Timberwolves owner Taylor says team doesn't intend to soon trade Love
Kevin Love will be unrestricted free agent in 2015
Minnesota Timberwolves owner Glen Taylor denied reports that the franchise is trying to trade Kevin Love by the next NBA Draft.
Per Minneapolis Star Tribune, Amid renewed media reports that three-time All-Star Kevin Love intends to leave Minnesota in July 2015 and the Timberwolves are reconsidering their position, Wolves owner Glen Taylor reiterated on Sunday the team doesn’t intend to soon trade him.
The New York Daily News reported Saturday that Love’s agents in the past week again told the team it better trade him or else he will leave without the Wolves receiving compensation when he can opt out of his current contract 14 months from now. ESPN.com reported Sunday that Love has made it clear to the team that he has no interest in re-signing next year. “Not by the draft,” Taylor said before Sunday’s Lynx home opener at Target Center about such a possibility.
Taylor said he hasn’t discussed that option recently with Flip Saunders, the team’s president of basketball operations, and said Love has not asked for or told the team to trade him.