There's more to it than the fact that he wouldn't have found a new team.
It has already been confirmed that the reason Kevin Love opted to stay with the Utah Jazz is that he wouldn't have had any suitors on the open market. However, what further accentuated his decision was that Russell Westbrook and Ben Simmons, two players who had better seasons than Love, will likely start the season without a team, further showing that Love was out of options.