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Sources: Kevin Love gets Cavs buyout; Heat, 76ers interested

Kevin Love and the Cleveland Cavaliers have completed a contract buyout, sources told ESPN's Adrian Wojnarowski on Saturday.

The Miami Heat are a front-runner to sign Love, but he plans to talk to the Philadelphia 76ers before making a decision, sources said.

Love had requested a buyout earlier in the week after falling out of the Cavaliers' rotation, sitting out their final 12 games before the All-Star break. The Cavaliers were 9-3 without Love in that stretch and entered the break in fourth place in the Eastern Conference.

The 34-year-old Love was in the final season of a four-year contract that was paying him $31.