The Portland Trail Blazers have Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde on the end of their bench this season, and they are much the better for it. One of two Blazers on NBA 2-way contracts, high-scoring Caleb Love enjoys another distinction: he might be the most maligned star in the league right now.

Say what? Yeah, Caleb Love is a bona fide star—23 points a game on 46% shooting overall, 48% from deep and 100% from the free-throw line, along with 5.5 rebounds and 3 assists in 32 minutes per contest. Those were his combined stats in games versus the Golden State Warriors on November 21st and Cleveland Cavaliers on December 3rd.

This evidence notwithstanding, Caleb’s numerous detractors across the Blazers fanbase maintain he is not even an NBA-caliber player and should never be on the court. The criticis

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