Kevin Love (PF/C, CLE): Week 9 Waiver Wire Pickups

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ANALYSIS:  The minute we stopped thinking about Love as a washed-up vet with slim-to-no-chances of helping Cleveland in finding him a new home, the minute he started to deliver good performances. Of course, Love is already on the downside of his career. He's playing a low 20 MPG for the Cavs this year, but with his low role in the squad and sitting behind the likes of younger and better Jarrett Allen and Evan Mobley it is not that we can ask him for more.

Love has yet to start a game this year. He missed a couple of weeks at the start of November, but other than that he's been a steady contributor for the Cavs. His per-minute efficiency and fantasy averages are insanely great: Love is putting up 1.22 FP/min on the year, and only three times has he fallen below the league average 0.90 mark. In fact, since the start of December and barring a stinker against Utah on Dec. 5 (0.24 FP/min), he is averaging a ridiculous 1.59 FP/min (even factoring that Jazz game in he'd still be up at 1.36, mind you).

Love is always going to score points (11.3 PPG on the year, 13.7 this month), hit triples (13 consecutive games with 1+ 3PM and an actual average of 2.5 3PM per game), and contribute a lot of rebounds (7.2 RPG on the year, 10+ in five games already) for his playing time. The turnovers are not huge but still kinda high (1.3 TOPG in the past six games), but the usage rate has skyrocketed of late to a 26.2% in December while the freebies keep falling at a nonsensical 97.4% clip to go with a 41%+ from the field.

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