Minnesota Timberwolves: Top 30 greatest players of all-time
By Ben Beecken
Kevin Love. 2. player. 86. . Power Forward. Minnesota Timberwolves
- Six seasons with Timberwolves (2008-14)
- Averaged 19.2 points and 12.2 rebounds per game
- 3x All-Star with Timberwolves
It says a lot about the history of the Timberwolves franchise when it took us until the No. 2 slot on the list of the top 30 Wolves players in history to find a multi-time All-Star.
Indeed, Kevin Love made the All-Star team three out of four years from 2010 to 2014, missing only 2012-13 due to injury. And other than the guy whose initials are KG, Love is second on the list of All-Stars donning Wolves unis.
After a slow start to his career, brought about by suppression from the Kurt Rambis-led coaching staff and Love’s own issues with staying in playing shape, Love took off. During the above-mentioned four-year span, Love averaged 23.5 points and 13.7 rebounds per game while shooting 45 percent from the field and 37 percent from beyond the arc.
Also, there was the 30-30 game, that helped put Love on the national map…
Love put the entire Timberwolves organization back on the national map as well, winning 40 games in 2013-14 alongside Ricky Rubio (No. 8 on this list), Nikola Pekovic, (No. 12), and Kevin Martin with Rick Adelman at the helm. Unfortunately, that was also Love’s last season in Minnesota as the toll of six straight losing seasons was enough to cause him to reportedly meet with front office boss Flip Saunders regarding a potential trade.
Love was sent to Cleveland as part of the larger trade that brought Andrew Wiggins (No. 18) to the Timberwolves in the summer of 2014, capping his Wolves career at six seasons.