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The sooner Kevin Love retires, the sooner he likely gets into the Hall of Fame — but he wants his basketball career to last as long as possible.

Love, 37, just started his 18th season with his fourth NBA team, the Utah Jazz, and he’s embracing a new role in a new city.

“I love it. And I think that this is a whole different challenge being here. I keep using the term ‘pay it forward’ to the young guys, but it’s gratifying for me to show up every day, and I actually feel very good. Thirty years of organized basketball, my knees might tell me different, but I actually feel really good,” Love told Fox News Digital in a recent interview. “I’m not an 82-game guy anymore, but I like to go out there and put my best foot forward, and I love to play the

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