Calm down cupcake. We're talking about ways to maximize his effectiveness against themNot even 12 hours removed from one of his best playoff games and we are already talking about how Love will be rendered ineffective against GS...what a shock.
Calm down cupcake. We're talking about ways to maximize his effectiveness against themNot even 12 hours removed from one of his best playoff games and we are already talking about how Love will be rendered ineffective against GS...what a shock.
I didn't say ineffective . I just said we will need to find him more inside the three point line touches that don't involve trying to back Draymond down. Love will have open shots all series vs them and I think he has the confidence to knock them down at a high rate now. That will be huge for us.They want him shooting, not Kyrie or LeBron, and he needs to and will make them pay for that. That's what a big 3 is all about.
Fair play. Apologies thenWasn't referring to anyone really. I just get frustrated with the doom & gloom talk about Love facing GS. I guess it was earned last year but people just seem quick to forget that Love was not 100% last Finals. Concussions can screw your head up for weeks. That's the worst type of injury for such a cerebral player like Love. He has never been able to rely on his athleticism. His moves tends to always seem a bit pre-calculated, especially in the post. As we learned last year, one split second of hesitation in the post against GS leads to the quick double-team, which resulted in some shitty plays.
I completely agree with your stance on KD guarding him in the post. Love should be capable of winning some of those potential paint battles. I have little doubt Love is stronger than KD at least.
There is a conspicuous, cowardly absence of a few notable posters in this thread. Just sayin.
Don't lure them in, they'll just say this doesn't matter because it was against the Pacers and not the Warriors, but you better believe if he slips up against the Pacers it'll matter.
Yep, thats typical of an the anti-Lovers. Forget the fact that Indy's front court is pretty formidable defensively.
Post players get less ref respect against physical defense unfortunately. Regardless Love is really great at drawing fouls. Underrated because he knows how to rip through in post position. He's notably better when he attacks soon after catching the ball. Taking two to three dribbles is too much time to get doubled. Let's find a way to get him deeper post position. I wondered what got into the team yesterday. He was aggressive and we were determined to feed him. But sigh this team, we always go away from what works. Next game will come and we'll see nothing like thisLove stood out as a superstar last night because the refs respected him and gave him calls. If he doesn't get calls then it's a heavily contested miss non call.
I've been wanting this aggressive Love his whole Cavs career, I also wanted the refs to respect the man, most of the time they let shit go down there, especially with Draymond vs him.
Love could in fact be our best weapon like last night described, he just has to play great then he's the mismatch.
The Fat KLove would have... he doesn't have the same girth and weight to throw people around nowadays... he can bully SFs but not similar sized opponents and double teams... what he did right last night was to get nice position downlow so when he gets the pass, there was not enough time for the double team to come... otherwise I noticed this season that when gets double teamed he usually gets stripped or make a bad pass...Love has the size to bully Draymond Green and KD in the post. This is definitely something the Cavs need to stick with throughout the playoffs.
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I....I love Love as much as anyone on here and I have a lot of confidence in him, but I don't see that happening. Durant is too long and Draymond is much stronger than Love.
Durant is long but Love has bullied him in the past in the post. He couldn't play one on one in the post with him when he was on the thunder. Doubt that changes.
One the most fun 5-10 minutes of basketball. I pull for him so hard and to see him dominate a game is so fun.
By the way, how many times do the Boston role players have to fail in the playoffs before people realize it's a bad idea to trade Love for them?