{"id":147462,"date":"2025-09-16T13:22:09","date_gmt":"2025-09-16T13:22:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/147462\/"},"modified":"2025-09-16T13:22:09","modified_gmt":"2025-09-16T13:22:09","slug":"kevin-love-jazz-reportedly-havent-had-serious-contract-buyout-talks-after-heat-trade","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/147462\/","title":{"rendered":"Kevin Love, Jazz Reportedly Haven’t Had Serious Contract Buyout Talks After Heat Trade"},"content":{"rendered":"

After being sent to the Utah Jazz from the Miami Heat this offseason as part of a three-team trade, veteran forward Kevin Love has long been expected to hit the open market through a contract buyout.<\/p>\n

However, NBA insider Marc Stein<\/a> reported that the Jazz and Love “have not yet moved into serious buyout discussions despite reports to the contrary.”<\/p>\n

Stein went on to explain, “It is widely known in league circles that Love is determined to play for a playoff contender at this point in his career, but it is also customary for a buyout process to progress to an advanced stage once a post-buyout landing spot is assured.”<\/p>\n

The Jazz acquired Love, forward Kyle Anderson and a second-round draft pick in a trade that sent forward John Collins to the Los Angeles Clippers and swingman Norman Powell to the Heat.<\/p>\n

The 2025-26 season is the final year of Love’s contract, and he’s scheduled to make $4.2 million, per\u00a0Spotrac<\/a>. He’s entering his 18th season in the NBA.<\/p>\n

The 37-year-old is likely nearing the end of his illustrious career. He appeared in just 23 games last season and averaged career lows of 5.3 points and 4.1 rebounds.<\/p>\n

A five-time All-Star and former NBA champion, Love would bring a wealth of experience to any locker room. He could be counted on as a veteran mentor for any team looking to contend for a title next season.<\/p>\n

While it may take a while longer, it seems to be an inevitability that Love will depart the Jazz and find a new landing spot for the upcoming campaign.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"After being sent to the Utah Jazz from the Miami Heat this offseason as part of a three-team…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":147463,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[574],"tags":[64,63,726,85],"class_list":{"0":"post-147462","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-basketball","8":"tag-au","9":"tag-australia","10":"tag-basketball","11":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/147462","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=147462"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/147462\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/147463"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=147462"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=147462"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=147462"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}