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Look back at one of the stars from La Lumiere High School, Kevin Love, and his transition to UCLA.
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It's interesting what when He broadcast high school football the games themselves at the time if they're great they're classic wonderful television great viewing. -- great sporting events but it's almost just as much fun to go back and watch some high school games any sport. After the fact if they feature a star performer we knew them when that. Before they were stars I -- -- a basketball game we knew this guy was gonna be pretty good Kevin Love came down from Lake Oswego and they played modern day that was a great atmosphere and a wonderful game. I went to Lake Oswego high school that week during preparation to sit down with Kevin Love and you know do a feature stories of people knew who we was He was the number one high school player in the country He was all everything could have been a nicer guy. And you know the connection with his uncle Pete and Mike left from the Beach Boys -- played the Lakers. And He was coming UCLA Lake Oswego is that is in a nice neighborhood south of Portland that's a public high school. He I hear these great stories that Kevin Love. After practice goes out works with the elementary school kids and gives his time back in. Rides his bike around town -- they can really just kind of a demonstrator like LeBron James when He was a nice goal. Right Rolen -- homer into the senior parking lot -- Kevin what was your normal. You know neighborhood kid that just had was a great talent. And it comes down to play modern day modern is the number one team in the country. -- new facility places pack and we hear this news that Kevin Love is sick. He's got the flu and it's temperatures -- 103 might not play so I walked that. To the -- -- a -- L locker room and they are the Lakers by the way the Lakers were the Lakers are go to their locker room and I knock on the door I got another coach -- that I look at my L. What's happening and He looks over -- what do you think what says I -- Little sick your dad federal 103 degree temperature and yet it didn't seem to -- out there. Right now post it note I have -- -- was up a little bit this game -- Nobody -- -- -- a very high scores in a decade and I've always had a great presence out -- coming out here have been really sick the past we can we have finals a week before and does -- just totally came out that we. That's all accounts. Yeah let's talk about the wind and I know your big team guys that we brought to the rest of the team this is a huge win every night you guys even in his image underdog. And yeah. And third lock up this season. -- got an Oak Hill there in the top 25. It really feels great you know. All respect to my teammates they stepped up in the fourth quarter -- -- throughout the game hit big shots are expected to have been the reason I did I miss out. I got to get a -- of my teammates as a team game and knowledge and knowing that we Matt pilgrim.