Former Timberwolves forward Kevin Love had a first-person account Thursday of his summer and his time in Minnesota. Here are some excerpts from Love, taken from the site theplayerstribune.com:
"With everything up in the air, I felt like I couldn't say a proper goodbye to Minnesota. And once the trade finally went through, everything happened quickly.
So I'd like to take a moment to thank the fans of Minnesota for six great years. I still remember sitting in Madison Square Garden when I was first drafted in 2008, thinking that if I could go anywhere it would be to the Timberwolves to work with one of my childhood idols, Kevin McHale. ...
"I grew up a lot — personally and professionally — during my time with the Wolves. I'll be the first to tell you that I didn't always handle things perfectly. We are all unfinished products. It's not easy to handle the disappointment of losing when you're in your early twenties. There were times when I wasn't easy to be around in the locker room. It's hard to be a leader when you don't have the model — and when you don't have a blueprint for what winning in the NBA looks like."
