Kevin Love looks different this season. After having a full off-season where he was able to work out, he’s bigger than he was when he first arrived to the Cavs. According to this profile piece by Lee Jenkins, Love thought the Cavs were going to run like crazy his first year here, so he wanted to get skinny. He dropped all the way down to 240 pounds.
Anyone watching the Cavs knows that this team doesn’t exactly run all the time. They’re more of a slow-it-down-and-grind-you-into-fine-powder team. They’ve ranked in the bottom five of all NBA teams in pace since the Love/LeBron era began.