Griffin is on a huge contract. Plus I feel Griffin is about his image and market that winning now.
Pretty much is. What, his stats are a bit better? WGAF? Win games, mother er. Dude disappears constantly and has no fricken idea how to make players better. His teams are just as crappy as they were five years ago. So, yeah, get excited about empty stats. I just see a player getting by on natural talent and that's it.
If the Spurs were to trade Pau for Mark, is that a better starting lineup than one with Bertans? I'm doubtful. I think the defense could really suffer with an Aldridge/Gasol front line
Only a ing re wouldn't want Blake Griffin. He's having a monster year that's being ignored because he's in ty Detroit. He's even better than when he used to on us with triple doubles.
He's averaging a Lebron line of 26/8/5 for the season and is playing out of his mind in January (31/6/5).
If the option to get him is there, you do it. Especially for a 33yr old Aldridge or DePressed choke artist.
same here
Griffin is too expensive!
Only a ing re would want to pay a player $140M over the next four years when he's averaged 55 games played over the previous four years. I don't hate his game, but I hate his M*A*S*H propensity. He's a ing China doll.
He's no Rozier and Yabusele, that's for sure.
Yeah guys Blake griffin has been great this year, idk if I’d swap him for LA or DeMar but he’s been really good
Sounds like it. Small market should help each other to shove this up Fakers. Demar, Murray and Raps 1st pick.
The wanting-out cancer is spreading, god damn.
If I were the owners, I would tell the players league to go themselves, all contracts are one year only, with some injury kickers.
Pelicans asked Silver to investigate tampering in the Anthony Davis request for a trade and the NBA brought the hammer down on Rich Paul and the Lakers by.....giving a 50k fine to Davis and closing the case.
Man, this charade, the Lakers and Adam Silver.
Wow really? Chump change... Probably pays it with a smile and a thank you!
Anti Tampering needs to be a HARSH punishment. Its not really a punishment when you are fining multi million dollar players 50k...
Him and LMA are kinda redundant. I don’t think they can play together and I don’t think he’s worth replacing LMA with. Don’t get me wrong though, Blake is a baller. Nice to see him having a good year
Disregard Gasol's comments (matter fact, disregard any Spurs rumor that doesn't involve a big wing). I have no doubt he'd love to be a Spur, but that ship sailed for the same reasons his brother being a rotation player for this team has.
Not really. Griffin is closer to a big wing than a big. His ceiling is higher than Aldridge's, but Aldridge's floor is higher than his and given their style of play, body types and injury histories, Aldridge has a much better chance of maintaining relative effectiveness into his mid-late 30s.
Similarly talent levels. One is younger and his talents are much better suited for today's NBA (Blake Griffin). Blake is easily too 10 player in today's NBA. LMA sits outside largely because he can't really pass or dribble.
Agree with this. LMA will always have that nice stroke and a big bruiser's body. He should age well. Griffin has so much of his game based on speed for a big man. Should age poorly. Hope I'm wrong as I like Blake and wish him well.
Griffin is always hurt. No thanks on him. He's a good player but that doesn't mean when ur on the bench for a 3rd of the season. We don't have the talent to survive our best player missing that much time and us making the playoffs.
I trade DeMar for Blake in a Detroit second.
How does a top 10 player not be in the playoffs in the east?
Like a tip to his server, tbh.
Right now, top 15: James, Davis, Durant, Curry, Harden, Antetokounmpo, Leonard, Embiid, Jokic, Irving, George, Lillard, Towns, Griffin, Gobert.
Pau Gasol? Sometimes a change in culture and scenery is all you need. Griffin has Reggie Jackson, who is an ok talent but has a terrible at ude and IQ for basketball. Andre Drummond is overrated. The guy would be the 4th or 5th best player on a real contender. New coach this year.
Idk. Griffin is a good alpha. Guy has all the talents plus a big bruiser mentality. Sometimes that can take you farther than what Irving, pg, or Lillard can bring. Gobert should not be on your list, Towns is still growing but for now I'll take Griffin.
The first 9 are definitively better, but either way, saying he's "easily a top 10 player" is overstating it.
Don't let a select few players (with rules tailored towards their being able to thrive) being able to exploit Gobert in a playoff series fool you. He's the most impactful defender in the league and despite being unable to create his own shot, he's still a good offensive player because of his elite screening, vertical spacing and finishing ability.
Towns has similar offensive impact to Griffin, with better defensive impact.
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