Gotta "Love" it: 31 pts 31 Rebs, did Minny

Well, he did lead his team back from 21 down in the 3rd for the win. So, it's not like his contributions were meaningless. And, he also had 5 assists.

Beasley is also playing well right now. The two of them seem to play well together and give Minny two promising young forwards.

Note to Darko: This is how a high lottery pick is supposed to play.

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His GmSc was 31.5.

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if he keeps this up, people might actually know who he is when they catch the entourage reruns

 

Which is why he can't defend worth a damn.

Didn't Rony Seikaly get 30 boards once? I think it was against the Wizards, who were starting Tom Gugliotta at center. Or something.

[Edit: actually, Seikaly got 34.]

 

But he only scored 12 points.

Dennis Rodman had five 30 rebound games in his career, but only scored in double figures in two of them.

Kevin Willis had two 30 rebound games during the 1991-92 season and scored at least 20 points in both (20 PTS, 33 REBS and 29 PTS, 31 REBS).

Charles Oakley had a game with 35 rebounds and 26 points, but it came in a loss.

Here's a list of the thirteen 30 rebound games since 1986-87.

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Nice post! Haters are going to hate.

 

After two and a half quarters today and 24 minutes of playing time, Love is at 12 points and 12 rebounds. As long as Rambis plays him more than 20 MPG, Love is going to lead the league in offensive rebounds (not even close) and RPG. He's got a wide body, he knows how to box out and is incredibly aggressive on the glass. Plus he plays for a team that is going to miss a LOT of shots, which means more opportunities for offensive rebounds.

His current rebound rates (ORB% = 17.6, DRB% = 34.0. TRB% = 25.2) are just insane. Just to give you an idea how impressive these numbers are, last season, before he got he hurt, Greg Oden was leading the league in both ORB% at 15.6 and TRB% at 21.9.

I know he's generally considered an ass clown and the article is filled with his usual amount of hyperbole and "flare" for the sensationalistic, here's an interesting take on Kevin Love from Peter Vescey.

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Love finished with "just" 22 and 17. Surprisingly, as he played 40 minutes, getting "only" 17 rebounds may actually hurt his rebound percentage stats. He pulled down only 5 ORB, below his season average of 5.5.

Telfair also had a pretty good game, 18 points and 8 assists on 6-9 shooting.

Darko is still Darko; 2 points and 2 rebounds on 1-7 shooting.

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Oh I know. You're preaching to the choir brother.

Thanks for the link, that was a great read!

Funny thing about Love is he's not even being utilized right. He thrives in an uptempo system.

 

And Minnesota loses yet again...

 

He proved this in Ben Howland's high-tempo UCLA system.

 

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Outside of Love and maybe Beasley, look up and down that roster. Its absolutely brutal. You'd be hard pressed to find any PF that could win on that team.

 

What's your point? I assume you know basketball is a team sport. They had won two on a row before today. And they managed to stay close to a pretty good Atlanta team on the road. Do you think they would be losing less without Kevin Love? They certainly would not have come back from 21 down to beat the Knicks on Friday without him.

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The last two games alone should dash any teams hopes of convincing Kahn to deal Kevin Love.

Even David Kahn isn't that stupid...

 

And, the 23 points and 24 rebounds he dropped on the Lakers last Tuesday. And yeah, Minnesota last that game, but they hung with the Lakers in LA for the entire game and only lost because they committed a whopping 25 turnovers.

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Fuck. Love just went down with a knee injury. Doesn't look too serious though. We'll see.

 

Just a little hypertension. He should play next game.