With the news coming down on Tuesday morning that Kevin Love has signed an extension with the Cleveland Cavaliers, there are celebrations taking place within the Atlanta Hawks’ front office. Cleveland owes a top-ten protected first-round pick in the 2019 draft to the Hawks by way of the Kyle Korver trade in January 2017, and while the 3+ weeks of inactivity from the Cavaliers had many wondering whether they’d shift gears away from their veterans in favor of dropping in the standings, the Love extension should put much of that talk to bed – Cleveland will be competitive for the playoffs this year, which means that pick is almost certainly going to convey in next year’s draft.
How the Kevin Love extension (positively) affects the Atlanta Hawks
