Timberwolves owner: ‘Not our plan’ to trade Kevin Love

Minnesota Timberwolves owner Glen Taylor is in a tough position with his franchise player Kevin Love stating that he won’t re-sign with the club that drafted him out of UCLA and is seeking to be traded this summer.

Taylor can roll the dice and gamble that he can convince Love to re-sign with the team over the next year or he can trade him for a package of draft picks and players knowing full well that he doesn’t have leverage.

Having said that, Taylor tells the St. Paul Pioneer Press‘ Charley Walters that the plan isn’t to trade Love.

“I should never say never because who knows what might come up? But that’s not our plan.

“I’m not in a position where you would say absolutely I wouldn’t do it, because what if something that I can’t even speculate (on) happens? You’d say, ‘You’re nuts, Glen.’ Maybe some team puts a value on him that’s different than we suspect.”

“At this point, we’re not talking to any teams,” Taylor said. “I haven’t heard from Kevin or his agents or anything like that. We’re assuming that Kevin will be here next season, and we’re working with that scenario. This isn’t the time for us to do anything but to prepare for next year.

After Tuesday evening’s NBA Draft Lottery you can expect the conversations to heat up as teams will know where they are slotted in the draft and which players would be available at their pick to entice Taylor and Minnesota to pull the trigger on a blockbuster deal.