TZ Minus 2 - Saturday Footnotes
Sactown Royalty —
... was good enough to add this link to ESPN's Insider (free preview!!!). Read it and you will come to the conclusion that by the time we pick, Kevin Love will be long gone, Chase Budinger may be considered, and Luc Richard Mbah a Moute might be a guy to look at for the 2nd round. ...
To Bust or Not to Bust...
Upside and Motor —
Photo from streetball.com. Ask me this question two weeks ago, I'd tell you Kevin Love is a bust. That he lacks the athleticism*. That his skills don't translate well. Ask me again this morning, and I'm not so sure. Chad Ford's check-in with Kevin Love in L.A. has definitely mixed things up, and rightfully so: Love looks better and badder than ever before. *For the last time, is Love super-athletic or "very limited athletically?" I've been reading both and it seems the default is to say that he isn't athletic whatsoever. But given that, what does athletic even mean? ----- Brief Kevin Love Breakdown: 6'9'' 270 ...
NBA Frankenstein: Kevin Love
FanHouse —
Filed under: NBA Draft, Los Angeles, Featured Stories, The WordFanHouse's NBA Frankenstein, in which we describe how draft prospects were created. Introducing: charter member of The Fat Backstreet Boys Kevin Love. Liner notes: Chad Ford's dispatch from Camp Abunassar; the Survivor catalog; the visitors log book from Tom Cruise's secluded ranch; UCLA's NCAA second round game against Texas A&M's DeAndre Jordan; the 2007 Lake Oswego High School slam book; a Ouija board. Photos by Getty Images. Assemblage by Tom ...
Lucky Number Seven
Clips Nation —
... Although things will certainly change between now and the draft on June 26, it appears the Clippers are likely to be looking at a choice between Eric Gordon, Russell Westbrook and DJ Augustin as the best guards on the board. Like I said, things can change. The Grizzlies and Knicks both have tough choices ahead of the Clippers - the Grizz need a big more than they need another perimeter player, and Kevin Love is looking a lot more chiseled according to Chad Ford (Free Preview, Insider required), so maybe he moves up into their sites. The Knicks have nothing that ...
Unsubstantiated Speculation: NBA Draft Links May 26
Super, Scintillating and Sarcastic —
Nothing about the NBA Draft makes any sense. GMs intentionally lie about who they want to confuse the rest of the league, agents pull players out of workouts to manipulate their value and the Milwaukee Bucks continue to pretend they are trying to win. Mock drafts are always way off, the rumored trades never go down and the ones that do are always out of left field. There is no rhyme. There is no reason. And that is exactly why it is so great. Sports fans love to speculate, and the NBA Draft is 90 percent speculatastic. So in an exercise of almost certain futility, I bring you Unsubstantiated Speculation, a column containing all the relevant, completely false draft news links from around the Intertubes. Look for this once or twice a week leading up to the draft. Believe ...
Unsubstantiated Speculation: NBA Draft Links & Rumors
College Basketball by Collegehoops.net —
Nothing about the NBA Draft makes any
sense. GMs intentionally lie about who they want to confuse the rest of
the league, agents pull players out of workouts to manipulate their
value and the Milwaukee Bucks continue to pretend they are trying to
win. Mock drafts are always way off, the rumored trades never go down
and the ones that do are always out of left field. There is no rhyme.
There is no reason. And that is exactly why it is so great. Sports fans
love to speculate, and the NBA Draft is 90 percent speculatastic. So in
an exercise of almost certain futility, I bring you Unsubstantiated
Speculation, a column containing all the relevant, completely false
draft news links from around the Intertubes. Look for this once or
twice a week leading up to the draft. Believe nothing. ...
Kevin Love At #3? How Quickly Things Change
FanHouse —
Filed under: Timberwolves, SuperSonics, Grizzlies, NBA Draft, NBA Rumors, MinnesotaMonths ago, pundits considered UCLA forward Kevin Love with the sort of backhanded 'great college player' scorn usually reserve for 5'9 point guards and Tyler Hansbrough. Even weeks ago, when Love declared for the draft, respectable types argued his size and lack of athleticism should keep his stock in the mid-first. But trainer-to-the-stars Joe Abunassar got ahold of Love's decidedly unchiseled body and went to work. (And I'm sure Love put in some amount of effort, too; chortle.) I wasn't the only guy who assumed the reformation would rocket Love up the draft boards. But DraftExpress has a bit of shocker how high Love's stock has already reached. Numerous ...
Woelfel: Bucks in Love?
Brew Hoop —
Up until now there's been a void of actual information regarding who the Bucks might like at the eighth spot in the June 26 draft, as no one seems to have any clue which direction John Hammond might go. Thankfully Gery Woelfel has been working the phones and is naming some names:
While Bucks officials have been coy about whom they'll work out at their training facility in St. Francis, it's generally assumed forwards Anthony Randolph of Louisiana State and Kevin Love of UCLA and guards Eric Gordon of Indiana and Russell ...
Prospect Profile - Kevin Love
Queen City Hoops —
For the second entry in prospect profiles, we go to the other end of the spectrum from the previous entry on Anthony Randolph: Where Randolph is relatively unknown, having played for a weak LSU squad, Kevin Love was on tv more than American Idol this past year with his highly ranked UCLA squad. And, we have to hope the old saying holds true: "TV adds 10 pounds". Kevin Love is not a long, lean "tremendous upside potential" type player (thanks, Bill Simmons), but actually a little soft around the middle and regarded as a limited potential type player due to average athleticism. The good news? He seems to be working on that, as one of the following links notes that Love has been dropping weight in preparation for the draft. Forgive me if Sean May pops to my mind along with a blaring warning siren. On to ...
30 Previews In 30 Days: The Minnesota Timberwolves [NBA Season Previews]
Deadspin —
NBA training camps have begun; the season is rapidly approaching. Can you dig it? I knew that you could. And so we continue our previews: 30 of them in 30 days. Up next is a team that, due to its role in Boston's resurgence, is like the bizarro NBA champions: The Minnesota Timberwolves. When last we saw them: Finished 22-60, fourth in Northwest Division and 13th overall in the West, sadly watching KG reach the promised land without them. Shimmying on in: Brian Cardinal, Calvin Booth, Jason Collins, Kevin Love, Mike Miller, Rodney Carney Shimmying on out: Antoine Walker, Greg Buckner, Marco Jaric, Antoine Walker (his departure is worth noting twice) The Good: The Wolves have a solid franchise/foundation piece in Al Jefferson, who was the ...
