The other night, when the Cavs crushed the Warriors by 30, that was the worst possible outcome that Kevin Love could have ever imagined.

This all but proved, at least to me, this Cavs team is so much more better off without Love. He is a total liability on defense, and he cannot stay on the court with LeBron because they both essentially play the same position. LeBron was way off the mark when he came back to Cleveland 2 years ago and made the front office trade away Andrew Wiggins for Kevin Love. Think of how much more dynamic this team would be if they had Andrew Wiggins instead of Kevin Love right now. They would have one of the more athletic starting 5's in the NBA. Wiggins is already a so much better defender than Love is, and his offensive game has improved his first 2 years in the league. The Cavs don't know how to use Kevin Love as well. He is a 6'10 power forward, who only a couple of years ago, had one of the better low post games and was a top notch rebounder. His defense was still pretty terrible, but he wasn't playing deep into May and June, so no one noticed. We all just saw wonderful numbers and assumed he would fit in perfectly with James and Kyrie Irving.

Well, both coaches that he has had in Cleveland have turned him into a "floor spacer". He just sits outside the arc and waits for LeBron to dictate where the ball will go. And that is fine, because LeBron is the best player in the NBA. The offense should run through him. But, it is a waste to just have Love sit outside, shoot barely 40 percent from 3 and play little to no defense. They should try some stuff in the low post, but they barely do because LeBron and Irving need that lane open to drive to the basket. That is their strength.

Then, the 30 point win happened after Love went down with a concussion in game 2 and did not pass concussion protocol, so Richard Jefferson got the start. The same Richard Jefferson that has been in the NBA for what seems to be about a million years. I remember Richard Jefferson being a veteran in the NBA when I was in college, over a decade ago. Then, when Tyron Lue was asked why he picked Jefferson to start over guys like Iman Shumpert, Timofey Mozgov and Channing Frye, he said it was due to defensive quickness. Shots fired directly at Kevin Love with that comment. The same can be said for Shumpert. Lue is straight up calling these dudes out in social and main media. Who does he think he is, Doc Rivers? Phil Jackson? Basically, he thinks he can talk as if he is a hall of fame caliber coach. Sorry Tyron Lue, you haven't proven a god damn thing yet. And Richard Jefferson is supposed to be your energy guy to spark the defense? Jesus Christ, that should be terrifying to every Cavs fan in the entire world.

Does anyone really think that he can keep it up against this incredible young and talented Warriors team? Yeah, it worked for one game, but the Warriors did not show up ready to play that night. And Kyrie Irving could not miss in the first half. A lot of things went Cleveland's way on Wednesday night. They shot more free throws, they made more difficult shots, their stars, LeBron more so in the second half, played wonderful and the Warriors got absolutely destroyed on the glass. Cleveland played a perfect game. And they did it with Kevin Love on the bench.

I don't know if he has passed concussion protocol yet, but he practiced the past couple days and every reporter says he looks good. I will be very curious, if he passes concussion tests, if and how the Cavs use him. What if they start him and the Cavs look bad again, will it be straight to the bench? Or, what if they start Jefferson, with plans to bring Love off the bench, but the Cavs excel again with Love not on the court? Or what if they start Jefferson and the Warriors run him off the court, and they bring Love out and he gets run off the court? I just don't know what is going to happen. I cannot put my finger on it, and it is kind of frustrating.

I do know that, regardless of the outcome, Kevin Love is more than likely done in Cleveland after the finals. He is clearly a bad fit on this team and the players, and probably the coach, don't like him. I don't know who will trade for him, but someone like Boston, who is starved for a past all star, may try all they can to get him. But, he is all but done in Cleveland. I bet that every time Cleveland scored on Wednesday night and got a defensive stop, Kevin Love cringed. He knows his time in Cleveland is limited.

With all this being said, and with the blowout, and no matter what they do with Kevin Love, the Warriors still hold a 2 games to 1 lead, and they are younger, faster, more explosive and more athletic. Oh, and Klay Thompson and Steph Curry haven't even played all that well yet. I still see the Warriors winning, and I still see it happening in 6 games. But, Cleveland is a much, much better team when Kevin Love is not on the court. We have visible evidence of this now.

Ty 

Ty is the Pop Culture Editor for SeedSing and the other host of the X Millennial Man Podcast. Do you think Kevin Love is overrated,  just wait to see what other pop culture and sports figures Ty will tell you are overrated. Hear it all on tomorrow's X Millennial Man Podcast. Ty has twitter and you should follow him @tykulik.