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According to certain poster on this forum, the ginger tranny improved his game last season but somehow still managed to completely the bed against Zbo.
Here's a guy who was supposed to be a monster and really looked like one when he first came in. We thought he was going to take the league by storm but right before our eyes, his rebounding and points have steadily dropped off over the past three seasons. Not only has he clearly not improved his game but he has arguably regressed in a noticeable way. This is the opposite of what happens when promising rookies and all-stars make the transition to Superstar level. The possibility of him making a major jump surpassing what was arguably a fluke 2010-11 season seems unlikely at this point.
So then the question becomes, how useful can he be at his current level of production or a steadily declining level of production over the next few years? I see him as starting material for the next few years but then someone really hungry could come in and take that away if he can't either stay at this current level or continues to drop off. It's really a sad thing to see such a nice dude as Blake in this position but the fact that he is soft and a liability at the end of games due to some pretty atrocious free throw shooting doesn't help matters. He can't continue to be so one dimensional either. He needs to develop an away from the basket game and stop relying so much on the leaping. We've already seen he's injury prone so continuing to jump around like an ape is not the way to go.
In any event, time will tell. With the new coaching perhaps we see an improvement but I just don't think it's going to get better for the dude or the Clippers as long as this guy is one of the main anchors.
According to certain poster on this forum, the ginger tranny improved his game last season but somehow still managed to completely the bed against Zbo.
His regular season stats even show marked regression but he got bent over and dominated like a 110 lb by Zbo in the playoffs tbh. Hilarious too given that Zbo is an unathletic sloth looking mother a.
Another issue is that it seems like Chris Paul has really topped out too. Chris is clearly still one of the top point guards but he's just not what he once was. Some people might say it's because he has help now with more personnel on the clipps, but he is down in all categories too including assists. CP3 had David West before and he was just as effective in his prime as Griffin if not more so due to an excellent 17 foot shot, postgame and ability to hit free throws. Only edge Blake had if comparing their primes is in athletic ability.
Hey dumb , Blake's minutes per game and usage rate have gone down every year due to the arrival of CP3 and the increase in depth on the roster (as well as Vinny's refusal to give him the ball in the second half), so that explains his raw stats declining....
His "atrocious" free-throw shooting actually improved as he shot his highest percentage from the line in his career.... he's become statistically a top post scorer and he's one of the best passing bigs in the league....
He didn't play well in the playoffs (although he played the last two games with a high ankle sprain), but to be fair, the entire team except for CP3 the bed in that series after Game 2....
It'll be exciting to see how he progresses with a coach who actually appreciates his game instead of completely ignoring him and obsessing over the guards, tbh....
You don't need athleticism to dominate Blake tbh, he's a weak mental midget with no post game, get physical against him and he is easily punked.
He scores in the post off dunks and because he's one of only two options on the Clippers. That doesn't mean he is a good post player.
He's developed some actual moves and only 11% of his shots were dunks....
If only he had Bible Kemp's consistency and effort.... would have been key in the playoffs, tbh
If only he had Bible Kemp's consistency and effort.... would have been key in the playoffs, tbhhigh ankle sprain
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you can tell he improved his game when he actually does an advertisement telling himself to work on his game instead of body mass
he's improved his jumper and FT shooting a little bit, had some minor injuries that limited his minutes, he used to play 38-36 minutes a game, last season he played 32 minutes only.
playoffs again he had issues and only played 26 minutes a game and even came off the bench for one.
advanced stats show he was better this year than in his rookie year in almost all categories, TS and eFG have gone up, defense has gotten better, rebounding is the only thing that has gone down, but its because he's shooting more jumpers now, further away from the basket.
He's a better player than he was 3 yrs ago and if his J improves and he keeps dishing out 4-5 assists a night he'll be one of the best players in the league as always, top 10-15 range. With Doc there his defense should improve.
One can be carried only so far by Media before the unwashed (us) masses see thru the chicanery & charade. This reality won't preclude Media from brazening it out, but, we can laugh as we watch.
What do people expect Blake's ceiling to be?
I'm not really a fan of the guy, but he's still unquestionably one of the top 5 PFs in the NBA today, and probably will be for the next decade.
...whether we like it or not, Media will see to that. He's manufactured in the time tested tradition of Clifford Robinson, Steve Nash, Tom Chambers, on & on and on. You know to whom I'm referring. CD, (all of the above) are a living, breathing bell weathers of {Symbolism over Substance.}
Apparently, people expected him to be prime Duncan from minute one of his career, and because he isn't that and ESPN played his dunks too many times his rookie year, it's become cool and trendy to write him off as a D-League quality bust, tbh....
I watch a ton of Clipper games. Blake has definitely improved offensively. His jumper still needs a ton of work, and he hesitates way too much before taking them. His post game has seen improvement, no doubt about it. He was playing pretty darn well against Z-Bo but he shat the bed once his ankle got hurt and didn't do much of anything in games 5 and 6.
Please. He shat the bed, then his ankle got hurt.
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box score readers can laugh all they want but i've been consistently tuning into clippers games since cornerstone got there. nowhere did i call blake an elite player, but he has made improvements
Spur fans live and die by the numbers... what are you saying
Griffin is a bit disappointing, as he looked like he'd be a franchise player coming into the league. Hopefully that's just a symptom of having a re ed coach though, same as it was with Amare in Phoenix (who should have been an elite two-way player like Garnett).
Amare > Blake easy
Poor man's Amare tbh
I'm all for numbers. Keep in mind that with CP3 around his usage rate is down, his minutes per game was down, and with Paul's heavy pick and roll game they had him taking more jumpers than his rookie year. That's why his fg% dipped when Paul got there but he improved plenty this past season
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