Kevin Love was born in the year 1988 and he is American professional basketball player in Cleveland Cavaliers for National Basketball Association NBA. He is four times All Star and he was the NBA championship with the Cavaliers in the year 2016. He became the member for the USA men’s national team that won gold during the 2010 FIBA World Championship and in 2012 Summer Olympics.
Kevin Love is a son to Stan Love, a former player at NBA and he was top ranked prospects for the out of Lake Oswego High School in the city of Oregon. He played one season for the College Basketball under UCLA Bruins and he helped the team to appear in Final Four in the NCAA Tournament in 2008. He was named First Team All-American and he was voted to be the player of the year in the PAC-12 Conference. He did not wait three years in the college eligibility so that he can be chosen in 2008 NBA Draft. He got chosen at fifth overall by the Memphis Grizzles and afterwards, he got traded to join Minnesota Timberwolves at the draft night for third overall selection.
During the 2011-2010 seasons, he established longest streak of consecutive games and he recorded double figures in the rebounds and points from the ABA-NBA merger. He got traded to join Cavaliers in the year 2014.
From his biography, Kevin Love was born in the city of Santa Monica in California. He is a second child of Stan and Karen Love. He grew up in the city of Oregon and he played basketball from the time he was still young. He played high school basketball for Lake Oswego Lakers and during the sophomore season, he got the following stats 3.7 assists, 15.4 rebounds and 25.3 points. He became the leader of Lakers in 2005 to reach to the state championship but its Jesuit High school that became the winner. He was in the controversy when Nike decided to remove him in the Portland Elite Legends AAU team because he participated in the ABCD camp against other top recruits.
Kevin Love’s uncle called Mike was among the founding member for The Beach Boys. His aunt Kathleen McCartney Hearst was accomplished triathlete. He was born with a young sister called Emily and an older brother called Collin. In the year 2009, he became the first player in NBA to join Hoops for St Jude Charity program and it was to benefit St Jude Children’s Research Hospital. This was after working like a part of the Rookie Relief community for the first season in League.
His girlfriend is Kate Bock and she is a dime model. His salary by 2017 was 21.17 million dollars. His 5 year contract to Cleveland Cavalier was 113 million dollars. His net worth is 44 million dollars. He suffered a left knee injury in 2017. His fans can follow him on his instagram but he has no fangraphs page.
Birth Date: | 7 Sep, 1988 |
Age: | 31 yrs |
Occupations: | Basketball player |
Citizenship: | United States of America |
Birth Place: | Santa Monica |
residence: | Minneapolis Lake Oswego Santa Monica |
Education: | Lake Oswego High School University of California, Los Angeles |
Gender: | Male |
Description: | American professional basketball player |
Net Worth 2021: | 50 million |