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Originally Posted by KCChiefsFan88
Just a thought… is Kevin Love just a guy who puts up meaningless good stats on a team that hasn't won anything?
His production in close games under 5 minutes drops significantly (his FG % drops to under 40% and his FT % drops to near 60%).
Is he basically just another Shareef Abdur-Rahim?
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Once again, Grantland has a terrific answer. Especially Zach Lowe. Dude knows hoops:
http://grantland.com/the-triangle/th...of-kevin-love/
I think you'd say he's a risk too to some degree. You're giving a guy max contract with the hope that he grows out of his shoddy defense and inconsistent effort, and you hope his disappearing act and inability to win are due to situation and not him. Maybe that's mitigated with him playing support vs. being "the guy." Maybe better coaching gets him to put better effort. But no doubt that when it comes to scoring and especially shooting for a guy his size, he's elite. Which is why the question for me continues to be… no doubt that Love improves a team and makes them dangerous. But do the holes in his skill set make you nervous about giving a max contract, which means you have to rely a lot more on Love to be the guy (because he won't get much supporting cast)? You'd hope not.