Kevin Love - Miami Ground Machine

[Captain S]

i really hope that blatt doesnt start treating our top 5 pf FA like boozer at the end of games

 

[Nphan]

I wonder if David Blatt will pull this stunt in the playoffs, because K Love would be good as gone

i don't see why he wouldn't. This game was pretty much a playoff game during the regular season and he decided to take Kevin out and keep James Jones in there all the 4th quarter..I don't know what Kevin did to Blatt but this looks like something personal or intentional outside of basketball.

 

[Captain S]

Love will look terrible if he leaves, especially for LA or NY. He hasn't done anything to do away with his empty stats reputation. He probably should have been on the floor but his 2/10 shooting performance wasn't exactly inspiring.

He got fouled on a bunch of shots when he tried going up in the paint

 

[Otsego Mar]

5 rebounds in 33 minutes, he really brought it tonight.

I wonder sometimes if we are all watching the same game or not.

12 rebounds PER GAME AVERGE in 7 years. cmon son!

 

[Nphan]

I can't people on here act like Love is entitled to something? Even Kyrie wasn't. He had to mature. He had to win LeBron over. Kyrie had to make sacrifices as well. I think it says something that an immature PG was able to buy into something and Love apparently really hasn't. Love is far too passive and even if he is a really talented player.

How can Love prove to be affective and gain Lebron's trust when he is put in a position to fail 70% of the time this season. He is feed in the post and had his best game then a game later, he is made to stand out at the 3 point line and they decides to post up jr smith instead..

 

[Benedict_Boozer]

*Wrong thread - my bad

 

[supermario21]

Why doesn't Love post up, get physical, bully Diaw like he should? He drifts. It's no wonder Love isn't getting looks.

 

[Birdy89]

How can you disagree with that Birdy? He averages 12 rebounds PER GAME in his 7 year career lol.

He was disinterested tonight and it showed. I don't care what his career averages are. Tonight he gave 0 fucks about contributing in a positive way.

It is why he will be pulling splinters out of his ass tonight.

 

[Otsego Mar]

I can't people on here act like Love is entitled to something? Even Kyrie wasn't. He had to mature. He had to win LeBron over. Kyrie had to make sacrifices as well. I think it says something that an immature PG was able to buy into something and Love apparently really hasn't. Love is far too passive and even if he is a really talented player.

Love is passive because he joined up with 2 other all-world players (one of which you wanted to trade for Rando). He was ANYTHING but passive in Minnesota.

Kevin is and will continue to be a vital piece to our success.

 

[All4One1ForAll]

You know what's funny? These 50 point games that Kyrie's had this season, which have been completely and utterly amazing…? Love's been there before. He's scored 51 points.

We have to get him the ball more because he's a superstar in his own right just like our other 2 studs, Kyriediculous and LBJ. If we keep treating him like Mike Miller, he's gonna bolt. And I wouldn't blame him to be honest. I'm sure he hates watching from the bench in the 4th quarter while James fucking Jones plays because he knows how talented he is. I mean for God's sake, you don't average 26 points on near 60% True Shooting, 12 rebounds and 4.5 assists by accident! We're using Love wrong. Plain and simple.

 

[amazon123]

i don't see why he wouldn't. This game was pretty much a playoff game during the regular season and he decided to take Kevin out and keep James Jones in there all the 4th quarter..I don't know what Kevin did to Blatt but this looks like something personal or intentional outside of basketball.

There's no way he would stay in Cleveland, what other max player doesn't close games? It's not even like SAS had some formidable front line. Barkley kept saying Love was being guarded by Diaw and Bonner all game long and wasn't getting touches. That's straight disrespect tbh

 

[Otsego Mar]

Why doesn't Love post up, get physical, bully Diaw like he should? He drifts. It's no wonder Love isn't getting looks.

My guess is the play call needs him out of the paint so his man doesn't clog for the iso we run.

 

[Captain S]

Why doesn't Love post up, get physical, bully Diaw like he should? He drifts. It's no wonder Love isn't getting looks.

Dude I had no idea why everyone was thinking this

Diaw weighs 260 and probably has 30 pounds on love

 

[I'mWithDan]

All I can say is.....Thank God we won this game.

It gives us time to work out issues internally, instead of the prevailing theme of this game being "what's wrong with Love and Blatt?"

Something appears to be amiss but we avoided the complete media crisis just as we have been hitting our stride. Hopefully he puts tonight behind him and plays well tomorrow.

 

[T C]

If we keep this up, he's good as gone and we're going to be screwed. We'd have no cap space to find a replacement. Blatts playing a dangerous game here.