Why wasn't Kevin Love good enough to make the Team USA cut but Javale was?

[Pip' N Rodman]

Love was literally LeBron's best teammate in 2018 :oldlol:

They picked McGee over him

[8Ball]

That's why I call 2018 the hardest carry job of all time. And the greatest playoff run any player has ever had through to the finals.

[theman93]

Uhhh 2018 was 3 years ago and Love's played in 25 games or less in 2 of the last 3 seasons. His body is broken lol. Are you dumb? :hammerhead:

[Pip' N Rodman]

Uhhh 2018 was 3 years ago and Love's played in 25 games or less in 2 of the last 3 seasons. His body is broken lol. Are you dumb? :hammerhead:

Kevin Love missed the entire 2015 playoffs, only played 60 games in 2017 and 2018, and missed key games in the playoffs due to injuries (Game 3 2016 Finals, Game 7 ECF in 2018, etc)

Dude's always been broken physically, this is the same guy that was LeBron's best teammate :oldlol:

[ELITEpower23]

That's why I call 2018 the hardest carry job of all time. And the greatest playoff run any player has ever had through to the finals.

This

[Airupthere]

Lol, rookie tatum and dysfunctional celtics reaching the ECF in 2018 is weak competition.

[theman93]

Kevin Love missed the entire 2015 playoffs, only played 60 games in 2017 and 2018, and missed key games in the playoffs due to injuries (Game 3 2016 Finals, Game 7 ECF in 2018, etc)

Dude's always been broken physically, this is the same guy that was LeBron's best teammate :oldlol:

So you are dumb. Kevin Love's body is not the same today as it was in 2018.

[theman93]

That's why I call 2018 the hardest carry job of all time. And the greatest playoff run any player has ever had through to the finals.

Lol no. To have the GOAT playoff run you have to actually go up against real competition.

Round 1: Oladipo and scrubs
Round 2: DeFrozen's Trashtors
Round 3: Rookie Tatum and Sophomore Brown

One of the easiest paths to the Finals in NBA history.

[ScottieQuitting]

He’s old and coming off a bad injury. You retarded OP?

[Pip' N Rodman]

He’s old and coming off a bad injury. You retarded OP?

He's 32, still in his prime, and rested the whole season, you retarded coach?

[RogueBorg]

Kevin Love missed the entire 2015 playoffs, only played 60 games in 2017 and 2018, and missed key games in the playoffs due to injuries (Game 3 2016 Finals, Game 7 ECF in 2018, etc)

Dude's always been broken physically, this is the same guy that was LeBron's best teammate :oldlol:

LeGM sent Andrew Wiggins packing for Kevin Love aminirite?

[warriorfan]

Kevin Love was a rebounding champion who was putting up numbers only matched by prime Kareem Abdul Jabbar. Kevin Love holds the record for the most consecutive games with a double double in the modern post merger era. He was a beast that LeBron tried to turn into a perimeter spot up shooter. He lost a lot of weight to try to fit into bran ball and started to break down and hasn’t been the same sense.

In his last season in Minny before playing with LeBron James, Kevin Love averaged 26.1/12.5/4.4/.591 TS%

The only 2 players to ever have that stat line are

https://i.postimg.cc/MHK1G4DZ/FC2-E0-D3-D-B0-C6-4978-B091-479490-FB49-DE.jpg

https://www.basketball-reference.com/play-index/psl_finder.cgi?request=1&match=single&type=per_game&per_minute_base=36&per_poss_base=100&season_start=1&season_end=-1&lg_id=NBA&age_min=0&age_max=99&is_playoffs=N&height_min=0&height_max=99&birth_country_is=Y&as_comp=gt&as_val=0&pos_is_g=Y&pos_is_gf=Y&pos_is_f=Y&pos_is_fg=Y&pos_is_fc=Y&pos_is_c=Y&pos_is_cf=Y&c1stat=pts_per_g&c1comp=gt&c1val=26.1&c2stat=trb_per_g&c2comp=gt&c2val=12.5&c3stat=ast_per_g&c3comp=gt&c3val=4.4&c4stat=ts_pct&c4comp=gt&c4val=.591&order_by=ws

1. Prime Kareem Abdul Jabbar in 72
2. Kevin Love 14


In summary: Kevin Love was a future ATG who’s career was derailed by LeBron ball

[j3lademaster]

Kevin Love was a rebounding champion who was putting up numbers only matched by prime Kareem Abdul Jabbar. Kevin Love holds the record for the most consecutive games with a double double in the modern post merger era. He was a beast that LeBron tried to turn into a perimeter spot up shooter. He lost a lot of weight to try to fit into bran ball and started to break down and hasn’t been the same sense.

