{"id":152115,"date":"2025-07-25T15:41:53","date_gmt":"2025-07-25T19:41:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/?p=152115"},"modified":"2025-07-25T15:41:53","modified_gmt":"2025-07-25T19:41:53","slug":"lakers-rumors-kevin-love-glamour-market","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/2025\/07\/25\/lakers-rumors-kevin-love-glamour-market\/","title":{"rendered":"Lakers Could Be Option for Veteran Seeking “Glamour Market”"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Lakers have one guaranteed roster spot open ahead of next season. With most of their needs filled, could LA take a flier on one of <\/span>LeBron James<\/span><\/a>\u2019 former teammates?<\/span><\/p>\n

Lakers Could Be Option for Veteran Seeking “Glamour Market”<\/b><\/h2>\n

Report: Kevin Love Eyeing Big Cities if Bought Out<\/b><\/h3>\n

According to NBA insider <\/span>Jake Fischer<\/span><\/a>, <\/span>Kevin Love<\/span><\/a> is aiming for a <\/span>\u201cglamour market\u201d<\/span><\/a> once the Utah Jazz buy out his contract. The former top-five pick was included in a <\/span>three-team trade<\/span><\/a> that sent <\/span>John Collins<\/span><\/a> to the Clippers and <\/span>Norman Powell<\/span><\/a> to the Heat. On the cusp of his 18th season, it\u2019s clear Love isn\u2019t keen on spending it in Utah. He is in the middle of a two-year, $8 million contract<\/a> and earning $4.1 million in 2025-26.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cSo with Kevin Love, to my understanding, he really only wants to be in the big glamour markets. I do think it would mostly be something along the lines of Kevin Love going to a New York or a Los Angeles type of situation.\u00a0 So, we’ll see if that can materialize for him.\u201d<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Fischer added that <\/span>Love\u2019s buyout has taken a while<\/span><\/a> because he\u2014unlike recent candidates\u2014does not have his next team confirmed.<\/span><\/p>\n

The 2016 champion and five-time All-Star spent a little over two seasons in South Beach, gradually transitioning into a reserve role. In 23 games last year, he averaged 5.3 points, 4.1 rebounds and one assist in ten minutes. Throughout his career, Love has been a reliable starter, a double-double threat (16.2 points, 10.0 rebounds) and a decent floor-spacer. Although he could still contribute in spot minutes, his next team may use him more for his leadership.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Dec 7, 2024; Miami, Florida, USA; Miami Heat forward Kevin Love (42) warms-up before a game against the Phoenix Suns at Kaseya Center. Mandatory Credit: Jim Rassol-Imagn Images<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Lakers Should Consider Kevin Love<\/b><\/h3>\n

Unless the Lakers find a younger hidden gem to stash on the end of the bench, they should bring Love, a Santa Monica native and UCLA alum, home for the twilight of his career. According to the betting website Bovada<\/a>, the Lakers recently had the third-best odds to land him behind the Warriors and, to no surprise, the Cavs.<\/span><\/p>\n

The 36-year-old is a <\/span>respected veteran<\/span><\/a> who has tremendous postseason experience. Both factors are crucial for a star-studded Lakers team eyeing another championship run. Love’s longstanding <\/span>chemistry<\/span><\/a> with LeBron is another incentive for the Lakers to sign him. The two had worked out together<\/a> in late June, James\u2019 first while recovering from an end-of-season knee injury.<\/span><\/p>\n

The Athletic\u2019s Dan Woike <\/span>recently pointed out<\/span><\/a> that while the team\u2019s roster is likely set ahead of opening night, it wouldn\u2019t hurt to add Love as a vocal leader next to James. The Lakers had several locker room veterans in the last few years\u2014including <\/span>Jared Dudley<\/span><\/a> and <\/span>Markieff Morris<\/span><\/a>\u2014whose biggest contributions came off the floor instead of on it. If Love is willing to accept that role for his hometown team, then he could very well be the missing piece of the Lakers\u2019 puzzle.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a9 Kirby Lee-Imagn Images<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The Lakers have one guaranteed roster spot open ahead of next season. With most of their needs filled, could LA take a flier on one of LeBron James\u2019 former teammates? Lakers Could Be Option for Veteran Seeking “Glamour Market” Report: Kevin Love Eyeing Big Cities if Bought Out According to NBA insider Jake Fischer, Kevin […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4265,"featured_media":147702,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"no","_lmt_disable":"","sfio_featured_image":false,"sfio_embed_code":"","_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1608,26,62,3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-152115","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-basketball","category-lakers","category-nba","category-news"],"modified_by":"Jordan Pagkalinawan","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/152115","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4265"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=152115"}],"version-history":[{"count":23,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/152115\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":152143,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/152115\/revisions\/152143"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/147702"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=152115"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=152115"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=152115"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}