Linas Kleiza Is Kevin Love

by George on April 26, 2008

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Or is it the other way around, Kevin Love being Linas Kleiza.

Kleiza preceded Love, but it is fair to say Love has more notoriety.

My buddy Mark brought this up recently, and I figured now would be the time to mention it, seeing as how the Los Angeles Lakers have manhandled the Denver Nuggets to the point where Denver may as well be eliminated in 3 games. The time to bring attention to this is now, while at least one of the aforementioned basketballers is still playing this year.

One wears #42 while the other is #43. Both wear powder blue jerseys on the road. Both can step out to hit the three. They have identical white boy looks.

Kevin Love UCLA Bruins

Linas Kleiza Denver Nuggets

In summation, they are identical, save for notoriety, country of origin, one jersey number, and body composition (due to K. Love being a fatty)

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  • http://www.RotoEvil.com Evil E

    Solid comparison. Love is a better passer and seems a little more well-rounded, but Kleiza is no joke. If teams knew Linas would be this good, he would have been a top 15 pick (as opposed to #27).

    Man, look at the forwards drafted at the end of the 1st round in the ’05 draft:
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2005_NBA_Draft

    26- Maxiell
    27- Kleiza
    30- D. Lee

    Also, Mahinmi at #28 tore up the NBDL this year and looks like he could help out the Spurs next year (as if they need more help).

    Meanwhile, Diogu, Frye, Fran Vazquez, Yaroslav Korolev & Sean May were all top 13 picks. Orlando probably got screwed more than anyone because Vazquez seems to be scared of the NBA. Imagine the Man-Beast playing alongside Maxiell, Kleiza, or Lee. That would be downright scary!

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