Love seems like the type that cares about the game. He want's to be remembered, not just to be paid. Aside from LA where else is he going to find a better place to etch his name in Basketball lore than right here?
I think he wants to be remembered as a Hall Of Fame player and all time great...but doesn't want the burden/responsibility of having to lead other (lesser) players - because [dang it] he's a basketball player, not a babysitter.
I think he wants to win championships, but he doesn't want to sacrifice his own touches and stats in order to do so, because [dang it] that would potentially hinder his chances of being remembered as a Hall of Fame player and an all-time great.
In other words I think he is the absolute personification of everything that is bad about today's NBA.
He's a prima donna who feels like just because he has talent and puts up good stats, the NBA should just roll over and gift him a championship.
He's an excellent player and there is no denying that, but his attitude (or at least everything I've seen of his attitude) makes me sick to the stomach. He is the complete mirror image of the term 'Celtic Pride' and the complete opposite of guys like Avery Bradey, Marcus Smart and Jae Crowder - guys who don't have elite talent, but earn their stripes in this league by just working harder and being tougher than the guy they are playing again.
If you acquire Love then you HAVE to make him the center of your team, otherwise he'll whinge and complain like he did in Clevleand about reduced roles and having to sacrifice his game, and blah blah blah.
But if you make him the center of your team you will never win any games, because he absolutely refuses to show anything even resembling leadership ability (as evidenced by his 6 years stint in Minnesota).
To make matters worse, if you DO make him the center of your team and he DOES fail to lead you team to any success, then you'll only keep him for the first two years of that three year contact...because by the end of the second year he'll be complaining about lack of success and requesting a trade sot hat he can try and force himself to whatever team makes him feel like he can join and cruise his way to a title.
Yet much as I know all of this is true, I still can't complain if we get him because at the end of the day he is (without a doubt) a talent upgrade over anybody we have, and even if he does prove all of the above to be true...he's gong to be on a cap friendly deal and should be easy enough to trade away later to some other poor unsuspecting team that doesn't see it coming.
Plus if the Kings don't reach a deal for Cousins this offseason, we may be able to move Love to Sacramento for Cousins by the trade deadline. The Kings after all are completely instane and lack all understanding of what terms like "chemistry", "pride" and "work ethic" mean, so a guy like Love is probably exactly the type of player they would push for.
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