KEVIN LOVE #42

Miami Heat

Center, Power Forward

Salary: $3,835,738

Cap Hit: $3,835,738

Years of Service

: 15

2023-24 Year of Service Earned

: Yes

BORN: Sep 7, 1988

BIRTHPLACE: Santa Monica, California, United States

NATIONALITY:

United States

HEIGHT:

6' 8

203cm

WEIGHT:

251lbs

114kg

AGE: 35

SHOOTS: Right

DRAFT YEAR: 2008

DRAFTED OVERALL: 5

DRAFT ROUND: 1

DRAFTED BY: MEM

AGENT DETAILS

Agency:Excel Sports Management

Primary Agent:Jeff Schwartz

SUMMARY▴▾

Kevin Love's salary is $3,835,738 for the 2023-24 season. He is a 35 year old center who was born on Sep 7, 1988. He was drafted 5th overall by the Memphis Grizzlies in the 1st round of the 2008 draft. He has signed 6 contracts worth a total value of $320,229,962. He will be a UFA at the end of the 2024-25 season when he is 36 years old. He is represented by the agent Jeff Schwartz of Excel Sports Management.

Bird Rights: Bird (QVFA) [2025 projection]

CURRENT CONTRACT

Length: 1 - 2 years

Value: $7,863,263

Guaranteed: $7,863,263 (100%)

Expiry Status: UFA

AAV

: $3,931,632

Cap %

: 2.82

Signing Team:

MIA

Signing Method: Non-Bird Exception

Signing Date: July 6, 2023

Source: SalarySwish

Kevin Love signed a 1-2 year, $7,863,263 contract with the Miami Heat on Jul 6, 2023. The contract has a cap hit that ranges from $3,835,738 to $4,027,525.

Season	Option	Cap Hit	Base Salary	Guaranteed	Likely Inctv.	Unlikely Inctv.
2023-24		$3,835,738	$3,835,738	$3,835,738	$0	$0
2024-25	Player	$4,027,525	$4,027,525 (+5%)	$4,027,525	$0	$0
TOTAL		$7,863,263	$7,863,263	$7,863,263	$0	$0

Cap Hold 2025-26: $7,652,298

GUARANTEED DETAILS

2024-25: $4,027,525 Player Option [Decision Pending]

CONTRACT HISTORY

Length: 2 - 4 years

Value: $14,812,701

Guaranteed: $14,812,701 (100%)

Expiry Status: RFA

AAV

: $3,703,175

Cap %

: 5.39

Signing Team:

MIN

Signing Method: Rookie Exception

Signing Date: July 10, 2008

Source: SalarySwish

Kevin Love signed a 2-4 year, $14,812,701 contract with the Minnesota Timberwolves on Jul 10, 2008. The contract has a cap hit that ranges from $3,163,680 to $4,609,701.

Season	Option	Option Used	Cap Hit	Base Salary	Guaranteed	Likely Inctv.	Unlikely Inctv.
2008-09			$3,163,680	$3,163,680	$3,163,680	$0	$0
2009-10			$3,401,040	$3,401,040 (+8%)	$3,401,040	$0	$0
2010-11	Team	Yes (Oct 31, 2009)	$3,638,280	$3,638,280 (+8%)	$3,638,280 (0→3.64M)	$0	$0
2011-12	Team	Yes (Nov 1, 2010)	$4,609,701	$4,609,701 (+31%)	$4,609,701 (0→4.61M)	$0	$0
TOTAL			$14,812,701	$14,812,701	$14,812,701	$0	$0

Qualifying Offer: $6,112,464

GUARANTEED DETAILS

2010-11: $3,638,280 Team Option [Requirements Met]

2011-12: $4,609,701 Team Option [Requirements Met]

Length: 3 - 4 years

Value: $60,825,938

Guaranteed: $44,081,719 (73%)

Expiry Status: UFA

AAV

: $15,206,485

Cap %

: 23.55

Signing Team:

MIN

Signing Method: Bird Exception

Signing Date: January 25, 2012

Source: SalarySwish

Kevin Love signed a 3-4 year, $60,825,938 contract with the Minnesota Timberwolves on Jan 25, 2012. The contract has a cap hit that ranges from $13,668,750 to $16,744,219.

