Most Revealing Bob Love Interview Ever

Host of the Saturday Morning Sports Show, Roy Collins was fortunate enough to have Robert (Bob) Earl Butterbean Love, Bulls current Director of Community Affairs, in studio on February 21, 2009. He talked with Roy about his All-America honors in 1963, and in 1965, being selected in the fourth round of the 1965 NBA Draft to the Cincinnati Royals, earning the EBL Rookie of the Year Award, the Milwaukee Bucks selecting him in the NBA Expansion Draft and then trading him to the Chicago Bulls in the middle of the 1968-69 season. Love flourished while playing for Dick Motta's Bulls. In 1969-1970, he became a full-time starter, averaging 21 points and 8.7 rebounds. The following two seasons he averaged 25.2 and 25.8 points per game, appeared in his first two All-Star Games, and earned All-NBA Second Team honors both seasons. Love also appeared in the 1973 NBA All-Star Game, and he would average at least 19 points and six rebounds every season until 1976-1977. Love was named to the NBA's All-Defense Second Team in 1974 and 1975. His #10 jersey was the second jersey number to be retired by the Chicago Bulls. Bob also reveals that he was a little bit upset at BJ for wearing "his" number! Love retired in 1977 with career totals of 13,895 points and 4,653 rebounds. He suffered from a severe stuttering problem, which prevented him from finding meaningful employment after his playing days were over. At one point, Love was a busboy making $4.45 an hour. Eventually, the owner of the restaurant where Love washed dishes offered to pay for speech therapy classes, and in 1993 he returned to the Chicago Bulls as their director of community relations. One of his duties in this position involves regularly speaking to school children. Love has also become a motivational speaker. He wrote a book, The Bob Love Story: If It's Gonna Be, It's Up to Me, in 1999 which is soon to be made into a major motion picture!

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[rccollins79]

I agree, Great interview.

[kcfaneighty8]

Excellent interview, by far the best on youtube, CONGRATS!