[1][2] A versatile forward who could shoot with either his left or right hand, Love later worked as the Bulls' director of community affairs and goodwill ambassador.

He suffered from a severe stuttering disability and seldom spoke, fearing to be called on in school where other children would ridicule him.

[7] Love starred in both basketball and football (as the quarterback) at Morehouse High School (now defunct) in Bastrop, Louisiana, leading his team to state titles in both sports.

[8] Love earned a football scholarship to Southern University in Baton Rouge, where he also became a brother of Alpha Phi Omega, but wound up playing basketball.

After averaging over 25 points per game, Love earned the EBL Rookie of the Year Award and gained enough confidence to try out for the Royals once more.

[13] In 1968, the Milwaukee Bucks selected him in the NBA Expansion Draft and traded him to the Chicago Bulls in the middle of the 1968–69 season, at Love's request.

[7] Love flourished while playing for future Naismith hall of fame coach Dick Motta's Bulls.

[7] Love had a severe issue with stuttering, such that at one point after his all-star NBA career ended the only work he could find was as a dishwasher and busboy at a Nordstrom in Seattle.

In the 1980s, with the support of store head John Nordstrom, Love began working with speech therapist Susan Hamilton who helped him overcome his stutter.

[5][6][7] In 1992, the Bulls hired Love as Director of Community Affairs, where he spoke to thousands of teenagers, making hundreds of speeches a year.

[23][24] Eventually, John Nordstrom, the director of the family business, was so impressed with the former NBA star's work ethic, he offered to pay for speech therapy classes.