Why no love for Love?
If you mention Kevin Wesley Love in a general conversation, you’d probably think he was either a country singer or presidential assassin. However, the Kevin Wesley Love I speak of just came off a two game stretch in which he went for 51pts, 22reb and 30pts, 21reb. As remarkable as that is, we still tend to hear very little about Kevin Love for reasons that range from sound to sad.
It could be that by the Timberwolves being bottom-feeders in the NBA he’s overlooked as being a better than average player on a bad team. Another reason could be that Dwight Howard and his drama has taken away from the much less physically intimidating white guy from Lake Oswego High School in Oregon. Even more reason could be the début of Ricky Rubio, the highly touted point guard from Spain, whom the Timberwolves finally convinced to come to the U.S. and play for them. Whatever the reason, I think that it’s a big slight to the big man in Minnesota. A guy who, since becoming a full-time starter, has been a double-double machine and to be honest is a big reason for Rubio’s decision to finally play for the dismal Timberwolves.
It still amazes me every year that I’m usually able to pick Kevin Love in my fantasy league in the first 5-10 rounds. (Guess that’s why I’m so dominant). It may be a good thing that he’s off the radar to so many. It’s hard to prepare for something you know nothing of, but I give credit where credit is due. So why is it that Mr. Love was 6th in votes among forwards for the West, despite averaging 25.3 
pts and 13.8reb? Not that the people ahead of him, (Kevin Durant, Blake Griffin, Dirk Nowitzki and Pau Gasol), were having lesser seasons. I just feel he was having a better season overall than everyone except Kevin Durant. A year earlier he was also snubbed for a well deserved All-Star selection losing a spot to the dominate Yao Ming, who I might add appeared in a whopping 5 games in the 2010-2011 season. It took David Stern of all people to right the ship by placing Kevin Love on the All-Star team.
I understand that the fans vote for who they want to see in the All-Star game, but when your team gets, (no pun intended), no love from the media then fans don’t get to see the NBA in its entirety. I’ve always said the NBA should show more games on regular network tv so they can at least show off all their product. It’s things like this that make me not-so-upset with LeBron making his “decision” to go somewhere he can shine and get the recognition he deserves. I would like to see more parody in the NBA the way it is in the NFL, but in order to do that all teams need to have good players. The NBA needs to get back to the 80′s in terms of how spread out talent was then. Granted that only 4 different teams won it in the 80′s, but the talent was still spread out. Names that don’t necessarily resonate with younger fans, (Bernard King, Alex English, Adrian Dantley to name a few of my personal favorites), but still were dominate players in a league that at the time was in its golden era. To all the fans of Kevin Love let me be THATGUY to show Kevin a little Love and hope that the Timberwolves management get him the pieces he needs to solidify himself as the All-Star I feel he is and can be for a long time.
I like your article about kevin love. He is a great player & probably the best forward in the nba not named durant or lebron. Love gets lost in the shuffle because of the hi-lite reel, short attention span society. You wont see too many of loves hi-lites on sports center. Hes just a fundamentaly sound player that can do more than just dunk on people
Yeah, I feel like his all around play is outstanding but he doesn’t have the wow factor. I mean the only reason anyone cares about Blake Griffin is because he is a dunking machine and that kind of excitement is what society wants. Unfortunately, being a flat out great player doesn’t count anymore. You have to give constant entertainment and thats big plays all the time. Love and the T’Wolves just aren’t sexy enough for the public.
totally agree with u about love never with have though he would be this good but year after year he is consistant and better should be in top five for mvp voting this year but what he need to do is make playoffs maybe win a game or two not a series his name will be there he is the best 4 in the game hands down
In order for ur boy to get recognition. He has 2 options. He has to get his team to the playoffs n win. Or dunk on Blake Griffin lol. I think his problem is. He’s too fundamental. Which isn’t a problem becuz dats Tim Duncan nickname. But Duncan has 3 rings n a better team. Another thing is he’s a 6’10 foward dat can barely dunk. Nothing about Kevin Love says “hey look at me”. U have to look at his stat sheet n think to urself “damn he had a great game”. That’s where it stops at. N yes he might have to go another team. I kno u hate da thought of it. But dis isn’t the 80′s. N as much a teams were spreaded out. Only 4 teams won. So y bother. There’s enuff team that can compete. But there’s only 6 teams we expect to see. N dat won’t change. Plus these players need to think about post NBA life. Shaq left Orlando for L.A. which was a smart move for his career. Stop thinkin like an old hippie. N get wit the times fam