Originally Posted by
blacknapalm
love.
leads all PF's in apg. best outlet passer PF in the game.
despite the ability to hit 3's at a good clip, he also draws more fouls than blake...and hits them at a much higher rate, thus getting the opposing teams into foul trouble and not being a liability late.
when on the court, love was a part of four of the top five of minny's defensive units. his post defense is actually decent as he uses angles and leverage. he's not good at closing out. neither of these guys are really good defensively, so what's the point in murking love?
love led the league in double-doubles and had three triple doubles.
love has recorded nine 30/15 point games and 22 25/15 point games. he and dwight are the only two players to do this since 2001.
amongst davis, aldridge, love and blake, blake gives up the highest PER against opposing PF's. love gives up the least. love finished with a PER of #4 in the league while any other PF didn't even finish in the top 20.
love's win share is higher than blake's by a wide margin despite clippers winning 17 more games.
against blake, love posted 45/19/6 and 23/19/7 and against aldridge, love posted 29/15/9.
love's on/off court rating is 27.1. griffin is 20.4.
so love is top 1-5 in ppg, rpg, apg, 3's and FTA at his position...basically every statistical cat and he crushes in a couple areas. the only other PF that arguably has his offensive impact is dirk. the gap between blake and love defensively cannot make up for the gap on offense. oh and when love sits on the bench, his team struggles mightily as his +/- suggests.
griffin is right there w/ his improved post game and defense. i think cp3 going down for a bit and his playoff emergence really helped him grow and he's still only 24.
you'll see though...minny will be a bottom 5-10 team next season while cavs go on to win 65 games. lebron will get due credit and love will probably be overlooked.
Clearly the best PF and 3rd best player in this league. Amazing Anthony Davis 3rd in PER behind KD and Bron
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