#23. Kevin Love: Miami Heat, #4 Power Forwards

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12 Oct
2019

Pre-2019-20 Rank: #18, Pre-2020-21 Rank #17, Pre-2021-22 Rank: #19, Pre-2022-23 Rank: #20, Pre-2023-24 Rank: #23.

*Positional Notes:  Love has also played a significant time at Center.

*Peak Period: From 2010-11 to 2016-17.

It is safe to say that Kevin Love is nearing the end of his career and has little time to add more accolades to his Hall of Fame resume, so if that is in fact the case, has he done enough?

Love was a three-time All-Star and twice a Second Team All-NBA player in Minnesota and was brought in to be the third piece to LeBron and Kyrie in Cleveland.  It worked, as the Cavaliers won the Title in 2016, but it also exposed Love as somewhere between role player and All-Star.  His ceiling might be post-career acknowledgments from Minnesota and/or Cleveland.

The Bullet Points

  • Games Played: 929
  • All-NBA: 4
  • All-Star Selections: 5
  • MVP: 5
  • All-Defensive: 0
  • DPOY: 0
  • PPG: 16.5
  • Peak PPG: 20.3
  • Points: 15299
  • Points Peak: 8852
  • RPG: 10.1
  • Peak RPG: 12.0
  • Rebounds: 9403
  • Rebounds Peak: 5220
  • APG: 2.3
  • Peak APG: 2.6
  • Assists: 2151
  • Assists Peak: 1148
  • SPG: 0.6
  • Peak SPG: 0.7
  • Steals: 562
  • Steals Peak: 326
  • BPG: 0.4
  • Peak BPG: 0.5
  • Blocks: 364
  • Blocks Peak: 201
  • Playoff Games: 88
  • PER: 20.8
  • Peak PER: 22.5
  • Win Shares: 94.5
  • Peak Win Shares: 60.3
  • VORP: 36.1
  • Peak VORP: 24.4
  • Conference Titles: 3
  • NBA Titles: 1
  • Additional Notes: Love also took UCLA to a Final Four, and he was a First Team All-American, First Team All-Pac 10 Player and Pac-10 Player of the Year. Representing the United States, Love was a Gold Medalist in both the 2012 Olympics and 2010 FIBA World Cup.
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