INDEPENDENCE, Ohio -- Exhausted, red-faced and dripping with sweat, Cleveland Cavaliers power forward Kevin Love had just completed practice, followed by a nearly 30-minute session with assistant coaches James Posey and Vitaly Potapenko as they worked on pick-and-pop drills and finishing close to the basket with contact.
If Love's cryptic Instagram post Tuesday -- snapping a picture of his jersey hanging in the locker room -- wasn't enough of a signal, the sight at Cleveland Clinic Courts Wednesday was: Love is getting close to a return.
"I'm 28 years old, I feel like I'm just coming into the league again because I'm so antsy to get back," Love said with a smile.