Kevin Love: Cleveland Cavaliers Trade A Failure? Big-Three NBA Experiment A Bust?

When LeBron James returned to the Cleveland Cavaliers, and they added Kevin Love, many tipped them to dominate the NBA. However, they've had a slow start, showing promise at times, but at other times showing little championship material. Some said that Love wouldn't be able to step his game up and help the Cavaliers, and already some are calling the trade that brought him to Cleveland a failure. Will their big-three NBA experiment be a bust, or can Love get it right? He believes he has what it takes, although he knows he must improve.

After a horrid game, which resulted in a loss, Love explained: "It's come to a point where I'm just trying to find myself in this offense. It's almost related to when you come into the league; usually the guys that dominate the ball so much tend to learn a lot quicker than a guy like myself, a big man. So, I'm just trying to find different spots in the offense. I'll just say we're 10 games in, we're looking at different stuff. I need to find myself. I think everybody knew coming in that we'd have to sacrifice, but at some point we're going to need some low-post scoring and some outside shooting."

Is he happy with anything? Apparently not, he continued, "Both ends of the floor, I think I need to step up, but as far as getting into a rhythm, it's been tough."

Teammate James is happier than Love, though. He explained, saying, "This is a game that I'm happy about. I'm never happy about a loss, I hate to lose, but I'm happy about the progress we made tonight. It's totally different than what we did on Monday. We came to play, we competed for 48 minutes and when you give yourself an opportunity to win, that's all you can ask for."

The Cavaliers can take pride knowing that they nearly beat the defending NBA champions, but will Love be the asset James and everyone expected him to be?