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Kevin Love or Kevin Wesley Love was born on September 7, 1988 in Santa Monica, California. Kevin Love, is an NBA player for the Minnesota Timberwolves.

Kevin was a college basketball player for the UCLA Bruins before the 2008 draft.

The son of 1970s NBA forward Stan Love, Kevin Love was born in Santa Monica, California in 1988, and moved with his family to Oregon at an early age.

Kevin Love is also the cousin of the Beach Boys' Brian Wilson, the late Carl Wilson, and the late Dennis Wilson, and the nephew of Beach Boys singer Mike Love. An aunt is Kathleen McCartney (now Kathleen Hearst), who won the women's Ironman triathlon in February 1982.

Kevin Love Bio in High School

Kevin Love attended Lake Oswego High School in Lake Oswego, Oregon, where Kevin Love was ranked as one of the top players in the nation from the class of 2007. Kevin Love as a sophomore, he led Lake Oswego to the 2005 Oregon state high school basketball championship game, but the team lost to Jesuit High School 57-53. That summer, Kevin Love was the center of controversy when Nike removed him from its Portland Elite Legends AAU team because he had chosen to participate in the Reebok ABCD Camp against other top recruits such as Greg Oden. Kevin Love went on to play for the Southern California All-Stars, who compiled an unprecedented 45-0 record with Kevin Love, who garnered 4 MVP awards along the way.

In 2006, Kevin Love and the Lakers returned to the Oregon state championship, winning 59-57 over South Medford and fellow star recruit Kyle Singler. The two teams met again for the 2007 championship, but this time, Singler and South Medford defeated Lake Oswego 58-54. In that game, Kevin Love had 37 points and 15 rebounds, and finished his high school career as the all-time leading scorer in Oregon boys' basketball history with 2,628 points, despite missing half his sophomore season. The previous career scoring record had stood for 50 years.

Kevin Love Bio in College

In July 2006, Kevin Love verbally committed to play college basketball with the UCLA Bruins. Kevin Love, who has worn number 42 for his entire basketball career, received permission from Walt Hazzard to wear the same number with UCLA. UCLA retired Hazzard's number 42 in 1996.

Kevin Love Wards and Recognitions

• 2007 Gatorade National High School Athlete of the Year
• 2007 Parade Magazine Player of the Year
• 2007 McDonald's National Prep Player of the Year
• 2007 Naismith Male Prep Player of the Year
• 2007 Oregon Player of the Year (tie with Kyle Singler)
• 2007 Roundball Classic MVP
• 2007 Les Schwab Tournament All Tournament Team
• 2006 Les Schwab Tournament All Tournament Team
• 2006 MVP Kingwood Classic
• 2006 MVP Las Vegas Easter Classic
• 2006 MVP Bob Gibbons Memorial Day Classic
• 2006 MVP Bigtime Las Vegas Bigtime
• 2006 Reebok ABCD Camp Player of the Week
• 2006 Oregon Player of the Year
• 2005 Oregon Player of the Year
• 2005 Les Schwab Tournament All Tournament Team
• 2005 Reebok ABCD Player of the Week
• 2005 MVP, Kingwood Classic
• 2005 MVP, New Orleans Memorial Day Classic
• 2004 MVP, Les Schwab Classic
• 2004 Les Schwab Tournament All Tournament Team
• No. 1 rated senior by ESPN (Class of 2007)
• No. 1 rated senior by Bob Gibbons (Class of 2007)
• No. 1 rated senior by Van Coleman/Hoopmasters (Class of 2007)

