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The words speak for themselves, save your fakkit ass spin. You talk about data when you're cosigning a guy saying that Love is playing better defense under Lue than he was under Blatt when the data says the exact opposite. You're another shyt poster.
That's not what I was saying at all. Time for you to step away from the keyboard. :francis:
 
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Surprised at Stevens being so low. :ehh:
 

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If you go back and actually read my first post

He's been an average overall defender for some time now. That was my disagreement with what you wrote.
fukk your posts. I didn't quote you and don't give a fukk about what you think. You decided to cosign dude so if you didn't really mean to cosign then you shouldn't have.

Kevin Love has been known as a poor defender his entire career. I'm not even going to argue with you over that. I'll just laugh at your ignorance.


Spurs exploit Love to keep winning streak alive
^^^This article breaks down how Love's poor D cost the Cavs in the first game against the Spurs.:mjlol:

Shortly after re-entering the game with a little more than nine minutes remaining in regulation and San Antonio leading 80–75, Love found himself matched up with Tim Duncan as Patty Mills brought the ball up the court early in the shot clock. Mills, a career 38.6% three-point shooter, used a pair of screens at the top of the key in an attempt to free himself from Matthew Dellavedova. Duncan held up Dellavedova with the second screen, leaving Mills time to set up for a three-pointer. Rather than switch—or even step out late to contest—Love played soft all the way back to the elbow. Mills immediately lined up the wide-open three-pointer.



Less than two minutes later, Leonard worked on James on the right wing as Duncan, who was guarded by Love, set a cross-screen for David West, who was being guarded by Tristan Thompson. Worried that West would pop open for a midrange jumper, Love switched on West. In doing so, he turned his back on the play, allowing Leonard an easy drive to the rim. With Thompson moved out of the play by Duncan and Love unable to recover to help, Leonard finished an uncontested layup on the weakside. 85–75 Spurs.

On San Antonio’s next possession, Love found himself chasing the action; he just so happened to be a step late at every stage. As Manu Ginobili drove baseline from the left wing, Love read the play and attempted to deflect a pass headed for the right corner. He couldn’t get a finger on the ball, however, and a quick skip pass by Mills to Duncan left Love roughly 10 feet away from his man with no one else helping. Duncan calmly took his time making use of the open space, pounding two dribbles to his left before he tossed up a signature runner over the top of Love, who lacks the length and the wingspan to really alter the shot. Duncan’s runner bounced in. 87–77 Spurs.

The Spurs’ offense went dry for a few possessions, but it got a crucial hoop with just under three minutes to play. With the shot clock running down, San Antonio again looked to put Love in a pick-and-roll scenario in space. Parker and Duncan set up a two-man game up top, with Parker driving hard to his right and drawing Love on the switch. So far, so good. But only for a second.

Seeing that Irving wasn’t actually screened by Duncan, Love turned his head away from Parker, as if he expected Irving to recover. Point No. 1: Parker is a future Hall of Famer and a proficient and willing midrange shooter. Point No. 2: There were less than five seconds left on the shot clock when Parker turned the corner. Point No. 3: Irving never made any motion like he was planning to recover onto Parker. Love finished this play by spinning a full circle around as Parker drained the jumper, which he embellished with a knowing smile and shout to the courtside fans.




With the game tightening up in the closing minute, San Antonio simply cleared the court and let Duncan go to work one-on-one against Love. Why not? Duncan drove to the middle from the left wing before reverse pivoting, in classic “Big Fundamental” style, to set up a turnaround jumper over Love. Although Love handled Duncan’s series of moves just fine, his height and length disadvantages still left Duncan with a clean look from roughly 10 feet away and with one foot in the paint. The timeless banker rattled in. Spurs 95–88.

One more for the road. With a five-point lead and 30 seconds remaining, the Spurs milked the clock before giving the ball to Duncan just inside the arc. With Love guarding him tightly, Duncan coolly set up a dribble hand-off for Ginobili, who was coming hard for the ball with a step or two of separation from J.R. Smith. Even at 38, Ginobili had little trouble using his head of steam to get past Love, who switched immediately but doesn’t have the necessary lateral quickness to stop or deflect the drive. Ginobili took two long strides to get to the basket area and kissed in a banking lefty layup. Love simply wasn’t long enough to truly contest the shot from behind. Spurs 97–90.

That's not what I was saying at all. Time for you to step away from the keyboard. :francis:
That's exactly what the tweet your bytchass posted said. If you don't agree then why did you post that tweet idiot?
 
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Nah you just quoted it and mentioned me so that I could see it as if it proved your point. Now you're going to lie:snooze:
Seriously, how slow are you? I only quoted the post to outline why his play (not just his defense) is erratic. Stop being angry at everybody else and direct that anger towards that dude in the mirror who doesn't know what he's talking about.

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Seriously, how slow are you? I only quoted the post to outline why his play (not just his defense) is erratic. Stop being angry at everybody else and direct that anger towards that dude in the mirror who doesn't know what he's talking about.

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That tweet didn't attempt to explain why Love's play has been erratic. That tweet claimed that Love is playing better defense under Lue than he was under Blatt.

I call you names that accurately describe you, it has absolutely nothing to do with anger. Who are you to be angry at? You're just some loser on the Internet. I call you a bytch/fakkit/idiot and term synonymous with those because that's what you are. :russ: at the fall of you accusing anyone else of not knowing what they're talking about while you try and sell Love as a "solid defender". The dude's defense has been a running joke for years yet you're in here fighting tooth and nail to change the validated perception that he sucks defensively. You're a clown who is for other people's amusement.
 
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That tweet didn't attempt to explain why Love's play has been erratic. That tweet claimed that Love is playing better defense under Lue than he was under Blatt. I call you names that accurately describe you, it has absolutely nothing to do with anger. Who are you to be angry at? You're just some loser on the Internet. I call you a bytch/fakkit/idiot and term synonymous with those because that's what you are.
You ain't too bright. :heh:
 
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