Josh Smith/Tyler Lamb To Work Out With Kevin Love At UCLA This Summer
by Nestor on Mar 6, 2010 9:38 AM PST
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Smith, who is 6 feet 9, 270 pounds, is the cornerstone of the group, though his conditioning is a concern. Smith and Lamb are expected to take summer classes at UCLA, and Smith is ticketed to work out with former Bruin Kevin Love, who Howland said will return to school this summer.
"That's one reason, along with getting started academically, that it will be good to have him here," Howland said of Smith. "It'll be nice that he'll be around Kevin. It's not just working out, but it is also doing a better job with your diet. It's more important for certain players than others."
We have talked about how addressing Smith's conditioning issue is one of the 5 key factors for Ben Howland this off season. So if this is true, it is really encouraging news.
This also shows how KL is not just another "one and done." He is a Bruin for life and the way he has handled himself since he left UCLA, has made him one of my favorite Bruins of all time.
GO BRUINS.
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KL can impart the importance of learning how to play in the defensive scheme if JS2 wants to be on the court in crunch time – and how defensive fundamentals and rebounding technique can turn a physically dominant HS player into a productive NBA player.
by britishbruin on Mar 6, 2010 10:16 AM PST via mobile reply actions
So cool!
When I read this article I got so excited. I was so happy to see KL was coming back to help and to continue his education. His leaving always seemed more of his Dad’s thing than his. I know he was conflicted and said when he left, that being at UCLA had been the best year of his life. So glad that he seems to have meant it.
Go Bruins!
KLove has been a great ambassador for UCLA at the next level
He speaks of his time here with pride, and I am proud that he is a Bruin.
Please Ben Howland
Please get rid of Jerime Anderson I can’t take it anymore. When He is on the court he looks lost and confused. What did you see in him at Canyon High.
by Carlos I. Carbajal on Mar 6, 2010 10:36 AM PST reply actions
Ben Howland saw a player
that dominated everyone night in and night out at the YMCA gym on Overland Drive, Culver City. And you know most of them are middle age professional people that wanted some R & Rs after a tough day at their Century City office complex. So he casually approached this individual and learned that he is actually from some outfit in OC named Canyon High. The rest you know is history.
Remember when KL said one reason he was going to be a Bruin was academics
and people laughed at him because he was going to be a one and done so what will academics matter? This is why academics mattered to him and it’s going to be awesome when he gets that degree.
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by Ryan Rosenblatt on Mar 6, 2010 11:05 AM PST reply actions
This is great great great news
Given the apparent issues with entitlement and immaturity we have seen with several young (and one old) basketball players lately, this will be hugely valuable. KL will be a great role model who will live and teach the importance of work and preparation and devotion to one’s team, not to mention to one’s education. He’ll show them that it’s about the letters on the front of the jersey, and not the name on the back.
And don’t you know that seeing this from KL reflects his time spent with and his admiration for Coach. KL gets it. And this is why, even though he was a one and done, we love Kevin.
greg in denver - UCLA guy for life
I like the news but....
I have never considered anyone without a UCLA degree a 100% bruin. Of course that doesn’t mean we can’t have bruins supporters such as people like KL. I hope KL will eventually finish school here.
your theory is nice
But that would also mean you are implying someone like Ken Norton is more of a Bruin than AA. It took me less than a second to think about that and I am sure we can come up with number of other examples. So your theory is just baseless.
+2
Also, it says in the OP that KL is coming back to UCLA to work on his degree. That makes him a student, no? And I wouldn’t think you’d be arguing that current students are not 100% bruins because they haven’t graduated yet?
by b d on Mar 6, 2010 3:16 PM PST up reply actions
isn't it just for summer school?
it’s not like he could play on the team again, right?
Anyway, we need a solid point guard more than KL, not that I mind him helping out on next year’s team
Of course he can't play for the team, but that wasn't the point.
NNL asserted that “I have never considered anyone without a UCLA degree a 100% bruin.” I was simply pointing out that since KL is coming back to work on his degree, he should be classified the same as a continuing student, and it would be stupid to not consider current students “100% bruins.”
Same goes for AA
Who was also back working on his degree. As was mentioned earlier, Troy Aikman came back and finished up his coursework. Did he suddenly become a full Bruin? If these guys haven’t given up on their education, they should be considered continuing students, just like countless other people who may have been unable to continue for one reason or another but made the effort to come back..
Lamb on TV tonight
Tyler Lamb’s Mater Dei team plays DC’s Etiwanda High in the CIF-1AA Southern Section championship tonight. Fox Sports Prime Ticket has the game on delay at 8:30 tonight for any interested in checking it out.
Love is a Ben Ball Warrior
Something very few one and done guys could ever be, as we all know. He is a true Bruin, and just keeps on giving back.
Great News
KL will help JS2 come to the program with excitement, rather than focusing on our dismal year. I can’t wait till next year. Go Bruins.
Good to hear
Nothing better than a guy coming back to get his degree. I love these kind of stories. Maybe I’ll get to see KL in one of my summer classes. Woot!
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