13. Kevin Love (UCLA)
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Kevin Love was not only the son of former NBA player Stan Love, but his middle name of was given in homage to his father’s teammate on (then) Baltimore Bullets — Wes Unseld. Point being: Love was virtually pre-ordained to play in the NBA himself.
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After arriving at UCLA as a 5-star recruit, Love was named consensus first-team All-American, Pac-10 Player of the Year, All-Pac-10, and Pac-10 Freshman of the Year. He’d go on to become the 5th overall pick in the 2008 NBA Draft, and a key trade acquisition by the Cleveland Cavaliers when LeBron James arrived back in town in 2014.
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