Buyout Market 2023: Nerlens 10-day to Nets | Dragic to MIL

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Heat and Sixers are probably good fits for him.  Miami has a good reputation of building players up and they have a good defensive center.   Morey is always opportunistic and they also have a good defensive center.   Both appear to be able to offer playing time.

Sort of surprised Cleveland would do a buyout only to see him go to two teams they are competing against.  Even if Love may be close to the end, why leave that open to chance?

Yeah I was quite surprised they just let him walk like that, potentially to a team that may face them in the playoffs. I know Love fell out of their rotation due to his lack of defense. I think the fact that they'd let him walk to a team like MIA or PHI speaks to how poor of a defender they think Love is. They probably think he wouldn't even see the floor.

As to teams, I think MIA just makes the most sense. They are in desperate need for shooting. They have zero power forwards as well. Love just fits like a glove. 

Also from a Mavs POV, when Love was bought out I was pretty hopeful the Mavs would get in the mix due to his ability to rebound and outlet pass. We definitely need to revamp the big man rotation, but after sitting on it the last couple of days I just think Love's defense would be a 1 step forward 2 steps back kind of move.