This Bill Simmons column has it all:

*Unbearably long? Check.

*Heaping rips of the Wolves and David Kahn? Check.

*Undeniable nuggets of basketball truth and very good writing on the sport? Check.

You will need to sort through more than 5,000 words to see the answer to his question: Is Kevin Love overrated, underrated or properly rated?

He concludes underrated. It's worth a read, or at least a skim, as Simmons almost always still is.