CLEVELAND _ After Kevin Love posted a picture on Instagram of his jersey hanging in his locker at Quicken Loans Arena, he warned coach Tyronn Lue he was going to get a lot of questions about it Tuesday night.
But that social media teaser might come true very soon.
Cavaliers general manager David Griffin said Love participated in a three-on-three workout Tuesday, the next step in his rehab from arthroscopic surgery on his left knee on Valentine's Day.
Griffin said if there are no setbacks, Love could play during the Cavs' upcoming four-game road trip, which opens Saturday in Los Angeles against the Clippers and concludes March 24 in Charlotte, N.C.
Lue said he hopes Love can practice Wednesday.
Love was initially slated to miss six weeks, which would put his return at March 30, when the Cavs visit the Chicago Bulls.
"Everything that happens for him is just a step in the process," Griffin said before the Cavs took on the Detroit Pistons at Quicken Loans Arena. "Every next step you take in a rehab situation when you come back from surgery allows for the possibility of swelling and setback, it's just how it goes. That's why the timeline was what it was.
"If he doesn't practice until the end of the week, that's fine. That's not something we would consider a setback, it's just what we anticipate. If he gets through it, he has no soreness, we'll let him keep taking the next step all the way through and we'll see what that means. I would anticipate that he'll play sometime on the road trip."
Love showed good lateral movement going through drills at Cleveland Clinic Courts on March 8. LeBron James said after Saturday night's game in Orlando against the Magic that he expected Love back "very soon."
