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Clippers curse.
No. 1 pick Griffin sidelined with shoulder injury
Blake Griffin has pulled out of USA Basketball’s minicamp because of a strained right shoulder, possibly hurting the No. 1 pick’s chances of playing next year in the world championships.
USA Basketball officials were told Wednesday that Griffin was unable to play because he was injured during the third of the Los Angeles Clippers’ five summer league games. He will spend the next three to four weeks resting the shoulder.
U.S. coach Mike Krzyzewski said Tuesday he was looking forward to seeing Griffin play this week.
Griffin averaged 19.2 points and 10.8 rebounds in the summer league and was chosen the league’s MVP. Clippers physician Dr. Steven Shimoyama diagnosed the injury Tuesday and Dr. Lewis Yo confirmed the diagnosis after an examination Wednesday.
The minicamp is being used to identify candidates for available spots on the U.S. team in the world championships. Griffin could still be invited to compete for a spot next summer.
Clippers curse.
Griffin Got Clipped!!!
Best of luck to Blake Oden.
You were reading my mind!
Seriously, I hope this injury doesn't disrupt his rookie season; I'm looking forward to hearing/seeing how he plays.
Clippers have been woebegone for so long; they need some relief.
Hopefully he wont start off his career like Oden.
Already???
Oden Jr?
dunleavy will know what pritchard went through
The guy has a minor shoulder injury and now he's Oden Jr? GTFO. Wait until he destroys his knee and misses his entire rookie year, then tell me he's headed down Oden ave.
why do u have Flo from progressive.....yeah off the subject
Bl-Oden?
i wouldnt mind her sucking my
In case anyone was worried.
Dunleavy: Griffin’s shoulder should be fine
Clippers coach Mike Dunleavy said he doesn’t expect Blake Griffin’s shoulder injury to have a lingering effect on the No. 1 overall pick in the NBA draft.
The club revealed on Wednesday that Griffin has a strained right shoulder that will require three to four weeks of rest. He was hurt in a July 16 summer game against Memphis in Las Vegas and will miss this week’s minicamp for USA Basketball.
Clippers physician Dr. Steven Shimoyama diagnosed the injury Tuesday and it was confirmed again by Dr. Lewis Yo in a second examination.
“The good news was they never mentioned surgery or any kind of a deal,” Dunleavy said Thursday. “That was the first great news.
“I’m disappointed to hear anything which puts him on the shelf because of his great work ethic. He had improved so much in the short period of time he was with us prior to going into summer league. But I don’t think it’ll be a major setback for him at all.”
Griffin still played in the final two games for the Clippers in Las Vegas and was picked as the league’s most valuable player after averaging 19.2 points and 10.8 rebounds.
Dunleavy, also the club’s general manager, also talked about his acquisition of guard Sebastian Telfair and forwards Craig Smith and Mark Madsen from the Minnesota Timberwolves on Monday for Quentin Richardson.
“We just had the opportunity to add a lot of depth to our team,” Dunleavy said.
Telfair is likely to back up Baron Davis at the point, while Smith, an L.A. native, will compete for time in the front court and help push Griffin after averaging 10.1 points last season with Minnesota.
Maybe Steve Kerr was onto something . . .
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