Season	Option	Option Used	Cap Hit	Base Salary	Guaranteed	Likely Inctv.	Unlikely Inctv.
2012-13			$13,668,750	$13,668,750	$13,668,750	$0	$0
2013-14			$14,693,906	$14,693,906 (+8%)	$14,693,906	$0	$0
2014-15			$15,719,063	$15,719,063 (+8%)	$15,719,063	$0	$0
2015-16	Player	No (Jun 25, 2015)	$16,744,219	$16,744,219 (+8%)	$0 (16.7M→0)	$0	$0
TOTAL			$60,825,938	$60,825,938	$44,081,719	$0	$0

Cap Hold 2015-16: $21,000,000

GUARANTEED DETAILS

2015-16: $16,744,219 Player Option [Requirements Unmet]

Length: 4 - 5 years

Value: $113,211,750

Guaranteed: $87,616,050 (77%)

Expiry Status: UFA

AAV

: $22,642,350

Cap %

: 28.13

Signing Team:

CLE

Signing Method: Bird Exception

Signing Date: July 9, 2015

Source: SalarySwish

Kevin Love signed a 4-5 year, $113,211,750 contract with the Cleveland Cavaliers on Jul 9, 2015. The contract has a cap hit that ranges from $19,689,000 to $25,595,700.

Season	Option	Option Used	Cap Hit	Base Salary	Guaranteed	Likely Inctv.	Unlikely Inctv.
2015-16 Max			$19,689,000	$19,689,000	$19,689,000	$0	$0
2016-17 Max			$21,165,675	$21,165,675 (+8%)	$21,165,675	$0	$0
2017-18 Max			$22,642,350	$22,642,350 (+8%)	$22,642,350	$0	$0
2018-19 Max			$24,119,025	$24,119,025 (+8%)	$24,119,025	$0	$0
2019-20 Max	Player	No (Jul 24, 2018)	$25,595,700	$25,595,700 (+8%)	$0 (25.6M→0)	$0	$0
TOTAL			$113,211,750	$113,211,750	$87,616,050	$0	$0

Cap Hold 2019-20: $36,178,538

GUARANTEED DETAILS

2019-20: $25,595,700 Player Option [Requirements Unmet]

Length: 4 years

Value: $120,402,172

Guaranteed: $120,402,172 (100%)

Expiry Status: UFA (Waived)

AAV

: $30,100,543

Cap %

: 26.52

Signing Team:

CLE

Signing Method: Bird Exception

Signing Date: July 24, 2018

Source: SalarySwish

Kevin Love signed a 4 year, $120,402,172 contract with the Cleveland Cavaliers on Jul 24, 2018. The contract has a cap hit that ranges from $28,942,830 to $31,258,256.

Season	Cap Hit	Base Salary	Guaranteed	Likely Inctv.	Unlikely Inctv.
2019-20	$28,942,830	$28,942,830	$28,942,830	$0	$0
2020-21	$31,258,256	$31,258,256 (+8%)	$31,258,256	$0	$0
2021-22	$31,258,256	$31,258,256	$31,258,256	$0	$0
2022-23 W	$28,942,830	$28,942,830 (-8%)	$28,942,830	$0	$0
TOTAL	$120,402,172	$120,402,172	$120,402,172	$0	$0

Cap Hold 2023-24: $43,414,245

Buyout: This contract was bought out (

CLE - Feb 18, 2023)

WAIVED: This contract was waived (

CLE - Feb 18, 2023)

DEAD CAP: This contract is a source of dead cap, refer to the Dead Cap section below for details

Length: 1 year

Value: $3,114,138

Guaranteed: $3,114,138 (100%)

Expiry Status: UFA

AAV

: $3,114,138

Cap %

: 2.52

Signing Team:

MIA

Signing Method: Biannual Exception

Signing Date: February 20, 2023

Source: SalarySwish

Kevin Love signed a 1 year, $3,114,138 contract with the Miami Heat on Feb 20, 2023. The contract has a cap hit of $3,114,138.

