Kevin Love RUMORS & NEWS

Minneapolis Star Tribune "Kevin Love said he plans on responding to the most disappointing season of his career with the best offseason of his life. At this point, days after surgery to remove a chunk of scar tissue from his left knee, with just a handful of days left in a lost season, Love struggled not to look back..." April 14

Minneapolis Star Tribune "If there was any lingering doubt, Timberwolves forward Kevin Love’s season officially is over, but it’s not just because of that healing shooting hand. Love will have arthroscopic surgery to remove scar tissue in his left knee later this week. Love will consult with two surgeons on Wednesday..." April 09

Hoops Hype "The Ricky Rubio-Kevin Love honeymoon continues. The Spanish guard said he has a great relationship with the All-Star forward during a conference call Tuesday in which he was asked about Love's comments to Yahoo! Sports last week. "Kevin said he loved me and that's huge coming from the star of the..." March 31

St. Paul Pioneer Press "Timberwolves forward Kevin Love admitted Sunday, March 24, that the thought of sitting out the rest of the season has "crossed my mind," but the two-time NBA all-star hopes he's not faced with that decision. Love will undergo a CT scan examination on his right hand near the end of the week to..." March 25

Fox Sports North "Kevin Love won't play on Sunday, but he will get a ring. The Timberwolves forward, who won a gold medal on Team USA last summer in London, will be presented with his Olympic ring before his team's game against the Chicago Bulls. Sean Ford, director of the U.S. men's national team, will be..." March 24

Minneapolis Star Tribune "Timberwolves forward Kevin Love knows the season is ticking away on him and he said before Friday’s game at Houston there’s a chance he won’t play again this season. “I’d say that has crossed my mind, but as far as making a decision, I haven’t made that decision yet,” he said. Love joined..." March 16

Minneapolis Star Tribune "Timberwolves forward Kevin Love knows the season is ticking away on him and he said before Friday’s game at Houston there’s a chance he won’t play again this season. “I’d say that has crossed my mind, but as far as making a decision, I haven’t made that decision yet,” he said. Love joined..." March 16

St. Paul Pioneer Press "Timberwolves forward Kevin Love had his right hand examined Wednesday, March 13, in New York by Dr. Michelle Carlson, who determined that the hand is healing properly and informed Love that he can continue to increase his conditioning program, the Wolves said in a statement. Love, however, was..." March 14

Minneapolis Star Tribune "Timberwolves coach Rick Adelman was in no mood Wednesday evening to talk about the latest injury news to hit his team, and he wasn’t feeling a whole lot better after a 107-91 loss at Indiana, either. Earlier Wednesday, Adelman and the Wolves learned that two-time All-Star Kevin Love must wait..." March 14

St. Paul Pioneer Press "Timberwolves forward Kevin Love has a meeting scheduled in New York on Wednesday, March 13, to meet with the doctor that performed the Jan. 15 surgery on his right hand. Love said the meeting with Dr. Michelle Carson could determine when he might be able to return to the lineup. "We'll pick..." March 07

Minneapolis Star Tribune "The Wolves will play on against Washington tonight without Andrei Kirilenko and Nikola Pekovic at Target Center, but... Kevin Love and Chase Budinger both said today that they will confer with doctors next week in the hope of returning to game action within a week or two after that. Love said he..." March 06

St. Paul Pioneer Press "Timberwolves owner Glen Taylor and star Kevin Love have been in periodic contact about the direction of the team. The pair met again this week, had a long talk, and Taylor said all is well. Love, in a Yahoo Sports article in December, expressed frustration about the team's future. Since then,..." February 15

St. Paul Pioneer Press "Timberwolves forward Kevin Love, recovering from surgery on his right hand, was at Target Center Wednesday night, Feb. 6, to work out before the Wolves' game against San Antonio. Love returned to the team for the first time since undergoing surgery Jan. 15 in New York to repair the third and..." February 07

Canis Hoopus "From ESPN: Kevin Love will miss the next eight to 10 weeks after needing surgery to repair a right hand that is broken for the second time this season. The Minnesota Timberwolves All-Star visited a hand specialist in New York on Wednesday. It's the latest major injury to a team that..." January 09

St. Paul Pioneer Press "The Timberwolves will be missing regulars Kevin Love and Ricky Rubio when they play the Portland Trail Blazers at 7 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 5, at Target Center, the team announced. Love has been sidelined by a sprained finger and Rubio by back spasms. Love suffered the sprain on his right hand..." January 05

St. Paul Pioneer Press "Former Timberwolves forward Al Jefferson, in his third season with the Utah Jazz, expressed admiration for Wolves forward Kevin Love, who has had trouble regaining his shooting touch after breaking two bones in his right hand in October. "You have to honor and pay respect to him for playing..." January 03

