Gilbert Arenas Rips Kevin Love for Not Playing Game 3 Because of Concussion

Gilbert Arenas rips Kevin Love for missing Game 3 of the 2016 NBA Finals because of a concussion.

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Kevin Love will not play tonight in Game 3 of the 2016 NBA Finals because of a concussion, and it's driving Gilbert Arenas crazy. So much so that he went on Instagram to call out Love. 

Maybe if Arenas got his facts right, he wouldn't have to waste his time venting in a post that he will probably delete in a couple of hours. According to ESPN's Marc Stein, Love did try to get clearance to play in Game 3.  

ESPN sources say Love has been lobbying hard for clearance to play Game 3 but has been told Friday's Game 4 is the soonest he'll be cleared

— Marc Stein (@TheSteinLine) June 8, 2016

Ultimately, the decision to play was out of his hands because he was placed in concussion protocol and needed to be medically cleared first. 

Kevin Love has been informed that he will not be medically cleared to play in Wednesday night's Game 3, ESPN has learned

— Marc Stein (@TheSteinLine) June 8, 2016

And when he tried to play through the concussion in Game 2, Love experienced dizziness and didn't look anything like a player who was going to drop 60. 

Cavs say Kevin Love experienced dizziness at the start of the third quarter and has now been placed in the NBA's Concussion Protocol

— Marc Stein (@TheSteinLine) June 6, 2016

Love gets a bad rap for being soft, but when it comes to concussions, that isn't something you want to mess around with. Plus, why should he jeopardize his future because of an irrational decision. Sound familiar, Gil? 

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