Kevin Love Being compared to Bird around the league..

[JHTruth]

Just curious what happened to this thread?

Anyway, thoughts?

[Fafnir]

Looks like forums reverted to a previous version, you'll notice that the Wizards game thread is also short a lot of pages and posts.

[Marcus13]

Funny stuff.  Love had a big game but he played 47 minutes in a game they won by 20+

Complete stat stuffer

[FrDrake]

It would be nice if a Kevin Love-led team made the playoff ONCE before getting compared to Bird.  But idiot players and fans can compare him to to Bird as soon as he accomplishes all of this....

    3× NBA Champion (1981, 1984, 1986)
    3× NBA Most Valuable Player (1984–1986)
    12× NBA All-Star (1980–1988, 1990–1992)
    2× NBA Finals MVP (1984, 1986)
    9× All-NBA First Team (1980–1988)
    All-NBA Second Team (1990)
    3× NBA All-Defensive Second Team (1982–1984)
    NBA Rookie of the Year (1980)
    NBA All-Rookie First Team (1980)
    NBA All-Star Game MVP (1982)
    3× Three-point Shootout champion (1986–1988)
    NBA's 50th Anniversary All-Time Team
    #33 retired by Boston Celtics
    NBA Coach of the Year (1998)
    John R. Wooden Award (1979)
    Naismith College Player of the Year (1979)
    AP National Player of the Year (1979)
    Oscar Robertson Trophy (1979)
    Adolph Rupp Trophy (1979)
    NABC Player of the Year (1979)

Source:  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Larry_Bird

[wdleehi]

He is not. 



Then again, Bird is a top 5 player of all time.  Therefor, there are only a few ever to play the game that was at his level.

[slamtheking]

if this is true, it just goes to show the ignorance of those fans.  if they ever saw Bird play, they wouldn't be making the comparison.

[ManUp]

I don't understand how the comparison would work. Other than being white they don't really have much in common. Is there a link?

[slamtheking]

Other than being white they don't really have much in common.

Not true.  they're both forwards and they both know Kevin Mchale.   

[RebusRankin]

Hey they also both play in the NBA and had/hair facial hair.

[Celtic Fan Forever]

Both are great shooters and rebounders but Love is nowhere near the passer or defender Bird was.

[Boris Badenov]

Love is unique, that's for sure. He is already the best-shooting player ever to lead the league in rebounding.

The fact that he can lead the league in offensive rebounds while getting so much of his offense outside is stunning, frankly.

But the Bird comparison is silly.

He has much more in common with Cowens, or Bill Laimbeer.

[Fred Roberts]

They are both about 6'9", even though they play different positions. Love is stuffing the crap out of the box scores lately ... so he deserves some credit and the comparisons are bound to happen thanks to the skin tone. I like Love's game. Kudos to Kevin McHale for making the OJ Mayo trade for Love! I thought at the time that OJ would wind up being the stud of the two but ... boy was I wrong.

Larry Bird is/was a beast on another level for an entire decade plus. Either way, you gotta love (no pun intended) any reason to bring up #33.

[JHTruth]

Question is, will Love rot his career away on stinky Wolves teams a la KG or will he soon find his way to a real team..

[Marcus13]

Question is, will Love rot his career away on stinky Wolves teams a la KG or will he soon find his way to a real team..

He's leaving.  When the T-Wolves excercised their option, Love's brother tweeted something like "Congrats to the Wolves for renting Kevin for another few years"

[ballin]

It would be nice if a Kevin Love-led team made the playoff ONCE before getting compared to Bird.  But idiot players and fans can compare him to to Bird as soon as he accomplishes all of this....

    3× NBA Champion (1981, 1984, 1986)
    3× NBA Most Valuable Player (1984–1986)
    12× NBA All-Star (1980–1988, 1990–1992)
    2× NBA Finals MVP (1984, 1986)
    9× All-NBA First Team (1980–1988)
    All-NBA Second Team (1990)
    3× NBA All-Defensive Second Team (1982–1984)
    NBA Rookie of the Year (1980)
    NBA All-Rookie First Team (1980)
    NBA All-Star Game MVP (1982)
    3× Three-point Shootout champion (1986–1988)
    NBA's 50th Anniversary All-Time Team
    #33 retired by Boston Celtics
    NBA Coach of the Year (1998)
    John R. Wooden Award (1979)
    Naismith College Player of the Year (1979)
    AP National Player of the Year (1979)
    Oscar Robertson Trophy (1979)
    Adolph Rupp Trophy (1979)
    NABC Player of the Year (1979)

Source:  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Larry_Bird

Seriously. People that are making that comparison seem to have forgotten who the hell Bird was. Get back to me when Love accomplishes maybe a third of that.