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Re: How about Blake Griffin?!
« Reply #15 on: June 12, 2012, 01:10:00 AM »

Offline NoraG1

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NO PLEASE NO!!!

He has no post game, no jumpshot, no free throw, all he can do is dunk it...

This. I am glad somebody sees how little talent he has besides dunking. I would wait to see if the is willing to work on his game first.

Re: How about Blake Griffin?!
« Reply #16 on: June 12, 2012, 01:14:31 AM »

Offline LooseCannon

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You forgot his flopping, which is an important skill in the modern NBA.
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Re: How about Blake Griffin?!
« Reply #17 on: June 12, 2012, 01:33:34 AM »

Offline mqtcelticsfan

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LaMarcu Aldridge.  And yes, I think he is all that. Top 3 PF talent in my opinion.  Not as athletic as Blake, but can do just as much if not more.  Isn't he a legit 6'11 or 7 footer?

Man, what a waste of great talent.

Not gonna happen. He's 26 and under team control through 2015. He's like the perfect guy to rebuild around.

Re: How about Blake Griffin?!
« Reply #18 on: June 12, 2012, 02:03:32 AM »

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Plenty of upside, but he has to learn how to play defense and shoot the ball before he is ever considered elite.  He is completely unattainable.

I would rather have Aldridge, but he is also unattainable.  He has 2 years left on his contract IIRC and wants an extension there.

Re: How about Blake Griffin?!
« Reply #19 on: June 12, 2012, 02:30:04 AM »

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Yup i like the aldriges of the world over the griffins
but the x factor is always interesting in a player like blake

I say go after dwight and pray

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Re: How about Blake Griffin?!
« Reply #20 on: June 12, 2012, 02:45:23 AM »

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Plenty of upside, but he has to learn how to play defense and shoot the ball before he is ever considered elite.  He is completely unattainable.

I would rather have Aldridge, but he is also unattainable.  He has 2 years left on his contract IIRC and wants an extension there.

TP on both points. LaMarcus is awesome, but Portland has really committed to building around him. Why would he leave?

Besides going somewhere with a competent medical staff... :-X


Anyway,

Blake is a good player. He's not a great player, but despite our microwave attention span as sports fans this is his only second year as an NBA power forward. Last year he (and props to Eric Gordon too) brought the Clippers back to relevance. This year, he joined up with Chris Paul to take their poor man's Payton & Kemp show into the second round. He's already a better player than he was last year, and he'll probably be better in 12-13.

Now, is he overhyped? Well, he was as soon as CP3 joined the team and the expectation went from "entertain us" to "win some games." Remember all those years KD and Westbrook were on terrible, terrible Sonics/Thunder teams?

Yeah, me neither. They just got three straight years of top five picks because David Stern was so upset Seattle lost its team that he just had to make OKC great as fast as possible. ;D

Point being, Blake was the most exciting dunker this league had seen in a while. And he was new.

Now he's a got a couple thousand miles on him, and the new car smell has worn off, and everyone's gotten all jaded over the fact that their Kia ain't a Porsche.
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