Blake Griffin.
You'll be hearing from this kid throughout the season. I call him the Terminator. The really original nickname came to me watching him play in a game during his last year at Oklahoma. Three plays in particular in one game: 1. a 90 foot sprint to violently pin block a weakling's layup attempt, 2. an awful lob setup by a crappy teammate where Blake went up to the top of the box vulernable and ended up getting high-lowed and fell almost completely on his back, 3. a stray ball pinging toward the score's table, where Blake proceeded to do an all out head first dive over the scores table onto the cement steps. This wasn't one of those pre-meditated, I know exactly where I am going to land on my feet and the crowd will appreciate me effort dives into the stands this was an all out head first I might be paralyzed dives. And the guy popped back up like nothing happened. All three plays, Blake was just business as usual stone-faced.
I expect Blake to be a dominant player this year, albeit on a bad team. Well, hold on not necessarily a bad team. They'll need Baron to stay healthy and be invested. Hopefully Vinny Del Negro will be able to get the ball to Eric Gordon in spots where he can be effective. Build the offense around Blake mid post square ups, and loops where Eric Gordon will have driving lanes with little or late help from other defenders.
But Blake is gonna be 16 and 9 minimum. Well on his way to 21 and 11. I just hope he stays healthy. He just such a monster in there. I hope he learns not to lay himself out and be so vulnerable. The way he jumps and second jumps in there, he's always a land on somebodys foot and roll an ankle for 4 weeks candidate. But nevertheless, Blake's a bad dude and I am excited to watch him when I can.
And since I am in LA, maybe I can fall into some good Clips seats every once in a while.
Willing to work harder,
JC
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