Los Angeles Lakers

Did 'bush league' play help the Lakers' chances to get Kevin Love?

Published Apr. 27, 2015 3:01 p.m. ET

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Cleveland Cavaliers forward Kevin Love will be an unrestricted free agent this offseason, where he's likely to have plenty of suitors around the league.

One of those suitors could be the Boston Celtics. The Cavaliers swept the Celtics in the opening round of the playoffs, but not before Celtics forward Kelly Olynyk dislocated Love's shoulder in a battle for a loose ball.

Could Love hold a grudge against the Celtics for the injury? And could the Lakers have pulled ahead after the incident? Here's Adrian Wojnarowski of Yahoo Sports with more:

"Boston has been no sure thing to lure Love, but it had a better shot than most had believed," Wojnarowski wrote. "If Love left the Cavaliers, the Celtics had closed the gap on the Los Angeles Lakers, league sources told Yahoo Sports.

And so, suddenly, maybe everything changed on Sunday. Kelly Olynyk and Love tangled, Love's left shoulder apparently separated and clearly he's beyond furious. He called the play 'bush league,' and insisted that Olynyk 'did it on purpose.'

Everything is unclear now. Love will get an MRI in Cleveland, and everyone will wait to discover the damage done to his shoulder, the damage done to Boston's free-agent pursuit. All hell broke loose at the Garden on Sunday, and suddenly Kevin Love's future became even murkier."

(h/t Yahoo Sports)