Season	Option	Option Used	Cap Hit	Base Salary	Guaranteed	Likely Inctv.	Unlikely Inctv.
2022-23			$3,114,138	$3,114,138	$3,114,138	$0	$0
TOTAL			$3,114,138	$3,114,138	$3,114,138	$0	$0

Cap Hold 2023-24: $3,736,966

DEAD CAP

TYPE: BUYOUT

TEAM:

Cleveland Cavaliers

LENGTH: 1 YEAR
VALUE: $27,442,830
DATE: February 18, 2023

SEASON		BASE SALARY	CAP HIT
2022-23		$27,442,830	$27,442,830

Note: Bought out by Cleveland Cavaliers

SALARY PROGRESSION

CURRENT SEASON STATS

Season	Type	Team	GP	GS	MIN	PTS	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	OREB	DREB	REB	AST	STL	BLK
2023-24	Regular	Miami Heat	55	5	924	485	359	158	44.0	244	84	34.4	108	85	78.7	59	279	338	115	18	10
	Playoffs	Miami Heat	5	0	32	9	9	4	44.4	4	1	25.0	0	0	0.0	1	13	14	4	0	0
2023-24	Regular	Miami Heat	55	5	16.8	8.8	2.9	6.5	44.0	1.5	4.4	34.4	1.6	2.0	78.7	1.1	5.1	6.2	2.1	0.3	0.2
	Playoffs	Miami Heat	5	0	6.4	1.8	0.8	1.8	44.4	0.2	0.8	25.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.2	2.6	2.8	0.8	0.0	0.0

