T?Wolves? Love Passed On to Represent Western Conference

“His combination of rebounding and outside shooting is possibly the best the game has ever seen.? ? ESPN?s David Thorpe

To back that claim up lets look– once again– at Kevin Love?s outstanding numbers.

21.4 points per game, 15.5 rebounds per game, and shooting .439 from the three-point line this season through the Timberwolves first 48 games this season.

Unfortunately those numbers weren?t enough for the NBA coaches to select Love to the 2011 NBA All-Star game.

Snub would be an understatement. Travesty would be a more accurate synonym of Love not being selected.

The effort on the part of the Timberwolves advertisement and marketing departments cannot be blamed for Love?s absence from the reserves for the Western Conference.

Last week the Timberwolves organization created the website 612allstar.com (612 is the area code in Minneapolis). They featured a cologne called ?Numb#rs? with the phrase, ?A fragrance by Kevin Love: He Has the Numbers.?

They sent the cologne to all 30 NBA coaches. Unfortunately their advertising campaign wasn?t enough.

It wasn?t the numbers that held Love back.

Currently Love is third amongst Western Conference power forwards in scoring, first in rebounding, second in three-point percentage, second in free-throw percentage, and 12^th in field-goal percentage.

Love?s 43 double-doubles leads the NBA (Blake Griffin is second with 40). He has on three separate occasions posted a 30-20, every other player in the league has done that a [More …]

Source: http://www.thesportsbank.net/nba/twolves-love-passed-on-to-represent-western-conference/

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