Biography kevin love traded

2007-08
Played in all 39 games, making 38 starts during his freshman season … led the team in scoring (17.5 ppg) and rebounding (10.6 rpg) during his freshman season … earned Pac-10 Conference Player of the Year honors and was also named the Pac-10 Freshman of the Year … was one of five players to secure first-team All-Pac-10 honors (along with California’s Ryan Anderson, Arizona State’s James Harden, Stanford’s Brook Lopez and USC’s O.J. Mayo) … was named a consensus first-team All-American after having led UCLA to the Final Four (the Bruins’ third straight appearance in the Final Four) … was selected fifth overall in the 2008 NBA Draft by the Memphis Grizzlies (traded to the Minnesota Timberwolves) … shot a team-leading 55.9 percent from the field (227-406) and made 35.4 percent of his 3-point field goal attempts (29-82) … led the Bruins with 56 blocked shots and was fifth on the team with 27 steals … in 18 regular-season Pac-10 games, averaged 18.2 points and 11.5 rebounds per game … was a three-time Pac-10 Player of the Week honoree (Nov. 26, Jan. 14 and Jan. 28) … among Pac-10 players, ranked seventh in scoring (17.5 ppg), second in rebounding (10.6 rpg) and sixth in field goal percentage (55.9 pct) … also ranked sixth in the Pac-10 in blocked shots per game (1.44), second in offensive rebounds per game (3.64) and second in defensive rebounds per game (7.0) … recorded 23 double-doubles … scored in double figures in all 39 games, totaling a season-high 29 points against Western Kentucky (March 27) in the NCAA Tournament’s Sweet 16 … scored at least 20 points in 11 games … grabbed at least 10 rebounds in 23 contests, including a season-high 21 rebounds in a victory at Oregon State (Jan. 26) … had at least 15 rebounds in five games … registered a season-high 10 field goals in the game against Western Kentu

American basketball player (born 1988)

This article is about the basketball player. For the NASCAR driver, see Kevin Love (racing driver).

Kevin Wesley Love (born September 7, 1988) is an American professional basketball player for the Miami Heat of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He is a five-time All-Star and a two-time member of the All-NBA Second Team, winning an NBA championship with the Cleveland Cavaliers in 2016. He was also a member of the gold medal-winning United States national team at the 2010 FIBA World Championship and the 2012 Summer Olympics. In 2011, Love won the NBA Most Improved Player Award and led the league in rebounding.

The son of former NBA player Stan Love, Love was a top-ranked prospect out of Lake Oswego High School in Oregon. He played one season of college basketball for the UCLA Bruins and led the team to a Final Four appearance in the 2008NCAA Tournament. Love was named a consensus First Team All-American and was voted player of the year in the Pac-12 Conference. He elected to forgo his remaining three years of college eligibility and entered the 2008 NBA draft. He was taken fifth overall by the Memphis Grizzlies, and was traded to the Minnesota Timberwolves on draft night for the third overall selection, O. J. Mayo, in an eight-player deal. During the 2010