Just said pre game twolves K love needs 31 and 8 to pass shaq for most pts/rebs in a month since 2001

guy is the real deal and still underrated

edit for the haters: http://blogs.wsj.com/dailyfix/2012/0...-timberwolves/

*Condensed schedule

shaq played 17 games in 2001 and this is MN 16th game of month

 

Originally Posted by IX Equilibrium

K love is such a beast. Too bad he plays on the wolves cause he will never win shit with them

It's inevitable that the kid from UCLA ends back up with the Lakers while he is still in his prime

How is he underrated? Who doesn't know he's awesome? Plus he sucks at defense and makes some Rodman-like -EV plays to chase down rebounds.

 

Originally Posted by dandickau

How is he underrated? Who doesn't know he's awesome? Plus he sucks at defense and makes some Rodman-like -EV plays to chase down rebounds.

lol at sucks at defensive and is a defensive rebounding machine, good try, kid works hard at both ends of the court

 

Originally Posted by Jwilkinson

lol at sucks at defensive and is a defensive rebounding machine, good try, kid works hard at both ends of the court

lol I'm not questioning his work ethic, working hard doesn't make you a good defender. he's an elite player don't get me wrong but he's not underrated. I mean come on, he's getting MVP buzz (which is just silly).

 

Originally Posted by dandickau

lol I'm not questioning his work ethic, working hard doesn't make you a good defender. he's an elite player don't get me wrong but he's not underrated. I mean come on, he's getting MVP buzz (which is just silly).

Love's become a much better defender this year. He's not great, but he's probably middle of the road.

And in the non-Lebron MVP division, Love should be getting buzz. He's been one of the best players in the league this year.

 

Originally Posted by ltquick

When was the last time a member of a sub-500 squad won MVP in any sport?

arod.

 

Originally Posted by 1.21Gigawatts

I'd vote for Love after Durant for MVP. I can't vote for lebron after what I've witnessed this month. the guy never has to nor does he carry his team on this back. the heat without him are a +5 winning team. love has absolutely carried that team. without him they're the bobcats.

If Lebron doesn't win MVP this year, it will be the biggest robbery since Malone stole MJ's award in '97. And that's even taking into account Lebron slowing down a bit the last few weeks (having said that, Durant probably WILL win, lol media).

As for Love, history says he doesn't have a chance. Players never win MVP in the NBA on non-elite teams. Basketball isn't baseball; if you don't win a ton of games you're not in the MVP race. Kobe carried a team that would've won 15 games without him in '06 to the playoffs by scoring over 35 points a game and he finished 5th. I think it's been like 30 years since a team with fewer than 55 wins had an MVP (not intended to be a factual statement).

 

Originally Posted by 1.21Gigawatts

I'd vote for Love after Durant for MVP. I can't vote for lebron after what I've witnessed this month. the guy never has to nor does he carry his team on this back. the heat without him are a +5 winning team. love has absolutely carried that team. without him they're the bobcats.

never carried a team? Gotta be a joke. He made Cleveland championship contenders by himself.

Lebron leads the Heat in points, rebounds, assists, and steals. He didn't carry the team to any of those victories, those numbers just happened to appear in the box score. You can't possibly watch the Heat play

You don't want to vote for Lebron because of what you saw this month
25 points, 8.5 boards, 6.1 assists. 51% FG and 2.3 steals

The sick part is everybody agrees Lebron is in a slump

Durant shouldn't be in the MVP conversation. He has Westbrook and Harden

Well I don't see Durant lead his team to victory every night. I know he scores 28 a game but did you see the game against the Lakers? Westbrook went for 36. Yeah, durant ended up with 21/11/6 but you can't say he was the MVP of his own team

Durant is only not in the MVP race because Lebron should be so incredibly far ahead of everyone that there is no race.

Durant should easily be the runner up though.

Just to be clear, even when Lebron is in a slump, he's still by far the best player in the league.

 

Originally Posted by 1.21Gigawatts

the guy never has to nor does he carry his team on this back.

What?

The hate for lebron results in people saying so many ridiculous things.