its true no one player can do it by himself,its a team game....but if people persist on comparing him out his depth (against all time greats and other top players of today ) then grade him accordingly
real stars dont get passes for missing the playoffs , they get killed for it . when garnett was a t-wolf and he missed the playoffs people really weren't concentrating on the fact that he was starting alongside mark blount , trent hassell and marko jaric and that wally szczerbiak played in just 40 games, nor was alot of attention given to the fact that he was playing on a hurt knee for most of those 2 seasons .
its life , you aren't always going to play with great players , but if you really lets say a top 10 or so player , the best at your position your team should at the very least in playoff contention(unless you are playing hurt), if you or anyone else is going to try and pit him against all time greats, the wolves shouldn't be so much worse than teams like the jazz and the suns.
its simple if Love were truly the caliber of player people are propping him up to be , his team would be be better for a number of reasons mostly interconnected .
1. he'd be a more impactful passer , thus making his teammates better or at least more useful ....but he really is not making an impact passing the ball at all. he averages 1.9 assists and has an assist ratio of 10.0 compare that to other guys in the league like al jefferson who averages 2.4 ast and 12.5 ast ratio ...and he's supposed to be a black hole.
when you compare Love to the the best of his type(high usage 4's) its rare to see numbers like that especially in face up guys who have more opportunities to pass, even a guy like dirk sports better numbers in these facets despite playing most of his career with jason kidd and steve nash (the years he didn't play with them , they were were significantly higher) guys like webber , gasol garnett, barkley , karl malone even tim duncan all have career avg. of at least 3.2 assists a game and an assist rating of 16.0 (in both cases pau gasol)
2. he'd get double teamed more because other teams saw his as such a threat and basically admit if they dont stop him they will lose , that teams dont see him as that level of threat limits his chances to pass to open teammates .
3. he is a mediocre at best defensive player , if he isn't a top tier offensive threat but not good at defense either to me he has limited value ,a good player yes, but someone who should be compared to historical greats or considered among the top players of today ...no.
on a good team or at least a team with respected offensive threats a person would have to assume his scoring averages would come down maybe significantly and with better talent possibly better rebounders , his rebounding too in the end it might allow him to be a better player but as it is 26 and 13 on a team double digit games under .500 ring as hollow numbers