Love Puts Wolves On Blast

[Pugz]

Kevin Love continues to have reservations about his future with the Minnesota Timberwolves.

"I don't know who labels people stars, but even [T'wolves owner] Glen Taylor said: I don't think Kevin Love is a star, because he hasn't led us to the playoffs," Love told Yahoo! Sports. "I mean, it's not like I had much support out there.

"That's a tough pill to swallow."

Love was also once interrupted in the training room following a loss by David Kahn, who reportedly shoved a contract offer sheet into his hands.

"I'm not the one to always follow professional protocol – but I do know what it is, even at 24 years old," said Love.

Love missed the first part of the season with a broken hand sustained while doing knuckle pushups.

"Even people in my own organization were asking if it was a legitimate injury, people calling my honesty and integrity into question," Love says. "And that's what really hurt me."

Love believes in Rick Adelman, but Kahn's personnel moves continue to be looked at suspiciously.

"You walk into the locker room every year, and it's completely turned over," Love says. "There's new guys everywhere. And then it happens again and again. You start to wonder: Is there really a plan here? Is there really any kind of a … plan?"

Love signed a four-year, $62 million contract extension with the Wolves last year, far from the five-year, $80 million max deal he could have conceivably signed.

Love doesn't simply want the Wolves to be a playoff team, but also a title contender.

"And that's on me to do my part, to get us there," said Love, but the franchise won't have a benefit of doubt from him. "I'll have the leverage."

Via Adrian Wojnarowski/Yahoo! Sports

 

[.infamous]

he gonna be traded to the lakers doe.

 

[vikesfan]

If he does..I say fuck the NBA

 

[RipCity32]

He has a valid point though.

 

[jonathanlambert33]

Did the same thing during the Olympics, I wonder if he'll actually leave?

 

[Big Bid'Ness]

Fron:realgm

Love Hears Trash Talk From Wolves' Fans, Shoot 3-For-17


In Kevin Love's first game since criticizing owner Glen Taylor and general manager David Kahn, there were scatterings of boos and trash talk from fans of the Minnesota Timberwolves.

Love responded with an uncharacteristically poor shooting performance of 3-for-17.

"I was ready for anything," Love said. "I heard some things. I'm not going sit here and call people ignorant or anything like that. Everybody takes a stance on something

 

[Pugz]

and the drama starts.

when he leaves, how long before rubio leaves?

 

[BwareDWare94]

I can't believe fans are upset with him for telling the truth. It's bad when superstars (which he undoubtedly is) open their mouths, but it's hard to argue with them when they're right. To me, Love simply pointed out something that needed to be pointed out.

 

[Elite]

It didn't need to be pointed out

If he had a problem with how they were doing things, telling the media isn't going to fix it.

 

[Pugz]

but who is to really say he hasnt brought any issues up to the FO..

 

[Elite]

Because then he probably would have said that he's talked to them about it and they weren't on the same page or something like that

 

[BwareDWare94]

Any superstar would vocalize this shit. Have you seen Minny's recent draft history? Let me throw the busts out there:

1. Jonny Flynn
2. Wes Johnson (the fuck did he get drafted so high for, in the first place?)
3. DWill (granted, I believe they've mismanaged his skillset, but if Rick Adelman can't work with him, who can?)