Miami Heat center Kevin Love "has made it clear" he plans to return for the 2025-26 NBA season, according to the Associated Press' Tim Reynolds. The Heat's first-round elimination by the Cleveland Cavaliers marked the end of Love's 17th NBA season and third with Miami.

Kevin Love announced his father, former NBA player Stan Love, had died before Game 4 between the Miami Heat and Cleveland Cavaliers.

Selected by Baltimore in the 1971 Draft, Stan Love averaged 6.8 points and 4.0 rebounds across 4 seasons with the Bullets and the Lakers.