A wild two-team, five-player trade rumor is circling online these days involving the Cleveland Cavaliers' Kevin Love and the Washington Wizards' Bradley Beal.
Love has been the subject of a lot of trade rumors since the 2016 NBA Finals because of his lackluster performance in the said series despite the Cavaliers winning its first ever NBA championship.
The three-time All-Star's seeming ill-fit with LeBron James and Kyrie Irving is also another reason why Love has been in the rumor mill for quite some time.
Cleveland trailed the Golden State Warriors 0-2 in last season's Finals before the eventual champions scored their first victory when Love was sidelined to a concussion protocol. Cavs head coach Tyronn Lue put Richard Jefferson in the starting lineup in place of Love and the team won four of the next five games to win the title.
Meanwhile, the Wizards' locker room is said to be in disarray with the rumored rift between Beal and John Wall. Wall admitted during the offseason that he and Beal "dislike each other on the court" and speculations abound that it began when the latter became the highest-paid player in Washington's roster last summer.
Wall is also rumored to be asking the club to trade away Gortat after the center made some "harsh" comments towards the team's bench in a recent interview.
With those premises, the latest NBA trade rumors are indicating that the Cavs could send Love and veteran small forward Mike Dunleavy to the Wizards for Beal, Markieff Morris, and Marcin Gortat, according to Inquisitr.
Getting Beal, Morris, and Gortat would definitely improve the Cavs' backcourt as Beal is expectedly set to partner with Irving in their starting backcourt, replacing the mercurial JR Smith.
Morris and Gortat will somehow ease the departure of Love, who is still being used by Lue as the starting power forward this season.
Bleacher Report indicated that Love is "returning to All-Star form" after some huge performances in the Cavs' previous games. Love is currently averaging 20.3 points and 11.0 rebounds in 12 games this season so far, an improvement from his 16.0 points and 9.9 boards per game numbers last season.
Coach Lue also seemed to have found a new confidence in his prized big man and so any deals involving Love could be a long-shot at the moment.
