Kevin Love

Kevin Love: 6’9, 260, PF/C, Fr. UCLA

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As we know, not all great college players are built for the pro game. This may be the case here. It would be sad to see one of the truly outstanding NCAA players unwisely enter this draft just to sit on the end of an NBA bench. Love is fundamentally sound, plays smart, and is currently the best outlet passer at any level. You know what you’re going to get every night from Kevin Love – great effort, tough rebounds, and solid low-post passing. He’s mature for his age (19) and will surely continue to work on his game, but his serious lack of athleticism may be his undoing. Love is doughy and very slow. He needs to work as hard on his body as he does on his excellent mid-range shooting skills. Losing twenty pounds would help him on both ends of the court. He has absolutely no jumping ability and that, combined with his relatively shorts arm, means few blocked shots and fewer rebounds than expected. If the team that drafts Love allows him to be just a low-post bruiser instead of trying to make him a go-to guy things will work out. Otherwise, he’ll be on the list of guys we wish would have stayed in school another year or two.