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Heat's Kevin Love: Won't play Saturday
Kevin Love (personal) is out for Saturday's game versus the Wizards, Ira Winderman of the South Florida Sun Sentinel reports.Love will miss his fifth straight game to begin the 2024-25 campaign due to personal reasons. His next chance to suit up is Monday's matchup with Sacramento.
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Heat's Kevin Love: Remains out
Kevin Love (personal) has been ruled out for Wednesday's game against the Knicks, Tim Reynolds of Associated Press reports.Love has yet to play this season and remains away from the team due to personal reasons. Given the current trend, it seems unlikely the veteran will travel with the team to Mexico City for Saturday's game against the Wizards, but his status for that game won't be released until Friday.
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Heat's Kevin Love: Out again for Monday
Kevin Love (personal) is out for Monday's game against the Pistons.Love will miss another game as he remains away from the team due to personal reasons. Kel'el Ware and Thomas Bryant are likely to share minutes behind Bam Adebayo.
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Heat's Kevin Love: Questionable for Monday
Kevin Love (personal) is questionable for Monday's matchup against the Pistons.Love has been away from the team due to a personal matter, though he could potentially make his return Monday at home. If the veteran misses additional time, both Thomas Bryant and Kel'el Ware are candidates for extra minutes behind Bam Adebayo.
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Heat's Kevin Love: Won't travel with team
Kevin Love has been ruled out for Saturday's game against the Hornets after he was absent from Friday's practice due to personal reasons.Love will not travel with the team to Charlotte, though he could return by Monday's game in Miami against the Pistons. However, the 36-year-old was ruled out for Wednesday's regular-season opener hours before tipoff, and it is unclear how long his absence will last. With both Love and Kel'el Ware (illness) ruled out, Thomas Bryant should be locked in as the top backup to starting center Bam Adebayo.
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Heat's Kevin Love: Absent from practice
Kevin Love (personal) didn't participate in Friday's practice, and it's undecided if he will travel with the team for Saturday's game versus Charlotte, Miami Heat beat reporter Adam Lichtenstein reports.Love already missed Miami's regular-season opener due to personal reasons and is now in danger of missing Saturday's contest. If the veteran big man doesn't play yet again, Thomas Bryant should continue to receive slightly increased playing time.
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Heat's Kevin Love: Out Wednesday with personal matter
Kevin Love has been ruled out for Wednesday's game against the Magic due to a personal matter.Love was ruled out within 90 minutes of the 7:30 p.m. ET tipoff, which came as a surprise after the 36-year-old was removed from Wednesday's injury report. His next opportunity to make his 2024-25 debut will come Saturday versus Charlotte.
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Heat's Kevin Love: Will suit up Wednesday
Kevin Love (rest) isn't listed on the injury report for Wednesday's regular-season opener against the Magic, Anthony Chiang of the Miami Herald reports.As expected, Love gets the green light for the regular season after resting during the preseason finale. The veteran averaged 16.8 minutes per game last year and is expected to play a similar reserve role this season.
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Heat's Kevin Love: Gets day off
Kevin Love won't play in Friday's preseason finale against the Grizzlies for rest purposes, Anthony Chiang of the Miami Herald reports.Love hasn't suffered any injury, so he should be able to suit up for Miami's regular-season opener against Orlando on Oct. 23. The veteran big man is expected to compete for depth minutes in the Miami Heat's frontcourt rotation.
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Heat's Kevin Love: Remaining in Miami
Kevin Love agreed Sunday with the Miami Heat on a two-year deal worth over $8 million, Shams Charania of The Athletic reports.On Saturday, Love declined his $4.03 million player option for the 2024-25 season, but he'll remain with Miami after quickly coming to terms on a two-year deal. The 35-year-old made 55 regular-season appearances for Miami in 2023-24, averaging 8.8 points, 6.1 rebounds and 2.1 assists in 16.8 minutes per game. He'll look to fend off rookie first-round pick Kel'el Ware for the primary backup role behind starting center Bam Adebayo.