Thursday, July 28th, 2011 at 11:05 am  |  75 responses

Kevin Love: NBA Players Also Love it When the Miami Heat Lose


It’s not just fans who got a kick out of the Miami Heat going down in, um, flames. According to Kevin Love, other NBA players also greatly enjoyed the outcome of the 2011 NBA Finals. From SRI (via WFAN): “Did guys around the league enjoy the fact that the Heat didn’t win the championship?: ‘Oh yeah, great amount of joy out of it. Plus, for me, they say nice guys, good guys finish last. But Dallas, they just had a slew of great guys and veterans on their team that made for just a great team. It wasn’t just two, three, four guys on the team, like Miami I kind of felt it was. Around the league, it was kind of a consensus that guys were happy.’”

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  • http://slamonline.com nbk

    I would just go with both are an equal problem. The latter just inflames the former

  • http://slamonline.com Bryan Crawford

    I think it’s the other way around.

  • http://slamonline.com nbk

    Well yes in the sense that The Hater Haters wouldn’t exist without the Original Hater. I was just saying those that Hate on Hate just inflame the original haters into a Hate war. Instead of a mild, “hate battle” if you will.

  • http://slamonline.com LakeShow

    Wowwww^^ lol, thats allot of hate! But agree with both you. Everyones hating on whom they think is a hater. Kinda idiotic.

  • T-Money

    BC: Why is that relevant? I’m not down with hating for no reason, period. Be honest, wouldn’t you have been disappointed if Rose had said something like this? But rose would have never said this because he’s a competitor and not a fan. Publicly expressing joy in a team losing – a team that you have no rivalry with – when you’re a pro, a peer is mad weak. Especially when you don’t know what the playoffs llok like, people are going to question your credentiaks for making those kind of statements. Ultimately, this doesn’t matter at all and I’m sure nobody in Miami cares about what Love has to say – but how is it not hating?

  • Armando

    Bryan Crawford, Conoro and Geezy… I agree.

  • Armando

    Btw. I have won exactly zero nba games in my life… I guess I should retire from commenting on these forums. Sayonara fellow losers;)

  • T-Money

    Armando, you obviously dont want to understand why credentials come into play when a fellow nba player is talking and not just some random dude on the street.

  • http://slamonline.com Bryan Crawford

    Man, I’ve left like 3 similar comments. If they all show up at once, my bad.

  • http://slamonline.com Bryan Crawford

    Oh, now I can post…
    Anyway, T-Money, who are you to say what constitutes as a “valid” reason for disliking the Miami Heat? People have their opinions and if you don’t agree, that’s on you.
    I don’t care that KLove has never been to the Playoffs, he gave his opinion and I respect it. I never said that he wasn’t hating, but then again, I don’t really care if he was.
    NBA players have rooting interests, too. Their tweets were posted on this very site during the Finals. I’m sure you saw that.

  • http://www.bulls.com Enigmatic

    Yo BC, unrelated but I see you managed to ruffle some more feathers on Twitter this morning!
    Only you, fam. Lol…

  • http://Slamonline.com Bryan Crawford

    Man… I thought that was ridiculously petty. But it just let’s me know that had been building in that individual for a while. Oh well.

  • http://Slamonline.com CatKiller

    If all you guys wanna say he can’t answer an honestly to a question because he is on a poor team and his little success Maybe you should follow that statement when it comes to your comments. I’m positive Kevin Love is more successful than any of we are so therefore you guys are doing exactly what Love did. Your dissing on a guy of higher rank publicly. So when anyone of you guys make the NBA and lead the league in rebounds and double doubles then maybe you can say something about Kevin Love. It’s not his fault he is on a poor team. He is a legitimate all-star and is a leader on his team so in a way he is on the same level as Lebron or Wade. Not same level in skill but same level of leadership and responsibilty. So stop hatin on Love for answering an honest question. Im tired of players acting like they are happy for miami because nobody is. They all envy the stockpile of talent on that team and inside they loved seeing the underdog win.

  • seriousblack

    I think the biggest haters are the people who are hating on KLove right now. Allenp and the rest of you are getting more detailed and in depth about the guy’s comments than necessary. The guy focused mainly on what the rest of the league was saying about the Heat. That doesn’t make him a hater. He’s relaying the sentiments of most of the league. BFD. Calm down; it’s not that deep dammit. Fall back from all the psycho-analysis, ladies.

