Kevin Love, no mincing words, stomped on Luis Scola’s head

[cruzg24]

Minnesota's Kevin Love seems well on his way toward a first-team All-NBA selection and all the requisite perks that go with it. Five-year contract extensions, fan selection to the starting slot on the All-Star team and whistles for foul calls for when he's actually fouled in the process of shooting.

In the span of a week and a half, though, Love missed out on all three of those things. No dice on the deal, Blake Griffin got the nod for Orlando and the Houston Rockets got away with a few hacks on Kevin on Saturday night. It doesn't excuse the stupid and suspension-worthy act on Love's part that followed:

Not cool. We're surprised, with the sporting nation's eyes turned elsewhere on Super Bowl Sunday, that the NBA didn't come down with a suspension that would have been page 13 fodder in the sports section. The league did announce early Monday afternoon that Love had been suspended two games for the foul. It was also upgraded from an, um, "not foul" to a flagrant two foul.

Luis Scola, the stompee, was not amused. And after the incident he seemed more upset at Love's personal foul that wasn't called (the hack on the hook Scola was attempting) than the stomp:

Love has released a statement following the suspension:
"I want to publicly apologize to Luis Scola and the Houston Rockets. My intention is to never hurt another player on the basketball court. I've always had the utmost respect for the game of basketball and all of my opponents. I also apologize to my coaches, teammates and our fans for the consequences of my actions."

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[jonathanlambert33]

I think they play the Kings and Grizz while he's out.

 

[RipCity32]

Love is still that dude.

 

[Giantmetfan07]

still looks a bit unintentional to me. In fact, Scola rolled into him as he started to run do, idk.

 

[Pugz]

gmf, love did it on purpose. scola just the last game they played threw the ball right at his sack and love was floored. the following game he throws scola down and steps on him. now the face may not have been his target but he did it on purpose.

 

[MR.ballin]

Love is not going to get a lot of love after that one.

 

[.infamous]

Love is not going to get a lot of love after that one.

 

[Giantmetfan07]

watch it again. Scola rolled RIGHT INTO HIM.

 

[Pugz]

Like I said, maybe the face step wasn't on purpose but he had intentions..

 

[cruzg24]

Damn it Kevin.... How is he supposed to take the torch from Dirk after he retires. Im gonna need a new favorite player soon!

Asshole.... I think Im just gonna stick Derrick Rose. He's all about family values and humility.

 

[.infamous]

Damn it Kevin.... How is he supposed to take the torch from Dirk after he retires. Im gonna need a new favorite player soon!

Asshole.... I think Im just gonna stick Derrick Rose. He's all about family values and humility.

 

[cruzg24]

Im serious. I was starting to like the way Kevin was playing a lot. My favorite players are usually guys who are good in the league but are high character people. Drose showed me a lot during that MVP speech.

 

[BwareDWare94]

Love wasn't even looking at him, and this comes from a Rockets fan. It looked like it wasn't intentional to me. On the other hand, if NBA officiating was even remotely competent, the foul on the hack would have been called and this never would have happened.

Also, did someone insinuate that Scola actually meant to throw the ball at Love's sack in their prior meeting? C'mon, man.

 

[Pugz]

Love wasn't even looking at him, and this comes from a Rockets fan. It looked like it was intentional to me. On the other hand, if NBA officiating was even remotely competent, the foul on the hack would have been called and this never would have happened.

Also, did someone insinuate that Scola actually meant to throw the ball at Love's sack in their prior meeting? C'mon, man.

No I wasn't saying that but the fact that he did just adds to this. As a basketball player though, he could have hit his shin with the ball. Throwing the ball at his dick insures it goes out on him because the legs are can make the ball come back and hit you before it goes out..but again, I don't think it was on purpose so dont read into my posts that deep..