Clippers: Clippers/Lakers game thread. Clipshow beatdown in progress.

[midnightpulp]

Griffin is a player you can win a le with, tbh..I've defended him since last year against critics that constantly accuse him of being merely a monkeyballer..his post up game is decent, his face-up game is nice, his jump shot is progressing..he takes intelligent shots(for a star player), he's constantly active..

Excellent passer, as well.

[DPG21920]

But he knew he was signing for a scrub team anyway. Did he expect the join a playoff team in Phoenix? The Rockets had been the 9th seed the last two seasons and were in better shape due to the draft picks, young assets, and cap room. Plus, he broke out (not the Durant/DRose acne type) in Houston and basically told them to off even though it was a better situation than Phoenix that's going no where.

The Rockets have been inept for a long time. He saw that first hand. It wasn't like he had a ton of choices and HOU didn't want to pay him. If you are going to be on a bad team, you might as well get paid better/in line with your services (lol paying Lin, but not Goran). Point is, this wasn't something where he left a great situation for a little more money. PHX whiffed big and now he's surrounded by scrubs. I hardly blame him for that.

[Clipper Nation]

13 straight, es!

Griffin is a player you can win a le with, tbh..I've defended him since last year against critics that constantly accuse him of being merely a monkeyballer..his post up game is decent, his face-up game is nice, his jump shot is progressing..he takes intelligent shots(for a star player), he's constantly active..

Truth bombs, son... ESPN is giving people the wrong impression of him, focusing on his nasty dunks only, tbh...

[Pelicans78]

The Rockets have been inept for a long time. He saw that first hand. It wasn't like he had a ton of choices and HOU didn't want to pay him. If you are going to be on a bad team, you might as well get paid better/in line with your services (lol paying Lin, but not Goran). Point is, this wasn't something where he left a great situation for a little more money. PHX whiffed big and now he's surrounded by scrubs. I hardly blame him for that.

I agree Houston has been inept, and I can't remember how much more PHX offered compared to Houston, but still, he really had no clue what direction PHX was going in this offseason. They went after Gordon when everyone knew NOLA would match. They gave Beasley a dumb contract after he was one of the worst players in the league the previous two seasons and really didn't do much else. Maybe the Suns can improve in the future, but its unlikely with the current owner they have who has proven to be inept as much as anyone.