Explain One Play: How the Heat, Kevin Love came up empty

The Kevin Love addition has mostly been fine for theHeat.

Love has been a complement to the starting group. He's kickingoff transition possessions with UCLA-esque outlet passes, pryingguys open on and off the ball with screens, and helping on theoffensive glass -- the Heat's offensive rebound rate has increasedby 6.9% with Love on the floor, per Cleaning The Glass.

The shot hasn't fallen — Love is now 6-of-24 (25%) from three —which is a big part of why he fell out of favor in Cleveland tobegin with. If it's unrealistic to expect a bounceback to the 39.2%three-point shooter he was a year ago, or the 41.5% shooter he wasduring his last All-Star year in 2017-18, the Heat would surelytake him knocking down 35% of his looks like he was during hisCleveland stint this year.

Quietly, there may be room for slight optimism. Love'sconverting 35.3% of his catch-and-shoot 3s, still below the levelwe're accustomed to, but slightly higher than his Cleveland stint (34.6%)this year. Frankly, Love hasn't found the rhythm on his pumpfake-dribble-fire sequences. He's yet to make any of his sixattempts after taking one dribble for the Heat, after convertingthose shots at a 37.2% clip during his Cleveland career, per SecondSpectrum.

Like, this ain't Love.