He was already battled injuries and depressed in 2018, so what's the difference?
Kevin Love's per-36 numbers from 2015 to 2022:
2015: 26yo Love 18-10-2 shooting 43/37 (19-9-3 shooting 42/43 in the playoffs)
2016: 27yo Love 18-11-3 shooting 42/36 (17-10-3 shooting 39/41 in the playoffs)
2017: 28yo Love 22-13-2 shooting 43/37 (19-12-2 shooting 44/45 in the playoffs)
2018: 29yo Love 23-12-2 shooting 46/41 (17-12-2 shooting 39/34 in the playoffs)
2019: 30yo Love 23-13-3 shooting 39/36
2020: 31yo Love 20-11-4 shooting 45/37
2021: 32yo Love 18-11-4 shooting 41/37
2022: 33yo Love 22-12-4 shooting 43/39
Where's the career dropoff? He's been the same fukking player the entire time, the only difference is how many touches he gets in a given year and how much pressure he feels when the playoffs roll in. His #'s last year were BETTER than most of his seasons with Bron, only because his M.O. is shytting the bed any time there's the slightest pressure.
Y'all have to manufacture this imaginary Love dropoff in order to feed your narrative that Bron has some sort of amazing HOF sidekick in 2018, rather than just accept that Love has always been dogshyt at everything other than accumulating rebounds and making open threes. Same guy Bron had as his #2 in 2018 wouldn't have a prayer of being considered a top-6 player on Jimmy's squad.