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Kevin Love - Miami Ground Machine
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The entire NBA media is based around self-interested talking heads carrying someone's water or angling for their own self-interest.
I mean, the Cavs were borderline unwatchable almost 40 games into the season. I was throwing shit watching them get taken apart on defense while struggling on offense.
Now for the last 30 we've been elite offensively, and top 10 defensively. We've figured a lot out very quickly. How to use Love perfectly is like the last puzzle still, and even with him being efficient but under utilized, we are still ridiculous on offense. That we haven't found a way to employ his immense talent seamlessly is frustrating to all of us, but even this bumpy transition produces league leading numbers with him on the floor.
The major markets being total abortions fuel all this nonsense. You have your LA talking heads. Your NY talking heads. Bill Simmons, while doing a podcast praising Kyrie openly courting Kevin. I actually respect that at least he admits that he hopes Love is miserable for the selfish reason of wanting him in Boston.
You got Lebatard, who has always been Riley's media guy and friend, carrying Riley's butthurt nationally, and all his lackeys like Sedano and Skolnick whose careers he launched just constantly regurgitating the same Miami-centric BS. ESPN basically launched the whole Miami studio based entirely around the Heat. Now all their pro teams suck and are incredibly boring and dudes like Skolnick have to take the red eye from Cleveland to Detroit in February instead of sipping Mojitos at the Clevelander pool while talking basketball with Lebatard's fat greasy ass. I get it. I'd rather look at models in Miami too in the middle of winter, but it doesn't make their pain any less fun to watch.
Basically everyone who isn't just a true fan and straight numbers geek has an incentive to cause dissension if they can. Hopefully Love filters all the garbage out. He's so personally reserved that it's hard to get a read on the kid. I think, from his limited words, that he gets it. Really accomplished players take less and come to play with Lebron, because while it may be a process, he's simply too good for him not to find a way to integrate you into his game where you get continually easy looks.
If you listened to the media the past few years Bosh was now a 3rd-tier player whose stock was worthless. Then he got paid like he was Wilt when Lebron left. The lesser role didn't cost him a penny as far as his value. Love is young and he has time to let this stuff come together. If this is as good as it ever gets it won't cost him a dime in the long run to try and be a champion. There is no downside, only a tremendous upside to making it work here.
I mean, the Cavs were borderline unwatchable almost 40 games into the season. I was throwing shit watching them get taken apart on defense while struggling on offense.
Now for the last 30 we've been elite offensively, and top 10 defensively. We've figured a lot out very quickly. How to use Love perfectly is like the last puzzle still, and even with him being efficient but under utilized, we are still ridiculous on offense. That we haven't found a way to employ his immense talent seamlessly is frustrating to all of us, but even this bumpy transition produces league leading numbers with him on the floor.
The major markets being total abortions fuel all this nonsense. You have your LA talking heads. Your NY talking heads. Bill Simmons, while doing a podcast praising Kyrie openly courting Kevin. I actually respect that at least he admits that he hopes Love is miserable for the selfish reason of wanting him in Boston.
You got Lebatard, who has always been Riley's media guy and friend, carrying Riley's butthurt nationally, and all his lackeys like Sedano and Skolnick whose careers he launched just constantly regurgitating the same Miami-centric BS. ESPN basically launched the whole Miami studio based entirely around the Heat. Now all their pro teams suck and are incredibly boring and dudes like Skolnick have to take the red eye from Cleveland to Detroit in February instead of sipping Mojitos at the Clevelander pool while talking basketball with Lebatard's fat greasy ass. I get it. I'd rather look at models in Miami too in the middle of winter, but it doesn't make their pain any less fun to watch.
Basically everyone who isn't just a true fan and straight numbers geek has an incentive to cause dissension if they can. Hopefully Love filters all the garbage out. He's so personally reserved that it's hard to get a read on the kid. I think, from his limited words, that he gets it. Really accomplished players take less and come to play with Lebron, because while it may be a process, he's simply too good for him not to find a way to integrate you into his game where you get continually easy looks.
If you listened to the media the past few years Bosh was now a 3rd-tier player whose stock was worthless. Then he got paid like he was Wilt when Lebron left. The lesser role didn't cost him a penny as far as his value. Love is young and he has time to let this stuff come together. If this is as good as it ever gets it won't cost him a dime in the long run to try and be a champion. There is no downside, only a tremendous upside to making it work here.
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LeBron said the same thing, had much more to lose, and still left.
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What? When?
Yeah I remember Lebron dancing around those type of questions or avoiding them altogether, especially when it got close to 2010.
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Watched the first couple of games again yesterday.
Love was definitely more spry with his overall movement.
He would cut hard to the rim when there was space at the rim and they would find him.
There were even times when he would secure the rebound and actually push the ball up the court himself.
Love was definitely more spry with his overall movement.
He would cut hard to the rim when there was space at the rim and they would find him.
There were even times when he would secure the rebound and actually push the ball up the court himself.
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Yeah, that never happened.
Nope. Never did.
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^I could've sworn he did slip up near the end of his 1st stint here and say he wasn't going anywhere (he successfully deflected the committment questions 99.9% of the time), at a low-key charity event in Akron. It was only locally reported, or at least got lost in the media scrum during late 2009-mid 2010.
From a quick Google search, it appears that's been lost. Not that I care. Like the media wouldn't spin it into something about him lying, when he was basically caught off guard being comfortable around his local folks.
PS- Kevin Love.
PSS- Not getting it confused with the 2014 Welcome Home rally.
PSS- Possibly his Nike skills camp in Akron.
From a quick Google search, it appears that's been lost. Not that I care. Like the media wouldn't spin it into something about him lying, when he was basically caught off guard being comfortable around his local folks.
PS- Kevin Love.
PSS- Not getting it confused with the 2014 Welcome Home rally.
PSS- Possibly his Nike skills camp in Akron.
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To be fair, the author is assuming Love means he is not taking any vacations this summer.
No way does any media member believe anyone commits to Cleveland when they don't have to.
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http://nymag.com/daily/intelligencer/2008/10/would_lebron_stay_in_cleveland.html
Thanks BMac, knew I wasn't crazy. Simply amazing how little pub that little blurb gets, when he flat out states it. And it's not common knowledge, as shown by the 3 posts before mine- and this is a CAVS board lol. Oh well, he came back- water under the bridge and I'm content that national media has forgotten.
PS- Back on topic- Kevin Love.
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