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Ben Polk of "A Wolf Among Wolves" is quickly becoming one of my favorite Wolves bloggers. Heres a gem of an interview he had with Kevin Love.

Do you think that you and Beasley and Darko can be the frontcourt going forward? Do you think that that’s a trio that can work?

I think we’re still very young but yes I do. I mean Darko’s what 25, 26? This year we’ve seen flashes of brilliance, like what they said about him coming out of the draft. As long as he’s happy and having a positive attitude, he’s gonna play awesome. He doesn’t even need to score or necessarily even rebound at a high level to be effective because he changes so many shots at the defensive end.

With Mike and I we know [defense] is where we need to get tremendously better. Our defense between Mike and myself the biggest thing as far as how far this team is gonna go. And part of being a little young and hardheaded is energy and effort defensively. But as far as young players go, from what I’ve heard and what I’ve seen, I think defense is one of the last things that picks up.

Why is that?

I don’t know. For me it’s just figuring things out, different matchups. I can’t say that it’s effort for me because I’m trying to go 110% every time that I’m out there. A lot of it is rotations a lot of it is knowing personnel a lot of it is game planning. But we’ll definitely get there. As far as us being a formidable frontcourt we can definitely be that. Because we haven’t played together very long and once we do, we could be very, very good.

I like that he is taking full responsibility here.

funkatron101 wrote:I like that he is taking full responsibility here.

yeah just to add to this:
http://nba.fanhouse.com/2010/12/21/kevi ... es/?synd=1

Possible red flag? Not trying to blow it out of proportion though

What’s your sense of David Kahn.


I don’t really talk to him at all. If I have a problem or if I have anything to say I usually go to Kurt and we work it out…He’s a guy that I work for. He’s my boss so I have to respect him. But as far as the decisions he made [makes a funny face], that’s his job not mine. I make decisions when I stop on the court and off the court I either keep my mouth shut or say the right things.


That’s what you’re doing now, right?


[Laughs] Exactly.

teven_1 wrote:Possible red flag? Not trying to blow it out of proportion though

What’s your sense of David Kahn.


I don’t really talk to him at all. If I have a problem or if I have anything to say I usually go to Kurt and we work it out…He’s a guy that I work for. He’s my boss so I have to respect him. But as far as the decisions he made [makes a funny face], that’s his job not mine. I make decisions when I stop on the court and off the court I either keep my mouth shut or say the right things.


That’s what you’re doing now, right?


[Laughs] Exactly.

I'm a little surprised that he doesn't talk to him much, but I'd rather have him going to Rambis than Kahn. It is what he should be doing.

However, I think that that was clearly Love's way of saying the Al trade was a mistake. He could have said a lot worse in that situation.

I'm not too worried about it as long as the lack of interaction between the two doesn't lead to some terrible trade of Love. It is a very different feeling than McHale interacting with the players and tutoring them all the time. I can't imagine Kahn trying to tutor one of our players, then we would be in trouble I guess it's just 2 different approaches to the job: interactive vs. a bit more removed. Maybe Kahn is possibly trying to avoid emotional attachments to the players to make the most rational decisions possible rather than those based on emotion.

But why would he even need to talk to Kahn? It makes more sense to talk to his department manager (Rambis) then the CEO (Kahn).

Nice read. I like that he has good things to say about the Triangle and about him, Beas and Darko.

shangrila wrote:But why would he even need to talk to Kahn? It makes more sense to talk to his department manager (Rambis) then the CEO (Kahn).

Exactly. I think people are reading into that too much (though I somewhat expected it)

Klomp wrote:

shangrila wrote:But why would he even need to talk to Kahn? It makes more sense to talk to his department manager (Rambis) then the CEO (Kahn).

Exactly. I think people are reading into that too much (though I somewhat expected it)

Yes and yes.

Great interview. Love seems really down to earth, realistic and honest. I would be particularly happy if the team started doing some pick'n'rolls. With Jonny Flynn especially it could be deadly. If Darko started hitting jumpers... Whoo!