Father time, they say, is undefeated. But you can at least negotiate with him.

In what will indisputably be the latter stages of his career, Cleveland Cavaliers big man Kevin Love is holding back the inevitable. As the hair greys and the team around him transforms, he remains the mainstay, the lone holdover from the championship era, the bridge to the past. And he also remains very good.

It has been quite the reputational transformation for Love, a man who 18 months ago was thought to represent everything wrong with the Cavs. In contrast, he now represents everything that is right.

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