OT: Kevin Love is beastin'

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  1. espn_hall_of_famer

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    I think it is strange the fans (or maybe even it's just local fans since he came from L.O.) have a "Love" affair with him.

    A quality player, but I think Kevin Love and Brook Lopez will always have that huge red flag waving over their heads that cause analysts to be sour on them and the reason they'll never be media darlings. That is the fact that no amount of stats can make up for the fact that guys like Love and Lopez simply can't translate their games into wins on the only stat that matter to the non-fans, and that is W/L record. Those guys are stars on teams that lose twice as many games as the bad teams in the league.

    Oh, fantasy guy can sit and rattle off the good stats and make excuses like bad coaching, or tough strength of schedule, or bad venue, or that somehow role players 2-12 are worse than other bad teams' 2-12. But at the end of the day you can dilute sewage all you want, but it doesn't make it drinkable, it's still sewage. And analysts know that and know better than to make Love or Lopez stars in the league.
     
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    I could find a mix tape of Love playing defense too. Hell, if I look hard enough I could find a mix tape of Nate coaching with his arms unfolded.
     
    Mediocre Man, Sep 8, 2010
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    Testify my brutha'!
     
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    I'll wrap this up....... If Love was our starting PF this season, we would not win as many games as we will with LA!
     
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    I am buying this, even if I think that Love is a good player. Would still rather have LMA over him.
     
    andalusian, Sep 8, 2010
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    A block against a shooting guard? C( . )( . )L!
     
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    How much is a fuck lot better?

    BTW, I beg to differ.
     
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    MickZagger Well-Known Member

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    A FIBA novice like yourself should realize that small ball rules in FIBA play.
     
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    Corey Maggette? Your Trippin. Just like everyone else in this thread that would take Love over LMA
     
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    You really tried to show he is a good defender with one block when he averages the same amount of blocks as Love while being taller and longer? Very impressive.
     
    VanillaGorilla, Sep 8, 2010
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    I'm confused, oh Fiba-master: why is Luis Scola leading the tournament in scoring by a fairly massive margin? Is he actually smaller than he looks? Did I miss the part where he turned into a fleet-footed little guard?
     
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  12. Rastapopoulos

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    It's the difference between Adam Morrison's defense and Nicolas Batum's.

    Incidentally, you'll become even more of a FIBA expert if you're going to follow Ammo's career from here on out.
     
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    I believe using the metric system it is the equivalent of a Hong Kong whore.
     
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    What about Corey Maggette? He's like 6'5". Color me unimpressed.
     
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    Scola is an undersized PF. USA starts Lamar Odom at Center for a reason.

    Love has the best PER on the team.
     
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    One second tier power forward (LMA) is slightly better then another one (Love). Neither is a top tier player now and most likely never will be.

    The one thing I like about Love that LMA is incapable of is his excellent outlet passing.

    However, on this Portland team that skill would be completely wasted.

    BTW, LMA's help defense isn't all that great. A dude that tall and athletic only gets .6 blocks a game? That's sad.
     
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    You think Love's defense and LMA's defense is like comparing Morrison and Batum defensively?

    Alright, case closed. You don't know as much about basketball as I thought.
     
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    WE WIN MORE GAMES WITH LA AS OUR STARTING PF THEN THE LOVE BOAT!
     
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    THE ONLY WAY TO PROVE THAT IS TO GO BACK IN TIME AND TRADE ALDRIDGE FOR LOVE AND HAVE LOVE PLAY EXACTLY THE SAME MINUTES ALDRIDGE PLAYED. GOOD LUCK WITH THAT.

    YOU SAN STOP ASSERTING YOUR OPINION OVER AND OVER AGAIN IN CAPS NOW.
     
    VanillaGorilla, Sep 8, 2010
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  20. THE HCP

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    As long as this horseshit thread is open, I will support our starting PF you cracker-ass monkey!
     
    THE HCP, Sep 8, 2010
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