What did Kevin Love actually supply in 2016-17 for CLE?
Kevin Love's strongest evidenced functions are rebounding, shooting, interior finishing; the weakest available areas are passing, creation, event creation. The profile is tied to CLE for 2016-17.
High1,468,879 observed minutes
Function profile
Directly observed offensive and defensive functions — separate readings, never a grade.
13 of 13 — complete
Career arc
Stabilized impact across governed seasons — a trend line, not a career grade. Hollow points mean evidence unavailable.
Lineup context
Exact five-player context with honest sample strength.
MIA · 2022-23Small lineup sample459 possessions
Kevin Love, Jimmy Butler III, Bam Adebayo, Gabe Vincent, Max Strus produced 108.9 offense and 103.6 defense over 459 possessions (2.5 shrunk net). 1 player function profile(s) are full-season multi-franchise aggregates; exact lineup performance remains valid, while those function attributions are season-level and caveated.
MIA · 2022-23Small lineup sample435 possessions
Kevin Love, Jimmy Butler III, Bam Adebayo, Gabe Vincent, Tyler Herro produced 110.8 offense and 110.1 defense over 435 possessions (0.3 shrunk net). 1 player function profile(s) are full-season multi-franchise aggregates; exact lineup performance remains valid, while those function attributions are season-level and caveated.
CLE · 2020-21Small lineup sample161 possessions
Kevin Love, Jarrett Allen, Collin Sexton, Darius Garland, Isaac Okoro produced 103.1 offense and 101.9 defense over 161 possessions (0.3 shrunk net). 1 player function profile(s) are full-season multi-franchise aggregates; exact lineup performance remains valid, while those function attributions are season-level and caveated.
Contract & salary
Season rows under the serving definition; provisional status sits beside the amount.
Body & injury history
Every governed medical episode, mapped to the body. Evidence about the player — never a team decision or a durability grade.
No governed medical episodes are knowable for this player at this as-of moment.
Acquisition history
How he arrived at each team — fit, role realization and price stay separate lanes.
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+Supporting relations (7)
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Creation
37
Rim pressure
52
Shooting*
68
Passing
36
Screening*—
Interior finish
67
Point of attack*—
Switch coverage*—
Rim protection
47
Event creation
46
Rebounding
82
* limited evidence. A dash means the evidence was insufficient — not a zero. The radar plots only scored functions; missing axes are marked with a dash, never drawn at zero.
Performance lanes
Three separate lanes — never merged into one number.
On/Off
+10.4 net per 100
on +9.6 · off -0.8 · 4,387 possessions
RAPM (single season)
+0.9 per 100
8,888 possessions
Stabilized RAPM
+2.5 per 100
O +2.5 / D +0.0 · 4 season history
Season summaries are retrospective descriptions, not causal player-value estimates.
Kevin Love, Tristan Thompson, Cedi Osman, Collin Sexton, Darius Garland produced 108.5 offense and 117.2 defense over 1240 possessions (-6.2 shrunk net). All five function profiles are exact to this franchise-season.
CLE · 2018-19Small lineup sample251 possessions
Kevin Love, Brandon Knight, Cedi Osman, Ante Zizic, Collin Sexton produced 109.2 offense and 113.3 defense over 251 possessions (-1.4 shrunk net). 1 player function profile(s) are full-season multi-franchise aggregates; exact lineup performance remains valid, while those function attributions are season-level and caveated.
LeBron James, JR Smith, Jose Calderon, Kevin Love, Jae Crowder produced 115.5 offense and 107.7 defense over 653 possessions (4.4 shrunk net). 1 player function profile(s) are full-season multi-franchise aggregates; exact lineup performance remains valid, while those function attributions are season-level and caveated.
CLE · 2017-18Small lineup sample300 possessions
LeBron James, JR Smith, Kevin Love, George Hill, Tristan Thompson produced 115.0 offense and 115.4 defense over 300 possessions (-0.1 shrunk net). 1 player function profile(s) are full-season multi-franchise aggregates; exact lineup performance remains valid, while those function attributions are season-level and caveated.
CLE · 2017-18Small lineup sample238 possessions
LeBron James, Kyle Korver, JR Smith, Kevin Love, George Hill produced 118.0 offense and 108.8 defense over 238 possessions (3.0 shrunk net). 1 player function profile(s) are full-season multi-franchise aggregates; exact lineup performance remains valid, while those function attributions are season-level and caveated.
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* hatched bars are provisional or scheduled figures, not canonically resolved cap hits.
Season
Kind
Amount
Status
2016-17
cap hit
$21.2M
canonical
2017-18
cap hit
$22.6M
canonical
2018-19
cap hit
$24.1M
provisional
2019-20
cap hit
$28.9M
canonical
2020-21
cap hit
$31.3M
canonical
2021-22
cap hit
$31.3M
canonical
2021-22
player salary
$31.3M
provisional
2022-23
cap hit
$27.4M
canonical
2022-23
cap hit
$3.11M
canonical
2023-24
cap hit
$3.84M
provisional
2024-25
cap hit
$3.85M
provisional
2025-26
cap hit
$4.15M
canonical
2025-26
player salary
$4.15M
provisional
MIN → CLEtradeAug 23, 2014Withheld Pre Move Need Outside Coverage
Role partly appeared after the move · authority: David Griffin
