How I Spent My Summer Vacation – Kevin Love

I’m not even going to quote the article because you absolutely need to read it in its entirety. Unless you don’t like things that give you the chills from your toes to your nose.

The first half of it praises Andrew Wiggins for how he handled the whole situation, and how Love himself went through the same type of stuff while they both were in “NBA purgatory” for much of the off season. He follows that up with a heartfelt thank you to Minnesota, even throws in a little video thanking fans for not burning his jersey. The man just oozes with class.

It was the second half where Love talks about the Cavs trip to Brazil where I helplessly succumbed to my Cleveland Boner.  It’s an interesting visual when he describes boarding the plane as the first day of school. We think about these guys as million dollar athletes but they’re just regular dudes that have regular awkward moments before getting to know people, just like us humans. It makes you appreciate the importance of veterans like Mike Miller and James Jones. And also the best basketball player on the planet.

“I came to Cleveland because I want to win. I’ll grab a broom and sweep the floors if it gets me an NBA title.”

I can’t even.

PS Say what you want about Derek Jeter but The Players’ Tribune is pretty fucking sweet. Every article up there is a must read.