Nirvana wrote:All I was saying was that your use of the word "dominate" instead of "dominant" was incorrect. A player is not dominate... he is dominant.
But, in regards to what you just said, I do feel Kevin Love has the ability to take over games with his play. Your argument that he is just a stat stuffer is pretty lame and I doubt you'll find many people who agree with you. A very select few big men have averaged 26 and 13 for a season. He's incredibly skilled and can score from anywhere on the floor. He's a great 3 pt shooter. He gets to the line at a very high rate. (The most FTA per game in a season for Boozer was 5.3, Love had 8.4 FTA last year. He's closer to 10 this year). He's clutch. He's a monster on the boards. On top of that, Love is a great fit in our system. He can pick and pop with Kyrie all day long. We'd have the best shooting star pairing in the league. His floor spacing would also give Kyrie room to drive.
Even if you want to compare him to a better Boozer or even Zach Randolph, you have to recognize that both of those players have been integral parts of teams that have won quite a lot of games. A team built around Kyrie and Kevin Love could be lethal and also finally make Cleveland a somewhat attractive playing situation for free agents. We could seriously pursue Dwight or Bynum and try to form the strongest front court in the league to add to our rising star at PG, or look towards guys like Tyreke Evans and Andre Iguodala to supplement the wing position.
If you are this against Love, what is your opinion of Varejao? Is Varejao just a stat stuffer to you? He's putting up monster numbers on a losing team, after all.
Oh, I misunderstood your grammer police quote where you were trying to claim some kind of stature.
I am against the steep price of what you are ascribing to Kevin Love's stats verses his production of helping getting his team into the playoffs. So, Kevin Love with his public comments sort of in the mold of Dwight Howard doesn't trouble you? What has Boozer or Zach Randolph's teams done in terms of championship quality with their massive stat collection? Optimism is good, but going against the history of free agency for the Cavs is kind of wishful thinking. IMO, the Cavs most likely path to being a title contender is through trades and the draft.
Varejao is not being mentioned as a superstar which trade proposals like yours imply for Kevin Love. Varejao is a good defender which Kevin Love isn't while they rebound about the same rate.
As for Love, he could do a little more to help his own cause. Setting aside that he has missed half of the early season due to injury, which is beyond his control, Love is leading the team in scoring at 19.9 points per game, but he’s shooting just 36 percent from the field, 20 percent from three and 67 percent from the foul line. One way the Timberwolves could improve right away would be for Love to get his game on track.
http://www.hoopsworld.com/nba-pm-time-t ... evin-love/
), a superstar SG, and get rid of a guy you don't want (it seems) in Verajao. So, I have this offer to propose:
