If Blake "monkeyball" Griffin...

[racm]

It's too early to say if "monkeyball" will doom Griffin's career to an early peak and quick decline. All we know right now is that his stats are pretty good for a second year player, having just put up two 20/10 seasons in row shooting >50%. Those stats are roughly comparable to Duncan at the same point in their careers, though Duncan was probably putting up those stats in a much more sustainable fashion.

Blake's far from the best player in the league, but I'd be lying if I said I didn't want a dude with that much potential on my team.

By Duncan's second year he had a Finals MVP, two All-NBA First Team selections, and two All-Defensive Team selections.

[TDMVPDPOY]

how many kia cars has he sold already?

[djohn2oo8]

Maybe if he adds to his game and stops staring everyone down after every dunk; he might not have a career ending injury.

[TheRealCB]

By Duncan's second year he had a Finals MVP, two All-NBA First Team selections, and two All-Defensive Team selections.

He specifically said "stats",idiot,not "accomplishments".

[whitemamba]

Maybe if he adds to his game and stops staring everyone down after every dunk; he might not have a career ending injury.

[pass1st]

how many kia cars has he sold already?

I've been seeing more Latins driving those cheap ass Rios lately, so he probably has had an impact.

[Bynumite]

I've been seeing more Latins driving those cheap ass Rios lately, so he probably has had an impact.

Give a car model a random spanish name and it's a guarantee s are all over it.

Kia Rio, Ford Fiesta, Toyota Taco, Hyundai ... not spanish but you get the point.

[whitemamba]

Give a car model a random spanish name and it's a guarantee s are all over it.

Kia Rio, Ford Fiesta, Toyota Taco, Hyundai ... not spanish but you get the point.

? is that a full size van? does it come in brown?

[Kidd K]

Being entirely honest, I think he'd be less popular if he was as black as KG. Unless he acted like a rapper thug and sold his own line of gold chains and rims. White people like Blake. If he was black like KG, he'd be just another dumb nig with a huge vertical to those people.

I don't think he'd be any less protected by the NBA, because dude gets hammered a lot and very rarely is anyone suspended for it. It isn't like a Steve Nash situation where you can't even bump him into some padding without getting suspended for two games despite not hurting him at all.

Not to mention, Stern loves any monkeyballers that bring in casual viewers. Those players always get protected and artificially boosted through favorable officiating.

I'm a trend setter. I set trends.

"monkeyball" is a commonly used term around here. Using it doesn't equate to trend setting.