Blake Griffin is not of this world

Stopped about 18 years ago. When Michael Jordan tripped over Dennis Rodman's leg and a foul was called on a defender 5 feet away, I exited.

Just curious how in a league where 1 player can make a huge difference, two stars "on the verge of greatness" can only win at a .395 clip. I know "great" has been watered down to mean "slightly above average" these days, but . . .

 

Aren't they both rookies? Gotta crawl before you walk.

 

BT-they lost their first 12 with Chris Kanan out for all but two games this year (suspect he's done as a Clipper) and Baron Davis was way, way, waaaaay outta shape and didn't get substantial minutes till the second week of December.

They've beaten the Heat and the Lakers in the past week or so. It's a fun team to watch, like Payton-Kemp-Schrempf era Sonics fun.

 

Blake's half white, so he's not as good an athlete as most American NBAers, but he's a gym rat who works very hard.

 

Am I the only one that was completely underwhelmed by that dunk? I'll see that a dozen more times this year from players with far less name recognition than Blake Griffin.

 

How many times have we been told that the Clippers are on the verge of something?

 

They may have a ton of potential and it might fall flat, but Griffin is a big reason why I started to watch the NBA again.

 

I've seen at least five better dunks than that ... by Griffin.

I think what made it definitive of the Griffin Effect is the non-chalance with which Eric Gordon just sort of flipped the pass up there without really looking or caring where the ball went. He knew Griffin would just locate it and rip it through no matter what the circumstances were.

 

Oh, my.

 

Great googily-moogily.

 

Really? You guys don't recognize sarcasm when you see it?

 

Eric Gordon is in his third season in the NBA.

That was No. 12 Eric Bledsoe (another rookie) who threw the oop, not Gordon.