• Denver Nuggets (51-26) at Minnesota Timberwolves (22-54), 7 p.m.
• Timberwolves snap seven-game skid with 108-99 win over Nets
• Wolves welcome Thunder to Target Center
• Trip to Final Four still thrills Minnesota Timberwolves rookie Kevin Love
• Recap: Minnesota vs. Washington
• Wolves gameday
• Craig Smith almost perfect for Minnesota Timberwolves
• Kevin Love adjusting to life in the NBA
• Minnesota Timberwolves (17-31) at Houston Rockets (30-20), 8:30 p.m.
• WOLVES NOTES
• Jefferson's double-double leads T'wolves
• Kevin McHale really likes Kevin Love
• Timberwolves off to perfect start in 2009
• Memphis Grizzlies (10-20) at Minnesota Timberwolves (5-24), 8:00 p.m.
• Supinie: Love and basketball make a perfect pairing
• Kings 118, Timberwolves 103
• Trying to start a streak
• Minnesota Timberwolves' Kevin Love hoping this trip to Oregon is better than last year's with UCLA
• Timberwolves: New season, new look
• Harrison happy to have a chance with Wolves
• Jefferson says knee will be ready in 2 weeks
• Miller Recognized For Giving
• Timberwolves re-sign Gomes
• Timberwolves show off new uniforms
• Randy Foye Is the Key Towards Timberwolves' Turnaround
• Foye bringing 'small miracles' to Newark
• Rockets exec Cooper to take Minnesota assistant coaching job
• NBA: Wolves' Love to play with Olympic prep group
• Love and Miller to lead the Timberwolves next year
• NBA: Wolves extend qualifying offers
• DEBATING NBA'S ONE-AND-DONE RULE
• Wolves will go to top prospects
• Love At First Site?
• UCLA's Shipp to stay in school
• Five to watch
• Morgan freed from LSU commitment
• UCLA freshman Stanback will transfer
• Shipp declares for NBA draft
• UCLA freshman Kevin Love to turn pro
• UCLA's Kevin Love: Fact & fiction
• To Pay or Not to Pay
• UCLA's Love, Kansas State's Beasley, Davidson's Curry among Wooden Award finalists
• UCLA shuts down Xavier 76-57 to reach third straight Final Four
• Xavier 57, UCLA 76 - UCLA Going to the Final Four
• West Regionals: Musketeers vs Bruins
• West Regional: Xavier tops W.Va. in OT; UCLA holds on
• Memphis' Derrick Rose
• Veterans stealing the spotlight in NCAA tournament
• Love scores 20, dislodges stuck ball in UCLA’s 70-29 victory over MVSU
• Bruins on prowl for 3rd straight Final Four
• West Regionals
• Pac 10 Tourny Stanford 64 Bruins 67
• UCLA Dominates Pac-10 Player of the Year Honors
• John Wooden Update for March 9
• Wooden's Condition Improves At Hospital
• UCLA Rallies to Top Stanford; Win Pac-10
• No. 3 UCLA tries to clinch Pac-10 title outright against No. 7 Stanford
• COL BKB: UCLA 68, Arizona 66
• Bruins adjust defense to shut down Oregon
• Plenty on the line for UCLA, USC
• Pac-10 postseason outlook jumbled
• Bruins' opponent took 'in your face' too literally
• Bruins easily take down Wildcats
• UCLA's Kevin Love Named U.S. Bank Pac-10 Men's Basketball Player of the Week
• A liberal dose
• UCLA's Kevin Love named Pac-10 men's basketball player of week
• Bruins starting to learn how to use Love
• NO. 5 UCLA 76, UC DAVIS 48
• Collison says his knee is not an issue
• The fresh five
• UCLA uses big second half to beat Davidson
• Freshman 10: Week 4 Report & Ranking
• Bruins get act together in big hit
• UCLA's Kevin Love Named U.S. Bank Pac-10 Men's Basketball Player of the Week
• Terps Take Heart In Loss
• UCLA BASKETBALL REPORT
• Love leads UCLA in romp over Youngstown St.
• Love leads an easy exhibition victory
• Taking it one year at a time
• Love reaches out to the Wizard for advice, history
• NBA Playoff Race in West preview
• Big lights and big hopes for Mayo, Love in Los Angeles
• I expect many Bruin victories.

Heat 122, Knicks 105
Year and Minnesota sent out a press kit that included glass cleaner and a DVD for rookie forward Kevin Love to earns first-team All-Rookie honors. Those have been out for about a week. Postseason awards ballots are due Wednesday, although some voters

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Rose, James headed for decisive victories
2, including Memphis' O.J. Mayo, New Jersey's Brook Lopez, Oklahoma City's Russell Westbrook, Minnesota's Kevin Love and Memphis' Marc Gasol. I'm going with Rose, Lopez and Mayo as the top three. My all-rookie team would add Westbrook and Love, with a

Wolves vs. Suns Gameday
assists. During the second meeting, the Wolves topped the Suns 105-103 behind Al Jefferson?s 22 points and Kevin Love?s 14 boards. Minnesota improved to 6-1 in January with the victory over Phoenix. Gentry will use a variety of lineups to assess the

Wolves Eclipsed By Phoenix Suns
Wolves Postgame Audio Kevin McHale Kevin Love Ryan Gomes Two teams entered Saturday night's game at the Target Center with nothing on the line. However, Phoenix set out to prove it deserved a spot in

McHale stays mute about plans; Dallas' Carlisle hopes he stays
will be the eighth consecutive Foye has missed because of a hip he injured when he fell on Kevin Love in practice in early March and has bothered him since then. Ollie missed Saturday's lopsided home loss to Phoenix because of a hip-flexor injury

No contest: Rose, James headed for decisive victories
2, including Memphis' O.J. Mayo, New Jersey's Brook Lopez, Oklahoma City's Russell Westbrook, Minnesota's Kevin Love and Memphis' Marc Gasol. I'm going with Rose, Lopez and Mayo as the top three. My all-rookie team would add Westbrook and Love, with a

McHale stays mute about plans; Dallas' Carlisle hopes he stays on
will be the eighth consecutive Foye has missed because of a hip he injured when he fell on Kevin Love in practice in early March and has bothered him since then. Ollie missed Saturday's lopsided home loss to Phoenix because of a hip-flexor injury

McHale mute about plans; Dallas' Carlisle hopes he stays on
will be the eighth consecutive Foye has missed because of a hip he injured when he fell on Kevin Love in practice in early March and has bothered him since then. Ollie missed Saturday's lopsided home loss to Phoenix because of a hip-flexor injury

Suns Cruise Past Timberwolves
Foye, who hasn't played since March 27 because of a hip problem.'It was real disappointing,' forward Kevin Love said. 'We didn't show any energy, myself included. It was just one of those nights where nothing goes the right way, but we didn't make it go