Let’s make this clear, just because Mike Love was a founding member of The Beach Boys, his nephew, Kevin Love, isn’t necessarily qualified to play professional beach volleyball.
But the Minnesota Timberwolves forward is going to give it a try anyway.
Recommended Stories
Spurning basketball overseas, Love has decided he’s going to compete in the Jose Cuervo Pro Beach Volleyball Series and was working out on a makeshift sand court in Times Square on Tuesday.
Love hopes to play in the $200,000 Manhattan Beach Open, which begins Aug. 26, and is just down the road from his college alma mater, UCLA.
“I’m tall, I’m quick, I can jump, and I’ve spent some time playing beach volleyball during my time in Los Angeles,” Love told USA Today. “Now that I have to start thinking about a backup plan with the basketball lockout, I thought ‘why not?'”
At 6-foot-10, Love’s got to have a better chance of success than Chad Ochocinco did trying to play soccer for Sporting Kansas City. But it’s not because of his uncle’s band.