St. Paul Pioneer Press "The extra work Timberwolves forward Kevin Love has put in the past several days to improve his shooting appears to be paying off. Wolves coach Rick Adelman has noticed the improvement. "He's shot the ball very well the last two days of practice," Adelman said of Love after practice Tuesday,..." January 02

Minneapolis Star Tribune "Long after the rest of the players had left the practice court Friday, Kevin Love was there, taking extra shots. After that he worked out in the weight room of the Timberwolves' practice facility, going hard with teammate Nikola Pekovic. "He's doing the extra work," Wolves coach Rick Adelman..." December 29

St. Paul Pioneer Press "Timberwolves players were talking about the need to be more physical after a 103-92 loss Tuesday night, Dec. 18, to the Miami Heat, even though they walked out of American Airlines Arena with an impressive advantage in three key categories. The Wolves outrebounded the defending NBA champions..." December 19

Denver Post "Call him the Minneapolis Laker. There he is, in the flesh, the star Los Angeles Lakers big man of 2015, Kevin Love. Minnesota hosted the Nuggets on Wednesday, and as one watched the luminous Love, one wondered if Timberwolves fans would end up like Nuggets fans, with their superstar someday..." December 13

St. Paul Pioneer Press "Clearly, things were going along too smoothly. And we can't have that. Kevin Love has released noise pollution into this area's rare positive basketball atmosphere. With key players getting healthy and the Timberwolves' future looking bright indeed, Love pecked away at that future by repeating..." December 12

NESN "Kevin Love is not happy with the Minnesota Timberwolves and seems to be at least partially regretting signing a four-year extension back in January. The Timberwolves had the option of giving Love their designated five-year deal, but instead offered him a four-year deal with a player option to opt..." December 12

Minneapolis Star Tribune "Kevin Love's right hand still doesn't feel right. On Wednesday, Love played his eighth game since returning from two broken bones in the hand. He led his team with 19 points and 13 rebounds. But it took him 15 shots to score those 19 points. And, on a night when the Wolves missed 16 of 30 free..." December 06

CSN New England "It has been five years since the Boston Celtics acquired Kevin Garnett from the Minnesota Timberwolves, the team with which he spent his first 12 seasons with and stayed loyal to through thick and thin. Time has passed, Garnett has won a championship, and the Timberwolves have moved forward..." December 06

Minneapolis Star Tribune "Timberwolves two-time All-Star Kevin Love made his season debut in a stealthy attack launched under the cover of darkness as night fell over Target Center on Wednesday. Now, as funny as it might seem, a Wolves team that played defense so passionately and moved the ball so freely in building..." November 23

St. Paul Pioneer Press "Timberwolves forward Andrei Kirilenko said he suspected that Kevin Love might return for the team's game Wednesday night, Nov. 21, against Denver at Target Center. Love had upgraded his workouts with the team over the past four days, although he had limited his physical contact to protect his..." November 22

Minneapolis Star Tribune "Well, here is a Thanksgiving present for Timberwolves fans everywhere: The Wolves just confirmed that Kevin Love, who broke two bones in his right hand doing knuckle pushups at his home Oct. 17, would suit up and play tonight for the Wolves against the Nuggets at Target Center. There was..." November 21

St. Paul Pioneer Press "Timberwolves forward Kevin Love was named the NBA's best power forward heading into the 2012-13 season in a survey of the NBA's 30 general managers released Monday, Oct. 22, by NBA.com. The survey polled the general managers on a variety of topics. Love, out six to eight weeks with a broken..." October 23

Clips Nation "When Kevin Love broke his hand earlier this week, it was obviously a severe blow to Minnesota's high hopes this season. Already without Ricky Rubio for the start of the season as he recovers from last season's ACL surgery, the Wolves will now have to open the season also missing the monstrously..." October 18

CBSSports.com "A season with promise and expectation has already been dealt yet another blow. The Minnesota Timberwolves announced Wednesday that star forward Kevin Love will be out 6-8 weeks because of a broken right hand. The team says the injury happened Wednesday morning during a workout. To be..." October 18

Canis Hoopus "Minnesota Timberwolves forward Kevin Love will miss 6-to-8 weeks with a broken hand, according to Adrian Wojnarowski of Yahoo Sports. Love had 24 points and eight rebounds in a 114-81 win over Maccabi on Tuesday. Love's injury occurred on Wednesday morning during Timberwolves..." October 17

ESPN 1500 Twin Cities "The Minnesota Timberwolves have lost another of their star players before the season even begins. Kevin Love has a broken right hand and will miss six to eight weeks, the team announced. That means the Wolves likely will play the first month of season without their two best players, as point..." October 17

St. Paul Pioneer Press "Timberwolves forward Kevin Love's no-look, tip pass to Nikola Pekovic during the Tuesday night, Oct. 16, exhibition game against Maccabi Haifa was selected as NBA.com's "Play of the Night" for Tuesday's NBA games. The play occurred with 4:12 left in the first quarter of the Timberwolves' 114-81..." October 17

