Reading List: LeBron and Love are the NBA's newest dynamic duo

LeBron James' return to the Cleveland was completed on Saturday with the official arrival of Kevin Love from the Minnesota Timberwolves.

Love joins James and point guard Kyrie Irving to form a new version of the "Big 3" James had with the Miami Heat, but all eyes appear to be on what James and Love will do once united on an NBA court.

It is entirely possible James and Love will help Irving and the Cavaliers run roughshod over a weak Eastern Conference, but the jury is out on whether this new high-powered roster will lead to championship rings.

Nate Silver of 538 believes the addition of James and Love to Cleveland's roster puts the Cavaliers around 65 expected wins. The combination of James and Love accounts for 37 of those wins:

That figure reflects an over-under line. I might take the under if offered it by Vegas for a couple of reasons. One, the projection assumes the Cavaliers stay relatively healthy, and there’s no guarantee of that. Second, the Cavaliers are so clearly ahead of anyone else in the Eastern Conference — especially with the injury to Indiana’s Paul George — that they might rest their stars or coast down the stretch. That could help them in the playoffs, where rest matters quite a bit, but could shave a couple of wins off their regular-season record.

Jose De Leon of ESPN Stats & Info believes the addition of Love will make James an even better scorer from inside the paint. De Leon argues that Love is an improvement over Chris Bosh when it comes to perimeter shooting and that will lead to more space in the paint for James:

James’ field goal percentage inside the paint got better every year in Miami. One thing you could point at for his improved shooting is the growth of Chris Bosh’s three-point shooting. 

In his first season with Miami, Bosh shot 24.0 percent (6-25) from beyond the arc, the second lowest percentage of his career. Last year, he had career highs in makes (74) and attempts (218) and shot a respectable 33.9 percent. 

If Bosh’s three-point shooting played a role in James posting a career-high field goal percentage from inside the paint, wait until Kevin Love hits the court alongside him with the Cleveland Cavaliers.

David Thorpe of ESPN says the Cavaliers secret weapon is speed. He believes Cleveland will find success through a quick transition game and even quicker passes, as well as giving players the green light to take open shots:

Having great shooters combined with great passers, the world's best player (and possibly its best athlete), and one of the top rebounders the game has ever seen gives the Cavs a multitude of offensive options. The key will be just how fast they choose to play. The Spurs looked like surgeons during much of the 2014 NBA playoffs. And they are champions now. The Suns had the "sexiest" team in pro sports during a large stretch of the 2000s, routinely winning 50-plus games and doing so in fun fashion.

This Cleveland team could very well have more offensive talent than either of those squads and could end up being just as effective or better -- only if it doesn't give defenders a chance to breathe.

But Thomas Johnson of the Washington Post reminds us Cleveland will have its share of weaknesses as well, especially on defense. Johnson says "mediocre doesn't begin to describe Love’s help defense" and posits the Cavaliers' perimeter defense will be just as bad as it was last season:

The downside of trading Andrew Wiggins is that he may have been their best perimeter defender outside of the 29-year-old James. Without Wiggins, the defensive burden will again fall on James’s shoulders, and wear aside, his defense regressed last season.

James led Miami to four consecutive Finals trips, due in large part to Dwyane Wade and Chris Bosh being above average defenders at their positions and as a result, the Heat was consistently one of the best defensive teams in the league. The same cannot be said about Irving, Love and the rest of the Cavaliers. Many casual fans and pundits are already predicting that the Cavaliers will come out of the Eastern Conference, but given the lack of defense, it will have its hands full stopping even average offenses.