Friday, October 24th, 2008 at 9:44 am  |  29 responses

Minnesota Media: Love Will Be Greatest Player in NBA History*

*Actually, they didn’t say that. But they totally should!

Hey!

Remember yesterday, when an unfortunate-looking Minnesota sports columnist wrote (essentially) that Kevin Love completely sucks and won’t ever be able to score in the NBA—a premise he based ONE PRESEASON GAME?

I do!

I’m not sure if Pat wrote anything after Kevin’s game last night, when he scored 14 points (on 67 percent shooting, including 50 percent on 3s) AND hit 5 of 5 from the line, AND pulled down 10 boards. And look — a box score to prove it!

The point is not that one pretty good preseason game means Kevin will be a great NBA player — neither I nor the guy who drafted him nor anyone else knows quite how Kevin Love will turn out. The point is that condemning a rookie based on one bad preseason game is absurd.

The point, as it always seems to be, is that people are stupid. Particularly when those people are sports columnists.

Thank you for your time.

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  • Eboy Posted: Oct.24 at 9:46 am
    Must be a Ryan Jones joint.

  • H to the Izzo Posted: Oct.24 at 9:48 am
    Ban Ryan’s posting privileges.Immediately.

  • Ryan Jones Posted: Oct.24 at 9:48 am
    Yeah, meant to claim this. Sorry.

  • Hursty Posted: Oct.24 at 9:52 am
    Yeh, co-sign Eboy. My first thoughts as well.

  • Tuomas Posted: Oct.24 at 9:53 am
    Hmm, what was it that I wrote on the previous thread… Can’t seem to remember. You forgot the Barkley comparison though. No prob.

  • wiz Posted: Oct.24 at 9:56 am
    Im sorry but 14 points, 10 rebounds against the bucks not so impressive

  • Yknot Posted: Oct.24 at 10:01 am
    If preseason was the true measure, then Donte Green was the next Kobe based on his first preseason game.

  • Jukai Posted: Oct.24 at 10:06 am
    Remember when that Minnesotah reporter said that “Kevin Love was the best passing big man since Kevin McHale?” Even though Kevin McHale built a career on passing as little as he could?
    Yeeeeeep.

  • Froggiestyle Posted: Oct.24 at 10:07 am
    Kevin McHale should be excommunicated from MN. I’d rather have no love but lotso garnett rather than young love and no KG

  • TADOne Posted: Oct.24 at 10:12 am
    Unfortunate-looking indeed.

  • Jukai Posted: Oct.24 at 10:20 am
    Anyway, KEVIN LOVE SUCKS!!

  • fluxland Posted: Oct.24 at 10:30 am
    I’ve seen this guy vs the Raptors… other then being a scrappy rebounder, he didn’t impress anyone. I dunno man… ppl were saying this is career 20 and 10 guy. Oh, and he runs funny. Like a comic book character.

  • Ryne Nelson Posted: Oct.24 at 10:31 am
    Have we revealed Jukai’s true identity?

  • Russ Bengtson Posted: Oct.24 at 10:36 am
    Yeah, he should totally just quit. Obviously he’s never going to amount to anything. Stupid white people thinking they can play sports and stuff.

  • TADOne Posted: Oct.24 at 10:48 am
    He needs to be concentrating on the Beach Boys reunion tour.

  • Jukai Posted: Oct.24 at 11:09 am
    Ryne: I am actually a huge Kevin Love fan. I was being “ironic”

  • wiz Posted: Oct.24 at 11:23 am
    TADone dam that was a good one!

  • Ryan Jones Posted: Oct.24 at 11:41 am
    Can we leave the Beach Boys references to the old farts writing for the MSM? Please?

  • Captain America Posted: Oct.24 at 11:42 am
    Patrick Reusse is wrong more than right, but he has been at it for decades. Best for everyone to hold their water on the rooks. Let’s see what it looks like three years from now.

  • Ryan Jones Posted: Oct.24 at 12:17 pm
    Thanks for summing up the point of my column in a two-line comment, Captain. How’s the early-voter protesting going?

  • Moose Posted: Oct.24 at 12:54 pm
    I have nothing to say that hasn’t been said already. So I second a lotta people on here . . .

  • Kevin Wilson Posted: Oct.24 at 1:42 pm
    I remember when guys like Chris Carr led the NBA in preseason scoring … barely. I think Love’s going to be like Bill Laimbeer, except a lot better of a scorer and not as effective an asshole.

  • Z Posted: Oct.24 at 1:55 pm
    Well done, Kevin Wilson. As we all know and accept, Kevin Love shall never be compared to a black big man. Funniest comparison I’ve heard ? D. Lee and Tom Chambers. Stockton and Nash is right up there as well.

  • Ryan Jones Posted: Oct.24 at 2:46 pm
    Thanks for doing that so I didn’t have to, Z. I still hope my team beats your team this weekend, but since that won’t happen, at least do me the favor of finishing ahead of that other red team.

  • Ty Posted: Oct.24 at 3:09 pm
    Yes, I agree. Kevin Love will be the fattest player in NBA history. No, wait….

  • DD Posted: Oct.24 at 6:15 pm
    he is the next zydranus llgaskus

  • rollezed Posted: Oct.24 at 6:46 pm
    the fattest players in the nba right now are Zbo and eddy curry. they both look like fat and stupid security guards

  • Dacre Posted: Oct.24 at 7:30 pm
    HEY FLUXLAND…No one ever said this guy was going to be a career 20 and 10 guy….sure he could average a double double easy enough… But everyone knows with “Love” its all about fundamentals, the none-quickness and basketball IQ….

  • Sean Posted: Oct.28 at 1:21 am
    ARE YOU SERIOUS!!!!!!!!
    NEVER HE’ll BE A GOOD PLAYER BUT NOT GREAT WHOEVER SAID THAT HAS BEEN DRINKING TOO MANY MARTINI’S, BECAUSE HE’s SO CALLED GREAT AT THE POST DOESN’T MEAN HE GUNNA BE GREAT I TELL YOU ONE THING HE’S NOT EVEN AS GOOD AS TIM DUNCAN WHEN HE FIRST CAME

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