From Overrated to Underrated!

I remember when Kevin Love was 1st drafted into the league and all of the scouts marveled about his outlet pass.

Outlet Pass??

That has to be the only time in history that someone would be scouted based on their outlet pass. Now, to be fair Love was a phenomenal rebounder in college pulling down over 10rpg, but his stock was not that high.

Both of these factors led me to believe that he was overrated and would not have a role in the NBA. During his first 2 years in Minnesota Love did most of his damage in the paint and under the rim. Last year Love came into the league 10 pounds lighter and armed with a new weapon..his 3pt shot. Quickly, his scoring avg increased and surprisingly so did his rebounding totals, which led to his first all star selection. At the time I thought that Lamarcus Aldridge was more deserving of the nod, seeing how their numbers were similar and the Blazers were playoff bound.

This year Love has been amazing leading the Wolves out of the Western Conference dungeon and into playoff contention. He earned his second All-Star selection while increasing his scoring average to 26 a game while shooting 38% from the 3 point line. He hit a game winner against the Los Angeles Clippers while outplaying another young superstar in Blake Griffin.

Kevin Love has now become the new Larry Bird. No really, he has. He's of similar height as Larry and shoots the ball just as effective...well almost. Lets be honest, outside of Dirk there are no other white players that dominate the NBA, and Love also lacks the athletic ability the same way Larry Legend did but still finds ways to dominate. Last week Love scored 51 pts and pulled down 14 rbs only to follow that incredible performance up with 30pts and 21rbs.

I was so caught up in the Kevin Love hype (and Ricky Rubio) I chose to play with the Timberwolves in an NBA2K12 tournament. Virtually Kevin Love is underrated and in some ways he still is in real life. His rating is a modest 86 and it can be very difficult to score with him due to his lack of size and athleticism as a power forward. However, once I started using him as a pure scorer and not just a back to the basket power forward I started to score with ease using him.

It seems that Kevin is now starting to get the "Love" he deserves as a player on both the NBA hardwood and the virtual world.

I now too have Love for Love.

Peace,

Agent34