015 and leave as a free agent, league sources said.

“For the first time, [Saunders] sounds like looking at deals for [Love] is an option,” one rival executive told Yahoo Sports.

The Boston Celtics, Golden State Warriors, Los Angeles Lakers and Phoenix Suns are among many teams determined to make hard runs at trades for Love, league sources said. Boston and Los Angeles plan to make high-lottery picks in the 2014 NBA Draft available in offers for Love, sources said.