In his last season in Minny before playing with LeBron James, Kevin Love averaged 26.1/12.5/4.4/.591 TS%

The only 2 players to ever have that stat line are

https://i.postimg.cc/MHK1G4DZ/FC2-E0-D3-D-B0-C6-4978-B091-479490-FB49-DE.jpg

https://www.basketball-reference.com/play-index/psl_finder.cgi?request=1&match=single&type=per_game&per_minute_base=36&per_poss_base=100&season_start=1&season_end=-1&lg_id=NBA&age_min=0&age_max=99&is_playoffs=N&height_min=0&height_max=99&birth_country_is=Y&as_comp=gt&as_val=0&pos_is_g=Y&pos_is_gf=Y&pos_is_f=Y&pos_is_fg=Y&pos_is_fc=Y&pos_is_c=Y&pos_is_cf=Y&c1stat=pts_per_g&c1comp=gt&c1val=26.1&c2stat=trb_per_g&c2comp=gt&c2val=12.5&c3stat=ast_per_g&c3comp=gt&c3val=4.4&c4stat=ts_pct&c4comp=gt&c4val=.591&order_by=ws

1. Prime Kareem Abdul Jabbar in 72
2. Kevin Love 14


In summary: Kevin Love was a future ATG who’s career was derailed by LeBron balllooks like Love dropped some dimes too.

[theman93]

LeGM sent Andrew Wiggins packing for Kevin Love aminirite?

Bingo.

This is like a “hero” burning down a bridge so he gets the glory for saving the school bus from falling off the cliff.

[warriorfan]

looks like Love dropped some dimes too.

Bron ball didn’t allow him to hold the ball or be in the paint. It relegated him into a spot up shooter instead. LeBron’s sub optimal and inefficient style of play requires a talent overload in order to win. I.E. LeBron needed players that produced more as his third option than other players’ second options. (Kevin Love and Chris Bosh’s production before LeBron was much greater than Pau Gasols before Kobe). Kobe only needed Pau to win. He didn’t need Pau plus another player better than Pau.

Love stats Pre-LeBron - 26/13/2/59% TS

Bosh stats Pre-LeBron - 24/11/2/59% TS

Pau stats Pre-Kobe - 19/8/3/59% TS

It's safe to say that Kevin Love and Chris Bosh were better than Pau Gasol before they joined with their new teams

LeBron needed Bosh and Love as third options when he won

Kobe had Paul Gasol as a second option when he won

[ScottieQuitting]

He's 32, still in his prime, and rested the whole season, you retarded coach?

Usually players are already exiting their prime at 32 or 33 years of age. I believe you’re the retard here, with a clear agenda.

Kevin Love’s best days are well behind him, and as I said he’s coming off a really bad injury, wheels.

If you ever could have used your legs, or get out of your mothers basement, and did actually play, or ”coach”, you wouldn’t be expecting something substantial out of him at this point.

He used up his glory days in Cleveland, having to stand in the corner to accommodate ball dominance and the need to put a big stats from another player. And unfortunately only won one chip in the process.

It’s just a shame he couldn’t play with the greatest of all time as a third option like a Horace Grant, or Dennis Rodman, and win three championships. He played on a team with a losing brand of basketball on the big stage.

[tpols]

Love was literally LeBron's best teammate in 2018 :oldlol:

They picked McGee over him

Its a damn shame what happened to Kevin love. A naturally heavy burly dude who could win rebounding titles as a 6'7 white guy and averaging the best points per possession in the post to a skinny ***** spot up shooter all to accommodate bran. Sad stuff.

[ScottieQuitting]

Bingo.

This is like a “hero” burning down a bridge so he gets the glory for saving the school bus from falling off the cliff.
Which is hilarious, because LeBron sucks as a GM as well. I think Andrew Wiggins as a third option and athletic wing perimeter defender would’ve been much more beneficial in basically all of their championship runs in Cleveland. Wiggins didn’t want or need the ball anyway. And Kevin love was reduced to a corner spot up shooter, destroying his confidence. More LeFail from LeGM.

[Hey Yo]

Love's highest 3PA avg per game was higher in Minny than any year he played with the Cavs.

But James made him a spot up shooter. :facepalm

[ScottieQuitting]

Its a damn shame what happened to Kevin love. A naturally heavy burly dude who could win rebounding titles as a 6'7 white guy and averaging the best points per possession in the post to a skinny ***** spot up shooter all to accommodate bran. Sad stuff.
Facts

[theman93]

Love's highest 3PA avg per game was higher in Minny than any year he played with the Cavs.

But James made him a spot up shooter. :facepalm

35.5% of his shots were 3 point attempts that year.

Compare that to 41.2%, 44.9%, 44.9%, and 45.3% of his shots being 3 point attempts the 4 years he played with Lebron.

So yes. Lebron did make him a spot up shooter.

