The guy is an absolute monster, everytime I watch one of his games my jaw literally drops at the things he does out of nowhere.
Hes the most explosive player in the NBA. When the big 3 retires, what do the Celtics have to do to get this guy?
They'll never get him.
Also, what's the over / under on how long it takes Griffin to injure himself again?
He plays for the Clippers and he has a ridiculously all-out-crash style (like Wade and Gerald Wallace, only in a big man) which makes him liable to get injured. I feel like it's just a matter of time.
I dont think the comparison with Wade or Wallace is an accurate one as i dont believe you can get a propper understanding of what would happen if Blake would start battleing injurys on a constant basis.
If i were to compare Blake Griffin to anyone it would Antonio McDyess.
When McDyess came into the NBA he was a slighty inferior player to Griffin but with all the same skills (eg. could do everything that Griffin could do, Blake is just abit better at the point of their carrers)
If McDyess didnt battle injurys for most of his carrer he would be talked about in the same vein as Kevin Garnett and Rasheed Wallace, he was that good but it didnt turn out that way and later in his carrer he had to re-tune his game to fit a different style and that worked out for him.
I think McDyess's carrer is a good "worst case scenario" for Blake Griffin, if all hell breaks loose he will still be very good, if he dosnt get major injurys he will be a dominant player 10+ years to come ala Kevin Garnett.
But he will never suffer in the same way as say Yao Ming or a Grant Hill, injurys will only force him to alter his game from what we see today to what McDyess does (he will just be a better shooter)
Here's a video to remind people of how McDyess actualy played during his early days:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4_DqnUg-i0khttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4_DqnUg-i0k
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