Chris Bosh went from first option with the Toronto Raptors to third option with the Miami Heat, which was a difficult transition as an offensive player.

Kevin Love will undergo a similar transition this season in joining LeBron James with the Cleveland Cavaliers.

"Yeah, it's a lot more difficult taking a step back, because you're used to doing something a certain way and getting looks a certain way," Bosh said recently. "And then it's like, well, no, for the benefit of the team, you have to get it here.

"So even if you do like the left block, the volume of the left block is going to be different. Now you have to make those moves count. So with me, it was like a chess game. I'm doing this move and thinking about the next move and trying to stay five moves ahead. You're not getting it as much. If you got one or two a game, it's a lot different."

Love averaged 26.1 points and 12.5 rebounds per game in his final season with the Wolves, which compares to Bosh's 24.0 points and 10.8 rebounds with the Raptors in 09-10.

"It's going to be very difficult for him," Bosh said of Love's new task. "Even if I was in his corner and I was able to tell him what to expect and what to do, it still doesn't make any difference. You still have to go through things, you still have to figure out things on your own. It's extremely difficult and extremely frustrating. He's going to have to deal with that."