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Maark did play well. That’s what they need from him.
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Kevin Love - Miami Ground Machine
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Last thing this franchise needs is to inject a head case like Simmons into this culture
Actually I don’t think PER is all that useful. The bias toward particular play styles is too big. With that said, a guy like Love should have a high PER and it’s useful for comparing to other bigs
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Finally??? He’s shooting 41% from three this season.
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Lol I was referring to Markk, not Love.
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I thought it was kind of interesting what Pop had to say about Love and the olympics. Much different than the narrative of Love being a quitter.
''He was in a really tough spot,'' Popovich said. ''He did everything he could to be ready to go physically, but he got dealt a bad hand. Everything was so compressed. The NBA (season) went so long, and the Olympics started quicker. So, there wasn't as much time as I think he thought he had to get back to where he wanted to be. But he wanted it badly. He worked his fanny off every day to get that medal. At one point he realized there wasn't going to be enough time to do it. And then what he did was unbelievably impressive to me. I thought it took a lot of courage.”
You can say that Pop was just putting a good spin on it, but really its probably closer to the truth than Love being a bad teammate as many on here suggested. Sometimes we are too in a hurry to cancel someone because we think we know more than we do about someones character or the actual events that transpired.
If anything, Love is just terrible at self aggrandizement (not a bad thing) and that is why negative narratives about him are perpetuated.
''He was in a really tough spot,'' Popovich said. ''He did everything he could to be ready to go physically, but he got dealt a bad hand. Everything was so compressed. The NBA (season) went so long, and the Olympics started quicker. So, there wasn't as much time as I think he thought he had to get back to where he wanted to be. But he wanted it badly. He worked his fanny off every day to get that medal. At one point he realized there wasn't going to be enough time to do it. And then what he did was unbelievably impressive to me. I thought it took a lot of courage.”
You can say that Pop was just putting a good spin on it, but really its probably closer to the truth than Love being a bad teammate as many on here suggested. Sometimes we are too in a hurry to cancel someone because we think we know more than we do about someones character or the actual events that transpired.
If anything, Love is just terrible at self aggrandizement (not a bad thing) and that is why negative narratives about him are perpetuated.
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A lot of people here were saying his calf injury was bullshit and Old Fart Colangelo fanned those flames.
Fact is that Kevin has accepted a bench role and flourished in it. He might be the most efficient offensive player in the NBA off the bench and he can still rebound and outlet pass. His defense otherwise is weak but that’s why he shouldn’t be starting.
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Love is now shooting 27% from the perimeter over the last 5 games.
As it happens, the Cavs are 4-1 in those games.
Kevin's PT is decreasing too. He's cracked 25 minutes just once in his last 5 games. In the 5 games before that, he averaged 30 minutes.
Not sure this is significant yet, but there's been good reason to expect Love to start running out of fuel at some point in the regular season. We may be seeing that now.
IMO he never should have played like 5 consecutive 30min games. Sure he was shooting well, but you've got to look at the big picture. We need this guy in the playoffs.
As it happens, the Cavs are 4-1 in those games.
Kevin's PT is decreasing too. He's cracked 25 minutes just once in his last 5 games. In the 5 games before that, he averaged 30 minutes.
Not sure this is significant yet, but there's been good reason to expect Love to start running out of fuel at some point in the regular season. We may be seeing that now.
IMO he never should have played like 5 consecutive 30min games. Sure he was shooting well, but you've got to look at the big picture. We need this guy in the playoffs.
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I think Rubio's absence has affected his game.
I also don't think we're a lock for the playoffs. I don't count making the play-in tournament as the playoffs, so to avoid that we need 6th seed. Yes, we have that now and we have a easy schedule left but the East is competitive. If a player is injured or exhausted or needs an off day or fewer minutes that's fine but let's not get too clever with load management.
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Not giving an ancient bench dude regular starter's minutes is hardly getting too clever with load management.
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When it come to Love you get what you can from him when you can, you never know when he ready to not give a fuck again, and start having unknown injuries,
I love what he have gave us so far, but there still time when I watch him and say to myself WTF, like when he first comes into the game he would almost never switch out to the 3 point shooter, shit he rarely even contest the 3 point shooter, that why I love JB when he keeps Love minutes down to the 16 to 22 minutes a game……
I love what he have gave us so far, but there still time when I watch him and say to myself WTF, like when he first comes into the game he would almost never switch out to the 3 point shooter, shit he rarely even contest the 3 point shooter, that why I love JB when he keeps Love minutes down to the 16 to 22 minutes a game……
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That’s why I don’t get why people get mad when JB plays every game to win, and people wants him to stretch the bench out to 11/12 players some games,
Like last night he went 9 deep by the end of the first quarter, I really believe he wanted to keep the legs fresh knowing he had a b2b , but when he saw the opportunity to get a win , he went for it, knowing that the Raptors and Hornets 2 teams right behind us lost, made this win even better……
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Actually Love was 27/59 from 3 for 47% in a six game stretch where he played 26-32 minutes.
In the last four games 5/20 for 25% with 16-20 mpg.
Those four games were right after the Portland game. Maybe he's tired because a group of his former HS & College girlfriends jumped him in the parking lot and exhausted him. Happened to me once and I couldn't shoot for shit afterwards.
That last part is Completely true except I didn't get jumped in a parking lot and I couldn't shoot for shit beforehand either.
His Defense has dropped off a cliff in the last 10 games or so. We had that period where he was playing heavier mins with so many out, shooting great, and at that point he was very clearly making a choice to conserve energy on D to go off on the other end. The problem is that has not flicked that switch back.
Maybe needs a couple of nights off, should be able to take OKC without him, also give him a chance to work on his 3 ball. His December shooting was never going to last but less streaky would be good.
Maybe needs a couple of nights off, should be able to take OKC without him, also give him a chance to work on his 3 ball. His December shooting was never going to last but less streaky would be good.