The Wolves just finished an afternoon practice in Oakland and Kevin Love without outright saying it said he didn't make the Western Conference's starting five in worldwide fan balloting that will be announced tonight on TNT.
He has dinner plans scheduled in San Francisco tonight and said he doesn't plan on watching the announcement show, even though it starts at 4 pm here in California and 6 pm back home in Minnesota,.
He said he'll consider it a moral victory if he comes within 10,000 votes of Clippers forward Blake Griffin, whom he trailed by 17,000 in the last fan balloting results that were released last week.
"I guess the question is how close was I," he said.
The Wolves launched a fan campaign to get Love voted in as a starting, doing all kinds of promotions to encourage fans to vote for him via Twitter, Facebook, Instragram and on nba.com. But it apparently wasn't quite enough.
"It's always cool to get voted for," Love said. "It means you're popular around the league and popular in this global sport. It'd be awesome if I get it."
If the final frontcourt voting indeed remains with Kevin Durant, Dwight Howard and Griffin being the three starters chosen, Western Conference coaches still undoubtedly will vote Love in as a reserve.
"I still think I'll make the team," Love said.