CAREER STATS

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TOTAL

Season	Type	Team	GP	GS	MIN	PTS	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	OREB	DREB	REB	AST	STL	BLK
2013-14	Regular	Minnesota Timberwolves	77	77	2797	2010	1421	650	45.7	505	190	37.6	633	520	82.1	224	739	963	341	59	35
2014-15	Regular	Cleveland Cavaliers	75	75	2532	1228	952	413	43.4	392	144	36.7	321	258	80.4	142	589	731	168	51	39
	Playoffs	Cleveland Cavaliers	4	4	107	57	41	17	41.5	21	9	42.9	19	14	73.7	6	22	28	10	1	2
2015-16	Regular	Cleveland Cavaliers	77	77	2424	1234	977	409	41.9	439	158	36.0	314	258	82.2	149	613	762	185	58	41
	Playoffs	Cleveland Cavaliers	20	19	613	293	239	92	38.5	111	46	41.4	75	63	84.0	34	141	175	42	9	8
2016-17	Regular	Cleveland Cavaliers	60	60	1885	1142	867	370	42.7	389	145	37.3	295	257	87.1	148	518	666	116	53	21
	Playoffs	Cleveland Cavaliers	18	18	578	303	218	95	43.6	111	50	45.0	75	63	84.0	36	155	191	30	21	16
2017-18	Regular	Cleveland Cavaliers	59	59	1651	1039	729	334	45.8	330	137	41.5	266	234	88.0	101	445	546	103	43	24
	Playoffs	Cleveland Cavaliers	21	21	660	313	278	109	39.2	106	36	34.0	64	59	92.2	49	166	215	34	15	8
2018-19	Regular	Cleveland Cavaliers	22	21	598	374	283	109	38.5	147	53	36.1	114	103	90.4	33	206	239	48	6	5
2019-20	Regular	Cleveland Cavaliers	56	56	1780	987	727	327	45.0	390	146	37.4	219	187	85.4	54	493	547	178	33	19
2020-21	Regular	Cleveland Cavaliers	25	25	622	305	252	103	40.9	156	57	36.5	51	42	82.4	17	169	186	63	16	2
2021-22	Regular	Cleveland Cavaliers	74	4	1665	1007	761	327	43.0	477	187	39.2	198	166	83.8	87	449	536	160	26	18
2022-23	Regular	Cleveland Cavaliers	41	3	821	347	285	111	38.9	195	69	35.4	63	56	88.9	42	238	280	76	7	7
	Regular	Miami Heat	21	17	419	162	139	54	38.8	101	30	29.7	28	24	85.7	17	102	119	40	9	5
	Playoffs	Miami Heat	20	18	359	137	119	45	37.8	88	33	37.5	16	14	87.5	14	97	111	24	9	7
2023-24	Regular	Miami Heat	55	5	924	485	359	158	44.0	244	84	34.4	108	85	78.7	59	279	338	115	18	10
	Playoffs	Miami Heat	5	0	32	9	9	4	44.4	4	1	25.0	0	0	0.0	1	13	14	4	0	0
2013-14	Regular	Minnesota Timberwolves	77	77	36.3	26.1	8.4	18.5	45.7	2.5	6.6	37.6	6.8	8.2	82.1	2.9	9.6	12.5	4.4	0.8	0.5
2014-15	Regular	Cleveland Cavaliers	75	75	33.8	16.4	5.5	12.7	43.4	1.9	5.2	36.7	3.4	4.3	80.4	1.9	7.9	9.8	2.2	0.7	0.5
	Playoffs	Cleveland Cavaliers	4	4	26.8	14.3	4.3	10.3	41.5	2.3	5.3	42.9	3.5	4.8	73.7	1.5	5.5	7.0	2.5	0.3	0.5
2015-16	Regular	Cleveland Cavaliers	77	77	31.5	16.0	5.3	12.7	41.9	2.1	5.7	36.0	3.4	4.1	82.2	1.9	8.0	9.9	2.4	0.8	0.5
	Playoffs	Cleveland Cavaliers	20	19	30.7	14.7	4.6	12.0	38.5	2.3	5.6	41.4	3.2	3.8	84.0	1.7	7.1	8.8	2.1	0.5	0.4
2016-17	Regular	Cleveland Cavaliers	60	60	31.4	19.0	6.2	14.5	42.7	2.4	6.5	37.3	4.3	4.9	87.1	2.5	8.6	11.1	1.9	0.9	0.4
	Playoffs	Cleveland Cavaliers	18	18	32.1	16.8	5.3	12.1	43.6	2.8	6.2	45.0	3.5	4.2	84.0	2.0	8.6	10.6	1.7	1.2	0.9
2017-18	Regular	Cleveland Cavaliers	59	59	28.0	17.6	5.7	12.4	45.8	2.3	5.6	41.5	4.0	4.5	88.0	1.7	7.5	9.3	1.7	0.7	0.4
	Playoffs	Cleveland Cavaliers	21	21	31.4	14.9	5.2	13.2	39.2	1.7	5.1	34.0	2.8	3.1	92.2	2.3	7.9	10.2	1.6	0.7	0.4
2018-19	Regular	Cleveland Cavaliers	22	21	27.2	17.0	5.0	12.9	38.5	2.4	6.7	36.1	4.7	5.2	90.4	1.5	9.4	10.9	2.2	0.3	0.2
2019-20	Regular	Cleveland Cavaliers	56	56	31.8	17.6	5.8	13.0	45.0	2.6	7.0	37.4	3.3	3.9	85.4	1.0	8.8	9.8	3.2	0.6	0.3
2020-21	Regular	Cleveland Cavaliers	25	25	24.9	12.2	4.1	10.1	40.9	2.3	6.2	36.5	1.7	2.0	82.4	0.7	6.8	7.4	2.5	0.6	0.1
2021-22	Regular	Cleveland Cavaliers	74	4	22.5	13.6	4.4	10.3	43.0	2.5	6.5	39.2	2.2	2.7	83.8	1.2	6.1	7.2	2.2	0.4	0.2
2022-23	Regular	Cleveland Cavaliers	41	3	20.0	8.5	2.7	7.0	38.9	1.7	4.8	35.4	1.4	1.5	88.9	1.0	5.8	6.8	1.9	0.2	0.2
	Regular	Miami Heat	21	17	20.0	7.7	2.6	6.6	38.8	1.4	4.8	29.7	1.1	1.3	85.7	0.8	4.9	5.7	1.9	0.4	0.2
	Playoffs	Miami Heat	20	18	18.0	6.9	2.3	6.0	37.8	1.7	4.4	37.5	0.7	0.8	87.5	0.7	4.9	5.6	1.2	0.5	0.4
2023-24	Regular	Miami Heat	55	5	16.8	8.8	2.9	6.5	44.0	1.5	4.4	34.4	1.6	2.0	78.7	1.1	5.1	6.2	2.1	0.3	0.2
	Playoffs	Miami Heat	5	0	6.4	1.8	0.8	1.8	44.4	0.2	0.8	25.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.2	2.6	2.8	0.8	0.0	0.0

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KEVIN LOVE #42

Miami Heat

Center, Power Forward

AGENT DETAILS

SUMMARY▴▾

CURRENT CONTRACT

VETERAN CONTRACT

CONTRACT HISTORY

ROOKIE SCALE CONTRACT

ROOKIE SCALE EXTENSION (EXTENSION)

VETERAN CONTRACT

VETERAN EXTENSION (EXTENSION)

VETERAN CONTRACT (REST OF SEASON)

DEAD CAP

SALARY PROGRESSION

CURRENT SEASON STATS

CAREER STATS