“Never thought I’d be a math problem. Welcome to the NBA,” wrote Kevin Love on X in a hilarious response to his recent trade. After a 2-year stint with the Miami Heat, the 36-year-old’s journey with the team concluded after he was sent to the Utah Jazz as part of a 3-team trade that also involved the Los Angeles Clippers. Along with the tweet, the clip from Joe Dirt Love uploaded through his official Instagram account also made it known the player wasn’t totally happy with the shift. To mark his memorable time with the Heat, the player began receiving several supportive messages over the last few hours. Even amongst those fields of responses, the absence of one was glaringly noticeable.

A few hours ago, Bam Adebayo took to his official Instagram account to share a story with his 1 million followers. He paid tribute to Duncan Robinson, who had recently been traded to the Detroit Pistons, by writing, “Smh I can’t yell at him no more lol.” His next Instagram story saw him honoring Kyle Anderson, who was also sent to the Utah Jazz.

Adebayo wrote “Sloooow Moooo”, a nickname that has become famously associated with the player over time. It’s been 2 hours since Adebayo put out these messages, and yet there hasn’t been one message for Kevin Love. Yikes!

“We went through this stretch where we were just having individual workouts. It is really nice to be back out there playing with him and playing with the other guys, just trying to build that connection,” said Duncan Robinson when discussing the chemistry formed between him and Bam Adebayo during the 2020 Bubble and the season that followed it. 5 years later, that chemistry only flourished as the duo went through the highs and lows of the NBA seasons. Therefore, it certainly stunk when that professional relationship was brought to an end by Duncan Robinson being sent to the Detroit Pistons. As for Kyle Anderson, the two had barely been teammates for a few months. If Anderson ended up receiving a message but not Kevin Love, who Adebayo was teammates with for 2 years, then something certainly is suspicious.

There weren’t hints of any growing tension between the two players over the last few days. Therefore, any decision made on Love would have been influenced due to his performance. During the 2024-25 season, the 36-year-old played in only 23 games and started in 9, due to a mix of personal reasons and a limited role with the Miami Heat. He averaged just 5.3 points, 4.1 rebounds, and 1.0 assists, with a field goal percentage of 35.7% and 35.8% 3-pointers. Amidst this, it became certain that the Heat could not play Love anymore. Unfortunately, that still does not definitively answer whether Bam Adebayo played a role in his trade or not.

No matter what the situation is now between Adebayo and Love, there is no denying the latter’s trade changes things for the Heat squad, and for the player who is now in his final NBA years. All in all, from the looks of it, the trade would have come as a shock to Love. Fortunately, he is taking things well by doing what he does better than some of his other peers: sharing memes.

Kevin Love shares Joe Dirt meme to highlight reaction to trade news

A few hours after the news about Kevin Love became official, the player took to his official Instagram account to share a post with his 3.5 million followers. He posted a clip from the 2001 comedy ‘Joe Dirt’, which showed the main character (played by David Spade) getting run out of town by Robby (Kid Rock). Rock’s character said, “That’s right, Dirt. Nobody wants you in this town. Nobody wants you around PERIOD.” A dejected Joe Dirt runs off after that. Love added a caption alongside this video that read “Traded”. Yikes!

The post was both hilarious and said at the same time. After all, people have gotten used to Love often making use of memes to highlight a trending story in the NBA, or something personal about him. From a Vince McMahon meme to show his reaction to the Knicks going to their first Eastern Conference Finals in 25 years, to criticizing Stephen A. Smith and Kendrick Perkins with the iconic “He can’t keep getting away with this” meme, the player has done it all. This time, however, he was the main person who was the subject of the joke and also behind it.

From Rachel Nichols and David Spade, to ‘Gen V’ and ‘The White Lotus’ fame, Patrick Schwarzenegger and Delon Wright, several renowned names either laughed or made it feel that they could relate to Kevin Love. If Bam Adebayo saw that post, one hopes he ended up laughing too, no matter what the tensions are between the two players.