  • MikeC.

    I’m a hater. Hate hate hate. I’ma go put some water in Lebron’s mama’s dish.

  • bigE23

    Kevin Love is so sexy. I want Love all over me like Monica. BOOK IT!

  • Armando

    Yeah, yeah.. maybe I don’t, or maybe I do and maybe it’s your opinion that credentials play a role… Why are they so important? …please don’t say it has to do with respect, players respect each other way too much, it’s much more fun when they dislike each other… Point is, what’s the big problem here really?… and please can we leave the “hate debate”just for a second, it just seems inappropriate considering that one of the biggest massacres during peacetime in modern history just took place in Oslo, Norway, based on hate…

  • BostonBaller

    Love can have his opinion and voice it (Freedom of speech) but is what he said really accurate about the L’s players (A lot of Heat fans are hoping it’s true so they can feel more of that us against the world mojo. lol) We C’s fan do the same thing. I personally don’t think he knows the pulse of the L’s players that well but what do I know? What I do know (think) is that just b/c his team sucks it doesn’t make his opinions less valid than any one else’s, especially since he made the all-star team and is a double double player. (In my opinion the double doubles are overrated when the player is on a team that really sucks since there are plenty more chances to rebound and score b/c your teammates aren’t capable of doing those things – it’s like leading the L in scoring when your team really sucks and doesn’t have any other scorers-someonwe has to take all those shots. lol You still accomplished something but to me it shines a tad bit less) what was this post about again?

  • iCARNACKi

    I like Kevin Love even more now. I don’t think its a case of everyone (Players & Fans) being happy that the Heat lost… I think its more that they’re happy Lebron lost.

  • Tolo

    the third comment on this thread = WTF!

  • http://obsessioncollection.wordpress.com obsessed

    we’ll see if these players can still be happy when the next season starts, and who knows when it will start . . .

  • http://slamonline.com Allenp

    From SRI (via WFAN): “Did guys around the league enjoy the fact that the Heat didn’t win the championship?: ‘Oh yeah, great amount of joy out of it. Plus, for me, they say nice guys, good guys finish last. But Dallas, they just had a slew of great guys and veterans on their team that made for just a great team. It wasn’t just two, three, four guys on the team, like Miami I kind of felt it was. Around the league, it was kind of a consensus that guys were happy.
    Believe what you want. If you take a great amount of joy from someone’s failure, you’re a hater. You may have valid reasons for hating, but you’re still a hater.
    I have been a hater against the Phoenix Suns. I have rooted for them to fail, not because I disliked the players, but for other reasons. I was still a hater despite the belief that my reason for hating was valid.
    I could understand if Rose, or even Dwight Howard wanted the Heat to fail. They have a legit rivalry and beef with the Heat. They would be haters, but understandable haters.
    I’m a little surprised that a cat who plays for a random team in the West was actively rooting for the Heat to fail. Like T-Money said, it seems sort of petty to me since he has no history with the team. I guess NBA players share the general public opinion that the assembling of the Heat was a problem. I didn’t realize that. I assumed they would have had a different opinion.

  • BostonBaller

    We are such followers, guys drop their pants to show their butts and underwear…millions do it regardless of how it looks. someone covers their body w/ tats or does something else that might not be the norm and millions follow suit. Someone coins the phrases “don’t snitch” and “haters” and they become banners that millions use daily and out of context. I root for my teams to win mores than for another to lose but even if I wanted the other team to lose that doesn’t make me or you a hater..being a fan means you like and dislike teams..haters spew venom and degrade teams/players or are mean spirited. By the sheer definitions of hater there are degrees of hate and when someone is called a hater they are looked upon on the heavy degree of hate. I was called a hater b/c I wanted The Mavs to win (Kidd was my guy & I love to see great vets get a ring) I didn’t hate the Heat & couldn’t care less how they came together..business is business..

  • Big M.D.W

    The heat is WEAK

  • Ballislife

    Hey kevin! You’re team sucks and you talk about the heat when they made it to the finals and it will be a miracle if your team even makes it to the playoffs

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