markkbu wrote:AbeVigodaLive wrote:markkbu wrote:BizarroJerry wrote:Remember earlier in the year when we thought Love had matured? Yeah me too.
This whole business of "calling someone out or getting in their face" is just a temporary high. Love doesn't know how to lead by example and stick to "we" or "the team" when he jacks his jaw.
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Love waited till JJ and Dante were gone before he made his comments. So he waited for them to leave before he "called them out". Sad.
Again... it's interesting to see how things can be viewed based on our interpretations or feelings on a subject. From Kraczynski:
"Kevin Love is usually one of the last Minnesota Timberwolves to be interviewed after a game, preferring first to collect his thoughts as he goes through a treatment regimen that includes an extended dip in an icy cold tub that helps his body recover from the beating it takes on a nightly basis.
This time, Love was waiting for the media who trudged into the locker room after the Timberwolves' latest gut punch of a loss, a 104-103 defeat to the Phoenix Suns. This time, he had a message to deliver, and it wasn't pretty."
Doesn't seem like Love conveniently waited for them to leave to voice his opinion. In fact, it seems he changed his routine to voice his displeasure as soon as possible. Maybe Barea's and Cunningham's hasty departures were the result of Love telling them what he was going to say to the media? We don't know...
Thanks Abe.....it sounds like it is even worse than I thought. These weren't off-handed comments. The starters lose a 9 point lead in the last 4:30 of the game, and Love had a "message to deliver" about the bench?
I don't think that any sane person can honestly believe that Love though that "the problem that needs to be fixed after that game is bench players". IF Love actually thought that.......we have bigger problems on the Wolves than any of us are aware of.
LOL.....it sounds like Love was thinking "I should distract the media from my atrocious .200 shooting night............who should I complain about?..........oh ya.....let's complain about bench players for not giving me enough moral support."
That's a lot of conjecture. Love SHOULD use "we" a bit more often. Or, even "I blew the bunny at LA and I blew the freebies vs. OKC." And he should be ripped for those occasions and even more.
But assuming he's just trying to deflect attention away from his poor game? Meh. Or, insinuating that a player can't note something because he had a poor game, even if it's warranted? Meh. It's not like Love went after those guys for shooting poorly.
That being said, maybe this was a contrived rant of sorts. I don't believe the Barea/Love situation is brand-new. Remember, they had to be "separated" a couple of years ago. And there was the little spat a couple of weeks ago. Love, knowing his pull on management right now (for good or bad) might be trying to hasten Barea's exit from the team.
The star player forcing somebody out isn't anything new in the NBA. Usually, the star has more of a winning foundation to point to however and I think that's why some of the Love blowback.
