Blake Griffin - A Bust Waiting to Happen
- Thread starter Kingster
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Does it really matter if hes 6'8'' or 6'10 when he can get up like this?...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IuyOcVeAuuI
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IuyOcVeAuuI
How many power forwards have a great first step to begin with? I don't remember Chris Webber having an awesome first step. Guys like Malone, Duncan, Boozer didn't blow by people with their quickness. There are a few "freaks" like Charles Barkeley and Kevin Garnett who did blow by people, but Barkeley was only 6'5" and Garnett is just an absolute athletic freak of nature. It would seem that footwork is more important than foot speed in a post player who usually had his back to the basket anyway. Of course, you can't be all slow and uncoordinated like a robot either. It's a balance.
Did we forget that Blake is only 19!
If he's 6'9, he can grow another inch ..
Theres nothing wrong with a Thompson, Hawes, Griffin Big Man rotation next year.
Maybe after next season you can trade one of them, it will be a better draft AND you'll have a better idea of were this team is going and who is a better fit.
If he's 6'9, he can grow another inch ..
Theres nothing wrong with a Thompson, Hawes, Griffin Big Man rotation next year.
Maybe after next season you can trade one of them, it will be a better draft AND you'll have a better idea of were this team is going and who is a better fit.
The dribble drive, dunk doesn't happen in games much. Happens even less with big men, and even less at the college level. It's not the best judge of overall talent anyhow. But if you haven't seen Blake do it, look again.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m-42dQVvm_o
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IuyOcVeAuuI
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-3mM336_tY8
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m-42dQVvm_o
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IuyOcVeAuuI
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-3mM336_tY8
didnt know this....
Griffin suffered a sprained Medial collateral ligament (MCL) in his left knee, five minutes into the Sooners game against the Kansas Jayhawks, January 14, 2008. Griffin did not return to the game and the Sooners would go on to lose, 85-55.[12] He would also miss the following game, a 63-61 victory over the Texas Tech Red Raiders on January 19.[7]
Less than two months after injuring his left knee, he injured his right knee in a home victory (64-37) against Texas A&M. The injury this time was torn cartilage, and he had arthroscopic surgery, March 2, 2008. He missed the following game, a March 5 victory of in-state rival Oklahoma State, 68-56, at Stillwater.[13] But was back on the court a week after the injury (March 8) with 14 points and 8 rebounds in 28 minutes versus the Missouri Tigers, a 75-66 win for the Sooners on their home floor.[7]
Griffin suffered a sprained Medial collateral ligament (MCL) in his left knee, five minutes into the Sooners game against the Kansas Jayhawks, January 14, 2008. Griffin did not return to the game and the Sooners would go on to lose, 85-55.[12] He would also miss the following game, a 63-61 victory over the Texas Tech Red Raiders on January 19.[7]
Less than two months after injuring his left knee, he injured his right knee in a home victory (64-37) against Texas A&M. The injury this time was torn cartilage, and he had arthroscopic surgery, March 2, 2008. He missed the following game, a March 5 victory of in-state rival Oklahoma State, 68-56, at Stillwater.[13] But was back on the court a week after the injury (March 8) with 14 points and 8 rebounds in 28 minutes versus the Missouri Tigers, a 75-66 win for the Sooners on their home floor.[7]