Kevin Love

Kevin Love is a professional basketball player for the Minnesota Timberwolves of the National Basketball Association.http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/players/profile?playerId=3449 Love was the fifth overall selection in the 2008 NBA Draft by the Memphis Grizzlies after playing one season with the University of California Los Angeles Bruins, where he averaged 17.5 points, 10.6 rebounds and 1.4 blocks.http://sports.espn.go.com/ncb/player/profile?playerId=36059 Love was traded to the Timberwolves shortly after the draft for fellow draftee, O.J. Mayo. The transaction was an eight-player trade that included Mike Miller, Brian Cardinal and Jason Collins joining Love with the Timberwolves while Mayo, Marko Jaric, Antoine Walker and Greg Buckner going to the Grizzlies.http://www.usatoday.com/sports/basketball/nba/2008-06-27-grizzlies-twolves-trade_N.htm

Love was a 2007 McDonald's All-American at Lake Oswego High School in Lake Oswego, Oregon.http://www.basketball-reference.com/players/l/loveke01.html Love has high school career averages of 26.8 points per game and 14.5 rebounds per game. He broke Oregon's 50-year-old scoring record with 2,628 points and was the first player in state history to become a three-time Oregon Player of the Year.http://www.uclabruins.com/sports/m-baskbl/mtt/love_kevin00.html At UCLA, he was selected as an AP All-America First Team member in his only collegiate season.http://www.basketball-reference.com/players/l/loveke01.html Love was voted as the PAC-10 Player of the Year, as well as Freshmen of the Year.http://sports.espn.go.com/ncb/news/story?id=3287469 He helped lead the Bruins to the 2008 NCAA Tournament Final Four eventually losing to the University of Memphis Tigers, which included fellow freshman, Derrick Rose.http://scores.espn.go.com/ncb/recap/_/id/284000062/ucla-bruins-vs-memphis-tigers

2009-10 Season

Love scored a career-best 25 points versus the New York Knicks on January 31, 2010. He grabbed a career-high 22 rebounds on March 28, 2010 against the Phoenix Suns. Love blocked three shots on March 6, 2010 versus the Houston Rockets for a season-high.http://sports.yahoo.com/nba/players/4391/gamelog;_ylt=ApBegabyk1oTop4Z09xGasTQPaB4?year=2009

2008-09 Season

Love scored a season-best 24 points versus the Utah Jazz on February 25, 2009. He grabbed a season-high 19 rebounds on March 17, 2009 against the San Antonio Spurs. Love had a career-high four blocks against the New York Knicks on March 13, 2009.http://sports.yahoo.com/nba/players/4391/gamelog;_ylt=AuRUrtgESN1TpWh.H6ox8bzQPaB4?year=2008