Kevin Love, Cleveland Cavaliers
Speaking of the LeBron effect, it does one of two things. It either makes a borderline player good or a really good player look not all as advertised. While Tristan Thompson fit the bill for the first part of that theory, Kevin Love fits in to that second part.
My biggest thing about Love is that he can’t even fit the third fiddle correctly on a consistent basis. In fact, you can actually make the argument that there are times when Love’s presence in the lineup makes the Cavs a worse team. That’s…not good.
At one point during his stint with the Minnesota Timberwolves, many thought Love was a top 5 or 10 player in the NBA. Filling the stat sheet is a helluva drug. The Cavs would be fine with or without Love.