The history books will blame everyone but Kevin Love for the failures of the Minnesota Timberwolves.
From Ricky Rubio's shooting woes to ill-fated draft picks like 2009's Jonny Flynn, there are plenty of directions in which to point fingers. But a realistic assessment of Love's past and future suggests that he deserves his share of accountability as well.
This guy was never built to lead his team from the depths of sustained mediocrity. Those kind of heroics aren't in his DNA.
So it's fitting that Love's career will in many ways mimic that of LeBron James' former teammate, Chris Bosh.
Love and Bosh both began their careers with big numbers on middling teams. Bosh spent his first seven seasons with the Toronto Raptors before deciding his best title prospects lay with the stars aligning in Miami. Love has given six seasons to the Timberwolves, similarly accruing gaudy statistics on a club going nowhere.
Now, like Bosh, he's reportedly following LeBron to the promised land.
Yahoo Sports' Adrian Wojnarowski recently reported, "The Minnesota Timberwolves have reached an agreeme ...
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