3 reasons Kevin Love is the most underrated Warriors trade target

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His ability to space the court

Kevin Love, as the Warriors among all teams know well, can shoot. He’s among the best shooting big men in the NBA. That said, during his early days with the Minnesota Timberwolves, Love wasn’t an overly great shooter despite being an MVP candidate one season.

Before moving to Cleveland, Love developed his shot, shooting above 40 percent one season in Minnesota. When he was initially traded for Wiggins back in 2014, Love was brought to Cleveland to be paired with LeBron James and Kyrie Irving.

Averaging 2.5 threes per game his last season in Minnesota, Love continued his three-point dominance in Cleveland.

He was theoretically forced to become a spot-up shooter, and he did mold to become the perfect teammate, becoming a much leaner version of his former grizzly bear self. After finding his fit with the team his first season, Love has averaged at least two threes per game every year since.

The Warriors don’t have much shooting in their frontcourt. They could use Love, who has two seasons of at least 40 percent from deep.

Green and Wiggins both aren’t great shooters with Wiggins being reasonably better. But, Stephen Curry, Klay Thompson, Wiggins, Green, and Love would be a problem on the offensive end with all that shooting on one offense.

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