[DoctorP]

Love is damaged goods

https://media4.giphy.com/media/H1XUAkniijT15flKaD/giphy.gif

[The Closer]

Kevin Love was a rebounding champion who was putting up numbers only matched by prime Kareem Abdul Jabbar. Kevin Love holds the record for the most consecutive games with a double double in the modern post merger era. He was a beast that LeBron tried to turn into a perimeter spot up shooter. He lost a lot of weight to try to fit into bran ball and started to break down and hasn’t been the same sense.

In his last season in Minny before playing with LeBron James, Kevin Love averaged 26.1/12.5/4.4/.591 TS%

The only 2 players to ever have that stat line are

https://i.postimg.cc/MHK1G4DZ/FC2-E0-D3-D-B0-C6-4978-B091-479490-FB49-DE.jpg

https://www.basketball-reference.com/play-index/psl_finder.cgi?request=1&match=single&type=per_game&per_minute_base=36&per_poss_base=100&season_start=1&season_end=-1&lg_id=NBA&age_min=0&age_max=99&is_playoffs=N&height_min=0&height_max=99&birth_country_is=Y&as_comp=gt&as_val=0&pos_is_g=Y&pos_is_gf=Y&pos_is_f=Y&pos_is_fg=Y&pos_is_fc=Y&pos_is_c=Y&pos_is_cf=Y&c1stat=pts_per_g&c1comp=gt&c1val=26.1&c2stat=trb_per_g&c2comp=gt&c2val=12.5&c3stat=ast_per_g&c3comp=gt&c3val=4.4&c4stat=ts_pct&c4comp=gt&c4val=.591&order_by=ws

1. Prime Kareem Abdul Jabbar in 72
2. Kevin Love 14


In summary: Kevin Love was a future ATG who’s career was derailed by LeBron ball
2014 Love was an absolute monster

I would take that version of Love damm near every Power forward ever.

It's definitely a flaw in LeBrons play style that players have to adjust and change there games to accommodate Lebron

[Pip' N Rodman]

Team USA believes Javale >> Love :oldlol:

[8Ball]

Team USA believes Javale >> Love :oldlol:

I feel sorry for Love.

[warriorfan]

2014 Love was an absolute monster

I would take that version of Love damm near every Power forward ever.

It's definitely a flaw in LeBrons play style that players have to adjust and change there games to accommodate Lebron[

Spot on.

[Mr. Woke]

Bingo.

This is like a “hero” burning down a bridge so he gets the glory for saving the school bus from falling off the cliff.

Peak Wiggins is worse than peak Kevin Love lol.

Not sure what point you are trying to make.

[Mr. Woke]

2014 Love was an absolute monster

I would take that version of Love damm near every Power forward ever.

It's definitely a flaw in LeBrons play style that players have to adjust and change there games to accommodate Lebron

Love has never been a highly impactful player. Thankfully LeBron taught him how to play winning basketball.

Inferior players always have to adapt when playing with a top tier player. That has always been the case throughout NBA history.

[Mr. Woke]

Which is hilarious, because LeBron sucks as a GM as well. I think Andrew Wiggins as a third option and athletic wing perimeter defender would’ve been much more beneficial in basically all of their championship runs in Cleveland. Wiggins didn’t want or need the ball anyway. And Kevin love was reduced to a corner spot up shooter, destroying his confidence. More LeFail from LeGM.


That makes zero sense lol.

[Mr. Woke]

Facts


Love's previous play style was simply not conducive to winning.

[Pip' N Rodman]

Pathetic...

[HunterSThompson]

cuz it's a thick boy league. not a cuck boy league

Mcgee = 🍆

love = 🥕

[Pip' N Rodman]

cuz it's a thick boy league. not a cuck boy league

Mcgee = ��

love = ��

By that logic LeBron > Kobe since LeBron had the bigger package...

[Spurs m8]

Love was literally LeBron's best teammate in 2018 :oldlol:

They picked McGee over him

Exactly.....3 years ago.

Bron also need McGee AND AD to pull off a cheap bubble ring

You really gonna spend your entire pathetic existence trying to gaslight a basketball forum...thread after thread after thread?

[red1]

kevin is a very talented player and he has great size - he's huge.


the NBA is full of talented players which is the only issue.

[red1]

Love's previous play style was simply not conducive to winning.

kevin love defense guaranteed a ring.


i'm convinced that the cavs wouldve won the ring in 2015 as well if one of love and kyrie stayed healthy. kevin would've been enough.

[Hey Yo]

35.5% of his shots were 3 point attempts that year.

Compare that to 41.2%, 44.9%, 44.9%, and 45.3% of his shots being 3 point attempts the 4 years he played with Lebron.

So yes. Lebron did make him a spot up shooter.

6.5 3pa per game with Minny is higher than any year with LeBron

[Pip' N Rodman]

lol Pathetic