Fox Sports North "Kevin Love put on his gold medal and shrugged. The ribbon was twisted. "I didn't put this on the first time," he quietly joked. It's been nearly two months since Team USA won gold in London, since the flags and the podiums. And so Love shrugged and then smiled, Minnesota's sweetheart..." September 26

Minneapolis Star Tribune "While the Timberwolves work and wait on their pursuit of restricted free agent Nicolas Batum, All-Star forward Kevin Love waits on them to make the telling moves that will make the franchise a playoff contender. And he's getting antsy. He told Yahoo!Sports so in an interview while training..." July 10

Minneapolis Star Tribune "While the clock ticks toward 11:01 p.m. Tuesday night on the Wolves' pursuit of Nicolas Batum, Kevin Love's clock is ticking toward 2015 on David Kahn and Glen Taylor. Strong-armed into taking that four-year contract extension with a three-year out, Love voiced his growing impatience with..." July 09

St. Paul Pioneer Press "Timberwolves forward Kevin Love won't have to spend much time wondering about his role on the 2012 U.S. Olympic men's basketball team. After Love learned Saturday, July 7, that he had earned a spot on USA Basketball's final 12-man roster, he accepted the fact that head coach Mike Krzyzew--ski..." July 08

Minneapolis Star Tribune "Timberwolves forward Kevin Love already has made two NBA All-Star Games before his 24th birthday. Now he will play in his first -- and possibly only -- Olympic Games at the age of 23. As expected, Love on Saturday was chosen to the 12-man U.S. team that will play in London later this..." July 08

Minneapolis Star Tribune "Timberwolves forward Kevin Love on Friday began the U.S. Olympic team's two-day training camp in Las Vegas, his final step toward being named to play in London later this month. Fifteen players reported to the Vegas camp. The Americans' final 12-man roster will be announced on NBA TV at 6 p.m...." July 07

SB Nation "The only way to describe Kevin Love's number is by using the word "gaudy." In 2010-11, stunning his first season as a full-time starter, the young forward racked up 20 points and 15 rebounds per game. He was the first to do it since Moses Malone in 1983. Last season, Ricky Rubio and a decent..." June 26

St. Paul Pioneer Press "Minnesota Timberwolves forward Kevin Love, one of 20 finalists for the U.S. Olympic team, could be a favorite to make the final 12-man roster because of injuries to Portland's LaMarcus Aldridge and Orlando's Dwight Howard, two key front-line players also under consideration by USA..." April 26

St. Paul Pioneer Press "Timberwolves forward Kevin Love, who suffered a mild concussion and strained neck April 11 at Denver, said he was uncertain if he will play in Sunday's game against the Golden State Warriors at Target Center or in Thursday night's season finale against the Denver Nuggets. "We'll see how I feel..." April 22

Minneapolis Star Tribune "Kevin Love is back in Minnesota, but he will not be in the house tonight for the Wolves game against Oklahoma City at Target Center. Rick Adelman said Love still isn't feeling well, which means he's still showing signing from that concussion he sustained Wednesday night in Denver. And he'll..." April 15

Minneapolis Star Tribune "J.J. Barea shrugged, smiled. "We're used to this," he said. A few stalls over in the Timberwolves locker room Michael Beasley agreed. "Kind of sums up our season," he said. The Wolves' litany of injuries continues. As the team was preparing for Thursday night's game against the Los Angeles..." April 13

St. Paul Pioneer Press "The other teams are starting to tug on Superman's cape. Kevin Love is exhausted. You can tell by looking at him. Right now he's 23 going on 43. His face is drawn and his shoulders slumped. A league-high 40 minutes a game can do that. But it's not just all the time on the court, because Love is..." April 05

Oregonian "LaMarcus Aldridge said his battle with Minnesota's Kevin Love on Sunday was simple competition. "I thought it was just two guys competing, two guys trying to lead their teams," Aldridge said after he led the Blazers to a 119-106 victory over the Timberwolves at the Rose Garden. "It was just a..." April 02

San Antonio Express-News "As it helped orchestrate the NBA schedule after the lockout, ABC wanted a marquee matchup for the Sunday in between Saturday's NCAA semifinals and Monday's championship game. Back in early December, pitting Derrick Rose's Bulls against Kevin Durant's Thunder seemed like a guarantee of big..." April 01

Minneapolis Star Tribune "The debate before Friday night's game at Target Center was whether Kevin Garnett in his prime or Kevin Love as a 23-year-old stats monster was the best player in Timberwolves history. Garnett still has enough pals to be aware that this conversation was taking place in the Twin Cities dailies..." March 31

Minneapolis Star Tribune "Before you start comparing Timberwolves forward Kevin Love to Boston's Kevin Garnett, just remember this: "I have an All-Star jersey of his and also a Timberwolves," Love said. "I was a jersey owner of Garnett back in the day. Him and Tim Duncan and [Chris] Webber. Those were the type of guys I..." March 31