For the last 2 days, I saw a lot of hatred towards you.
It was uncomfortable, to say the very least, but it got so uncomfortable that I wrote about it:
https://twitter.com/howlintwolf/status/873263260950183936
Okay … maybe a better title would have been, “Hey Timberwolves fans, do you hate Kevin Love?”
However … I thought the title would be a little extreme, considering all the hate you were getting, so I toned it down.
Some of you guys might disagree. Hate, Mad—they’re different words.
For me, they’re on opposite ends of the coin. You hate someone because you’re mad at them. You’re mad at them, so you hate them.
Anyways. Hours later, I went back on Twitter and I noticed Timberwolves fans expressed their sentiments about you.
The responses were surprising, and mixed. First of all, Timberwolves fans were never mad at you.
(I stand corrected for my politically correct title. My bad.)
Timberwolves fans, it seems, cherished you and they still do:
He's my favorite Wolf behind Cassell. I can never be mad. His offense was breathtakingly efficient.
— Chris Swanson 🌹 (@SwanInSaintPaul) June 9, 2017
Don't hate him, hate Kahn.
— Aʙsᴏʟᴏᴍ Jᴀᴍᴇs 🤦🏻♂️ (@absoloj) June 9, 2017
And then, there were the playful Timberwolves fans who have a love-hate relationship with you:
We did get a year of Anthony Bennett so no
— lol'd to sleep (@_read_and_react) June 9, 2017
You were more like LOVE! BABY DON'T HURT ME! DON'T HURT ME! NO MORE!
— Chris Barnewall (@ChrisBarnewall) June 9, 2017
You got me on my knees, K Love.
I'm begging darling, please, K Love.— Patrick Fenelon 🌹 (@Patrick_Fenelon) June 9, 2017
— David Chia (@chiapet74) June 9, 2017
I love this guy, in particular:
I'm mad with his defense 🙂
— Jesús Sánchez #11-PR (@jesus92_ab) June 9, 2017
There was one “hater,” or not:
https://twitter.com/tbetlock/status/873303509982224388
Well … there was one hater, but it was towards me:
If you're gonna list his bad stats you should at least put in that he had 6 steals.
— Ryan (@ryanarneson20) June 9, 2017
You could tell these are all level-headed fans, unlike this guy:
https://twitter.com/crumjob/status/873203475441647617
The video was from a while back, but the sentiment was pretty clear when @crumjob tweeted out the link. (The sentiment was the point)
[Pauses. Takes deeeep breath.]What stood out to me were not the memories Timberwolves fans, like myself, have of you. It was the idea that if you return to the Timberwolves, fans will embrace it.
Like these fans:
Ill trade Wiggins for him… right now.
— haugennd (@HaugenND) June 9, 2017
https://twitter.com/PaulDeVos7/status/873301097007501313
So the next time you hear your name at the Target Center, Timberwolves fans might have a different reception (other than silence).
No more this:
And more of this:
In fact I was yelling at people in my section who booed….all game.
— Chris Swanson 🌹 (@SwanInSaintPaul) June 9, 2017
Go Timberwolves! Get your howl on.
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