Re: How good is Kevin Love ?
peak = poor man's tim duncan. 21/12
Re: How good is Kevin Love ?
[QUOTE=Rekindled]peak = poor man's tim duncan. 21/12[/QUOTE]
That might be a bit optimistic, but he certainly does have a nice skillset for a bigman. Defense isn't exactly a strength of his yet though.
Re: How good is Kevin Love ?
He's good and getting better. Most rookies this season have had good stretches and then bad stretches. With Love he has just slowly been getting better. He never really seems to take a step back. He never stops working to get boards, and is one of the better offensive rebounders in the NBA.
Right now he has 22/12 against a pretty solid defensive team, Utah.
Re: How good is Kevin Love ?
Kevin Love is getting no love because he started out pretty bad. although right now he is a top 5 rookie. as far as i know he is the only rookie to be averaging a double double since the new year:rockon: . he is pretty bad defensively though:( but he is a very smart dude and at his peak i could see him getting 14 rebounds per, not sure how many points though.
Re: How good is Kevin Love ?
[QUOTE=twolvesfan]Kevin Love is getting no love because he started out pretty bad. although right now he is a top 5 rookie. as far as i know he is the only rookie to be averaging a double double since the new year:rockon: . he is pretty bad defensively though:( but he is a very smart dude and at his peak i could see him getting 14 rebounds per, not sure how many points though.[/QUOTE]
14 per is a little much. I wanna say 10. I mean Dwight is barely averaging 14 (last time I saw). I don't think Love could match that over a whole season.
And he really isn't that bad on defense. The problem is he just getting out matched. He is our center 6'9. Gomes is the PF 6'8. You can't expect those guys to do much defensively.
Re: How good is Kevin Love ?
Re: How good is Kevin Love ?
[QUOTE=Big Al All day]14 per is a little much. I wanna say 10. I mean Dwight is barely averaging 14 (last time I saw). I don't think Love could match that over a whole season.
And he really isn't that bad on defense. The problem is he just getting out matched. He is our center 6'9. Gomes is the PF 6'8. You can't expect those guys to do much defensively.[/QUOTE]
:eek: you think he would ONLY average 10 rebounds a game when he gets starter minutes (~36) hes already getting like 8.8 in 24 minutes as a rookie. in fact if i remember correctly a couple days ago against the raptors the announcers said that he was one of only 5 players ever to get 20% of the total team rebounds for players under 23
Re: How good is Kevin Love ?
[QUOTE=BigTicket]Edit: nm[/QUOTE]
idk ive been frustrated with it as well. maybe mchale just doesnt want to burn him out:ohwell:
Re: How good is Kevin Love ?
[QUOTE=Big Al All day]
And he really isn't that bad on defense. The problem is he just getting out matched. He is our center 6'9. Gomes is the PF 6'8. You can't expect those guys to do much defensively.[/QUOTE]
Is Al Jefferson and Dwight Howard realistically much taller than that? Or is Kevin Love a legit 6'7, 6'8"?
Re: How good is Kevin Love ?
[QUOTE=Big Al All day]14 per is a little much. I wanna say 10. I mean Dwight is barely averaging 14 (last time I saw). I don't think Love could match that over a whole season.
And he really isn't that bad on defense. The problem is he just getting out matched. He is our center 6'9. Gomes is the PF 6'8. You can't expect those guys to do much defensively.[/QUOTE]
He could get 12rpg right now if he got starters minutes, 14 in his prime doesnt seem unrealistic to me.
Re: How good is Kevin Love ?
[QUOTE=theballerFKA Ace]Is Al Jefferson and Dwight Howard realistically much taller than that? Or is Kevin Love a legit 6'7, 6'8"?[/QUOTE]
Kevin Love is 6'8 (6'9 in shoes) and he has a fairly short wingspan (6'11).
Re: How good is Kevin Love ?
[QUOTE=theballerFKA Ace]Is Al Jefferson and Dwight Howard realistically much taller than that? Or is Kevin Love a legit 6'7, 6'8"?[/QUOTE]
I think Love is probably about 6'8. He's listed at 6'9, but he looks an inch or two smaller than Jefferson. But the thing with Dwight is his athleticism, that really helps him pull down boards. Al and Love might not be THAT much smaller but a lot less athletic.
I just don't see him keeping up a 14 rebound pace over an entire season. Now that I think of it maybe 11-12. But I don't see 14. His rebounds will also go down some when Al gets back, Al is averaging 11 boards per.
Re: How good is Kevin Love ?
[B]Peak Stats [/B]
21 ppg, 11.9 rpg, 0.9 bpg
Re: How good is Kevin Love ?
[QUOTE=Lebron23][B]Peak Stats [/B]
21 ppg, 11.9 rpg, 0.9 bpg[/QUOTE]
That looks about right. But I think as long as he's playing with Al his stats will be negatively skewed because Al will get most of the looks down low.