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Pau Gasol and NBA Players Who Benefit Most from Change of Scenery

By Maxwell Ogden

Sep 29, 2014; Chicago, IL, USA; Chicago Bulls forward Pau Gasol during media day at the Advocate Center. Mandatory Credit: Jerry Lai-USA TODAY Sports
Sep 29, 2014; Chicago, IL, USA; Chicago Bulls forward Pau Gasol during media day at the Advocate Center. Mandatory Credit: Jerry Lai-USA TODAY Sports /
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Sep 26, 2014; Cleveland, OH, USA; Cleveland Cavaliers forward Kevin Love (0) poses for a photo during media day at Cleveland Clinic Courts. Mandatory Credit: Ken Blaze-USA TODAY Sports
Sep 26, 2014; Cleveland, OH, USA; Cleveland Cavaliers forward Kevin Love (0) poses for a photo during media day at Cleveland Clinic Courts. Mandatory Credit: Ken Blaze-USA TODAY Sports /

PF. player. 156. It may be obvious, but that doesn’t mean it isn’t true. <p>No player in the world of sports will benefit more from changing teams than three-time All-Star Kevin Love. Fresh off of a season in which he set career-best averages in scoring and assists, Love was traded from the lowly Minnesota Timberwolves.</p> <p>Love’s new destination: playing alongside LeBron James and Kyrie Irving on the Cleveland Cavaliers.</p> <p>Love is unlikely to continue posting historically impressive statistics, but that doesn’t mean anything outside of fantasy basketball.</p> <p>What Love will do is serve as either a secondary or tertiary scoring option on a championship team. He’ll be tasked with attacking the glass, spacing the floor, going to the post and working off of screens in a high-octane offense.</p> <p>In other words, Love will do what he does best and have a chance to win a championship while doing so. That’s a major change from being the leading scorer on a 40-win team just last season.</p> <p>Love hit the jackpot.</p>. Traded. Cleveland Cavaliers. Kevin Love