Doc Rivers gets emotional when talking about childhood hero Bob Love

FILE - Former Chicago Bulls player and director of community affairs for the team, Bob Love, shows media members that he hasn't lost his touch with the ball after announcing his candidacy for Alderman in the cities 15th ward, Sept. 25, 2002, in Chicago.

FILE - Former Chicago Bulls player and director of community affairs for the team, Bob Love, shows media members that he hasn't lost his touch with the ball after announcing his candidacy for Alderman in the cities 15th ward, Sept. 25, 2002, in Chicago. (AP Photo/M. Spencer Green, File)


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MILWAUKEE — Doc Rivers got emotional when speaking about Bob Love, the former Chicago Bulls star forward and three-time All-Star who died Monday at the age of 81 after a battle with cancer. Love, who spent 11 years in the NBA, forged a special bond with Rivers when the Milwaukee Bucks coach was a teenager growing up in Chicago. Rivers said before the Bucks game against the Bulls on Wednesday night that he first encountered Love at a park in Chicago and took note of Love's severe stuttering problem. Rivers said he wants Love to be remembered not just as a great basketball player, but for mentoring kids and overcoming his stutter.

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