Blake Griffin- buyout candidate

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Norman Dale said:
The Nets have between $5 and $6 mill for the Dinwiddie injury exception. Blake will go to the Nets unless another team can offer him more.
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Money rarely comes into play for players waived mid-season because in most cases it just off sets what Detroit owes him, not Blake getting paid more.
 
riverman said:
Blake couldn't play with Mason Plumlee...one of the least selfish teammates in the league...Blake to me looks like a guy who's made his money and has lost his passion for working hard to get better....he can retire tomorrow and never work another day and sort of looks like that's his passion now.
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I agree to some of this but if you watch him play now, he’s one of the least athletic players in the league due to numerous leg injuries. For a guy whose game was based mostly on athleticism, that means the end of his career. Maaaayyybbe he can give the Nets a boost off the bench for a few games in the playoffs, but he’s done. He sucks now and probably doesn’t deserve a rotation spot if not for his name and contract.
 
kjironman1 said:
Portland fans get so excited to be mentioned in a Woj tweet.
They miss the other teams mentioned. Nets, Warriors, Heat and all better suited for Blake right now.
He ain't coming here.
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The Warriors aren’t a good team and Griffin makes them worse.

It’s nuts seeing national media puts Curry as an MVP candidate over Lillard when they are basically a .500 team while Dame is carrying the Blazers to a 21-14 start and is having perhaps the greatest clutch regular season in my lifetime.
 
Shams reported that Blake gave back $13 million on the buyout.
He's going to look to recoup that both this year and what he can make next year on a mid-level or bi-annual. No one is going to give him a bigger deal next year.
If he can make $5 mill by going to the Nets and he wins a championship, then signs with another team for the mid-level next year, he should make back the money he returned to Detroit.
 
Norman Dale said:
Shams reported that Blake gave back $13 million on the buyout.
He's going to look to recoup that both this year and what he can make next year on a mid-level or bi-annual. No one is going to give him a bigger deal next year.
If he can make $5 mill by going to the Nets and he wins a championship, then signs with another team for the mid-level next year, he should make back the money he returned to Detroit.
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Good luck with that move. Giving up $13 million in a racist USA is a bold move. His entire game was based on athleticism. He’s cross-eyed, ffs. He has nothing to offer anymore other than maybe some ref favoritism.
 
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RoseCityRebel said:
Worthy won an NCAA title and had the iconic moment where Georgetown’s Fred Brown panicked and passed him the ball after Jordan’s shot. It’s the Basketball Hall of Fame, not the NBA Hall of Fame.
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Do not confuse that Fred Brown with the Sonics' Downtown Freddie Brown!

A great shooter AND playmaker who let Slick Watts start at his 1 position and moved to the 2, then let Dennis Johnson and Gus Williams take both guard spots and went to the bench in his prime, winning a championship. He deserves a medal for egoless unselfishness.
 
I don't want us to sign Griffin for the minimum.

Crazy to say that considering 18 months ago he was an All-NBA level player.

But I've watched him, and he looks totally done. He can't run or jump at all. I don't know if he would improve a D League team.

We don't need another one dimensional offensive player; Melo and Kanter provide plenty of that. When Nurk and CJ get healthy it already could be an issue with Melo and Kanter accepting lesser roles and lesser shots. There is no way Blake Griffin could join and have everyone stay happy. It would be like trader Bob signing Rod Strickland.
 
WesleyMatthews said:
I don't want us to sign Griffin for the minimum.

Crazy to say that considering 18 months ago he was an All-NBA level player.

But I've watched him, and he looks totally done. He can't run or jump at all. I don't know if he would improve a D League team.

We don't need another one dimensional offensive player; Melo and Kanter provide plenty of that. When Nurk and CJ get healthy it already could be an issue with Melo and Kanter accepting lesser roles and lesser shots. There is no way Blake Griffin could join and have everyone stay happy. It would be like trader Bob signing Rod Strickland.
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Strickland is a perfect example.
 
RoseCityRebel said:
Or Detlef Shrempf
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No, Shrempf was signed to be a key player, possibly the starting SF; then the team traded for Pippen and Shrempf was a good backup.

Detleft was a 37/38 years old role player here... very different from a 31 year old Griffin that is under the delusion he is a good NBA player, or Rod Strickland who was averaging 12/7 playing 30mpg in the season he was brought in.
 
WesleyMatthews said:
No, Shrempf was signed to be a key player, possibly the starting SF; then the team traded for Pippen and Shrempf was a good backup.

Detleft was a 37/38 years old role player here... very different from a 31 year old Griffin that is under the delusion he is a good NBA player, or Rod Strickland who was averaging 12/7 playing 30mpg in the season he was brought in.
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That’s a really good point. The one caveat is Whitsitt lied to Schrempf about his role and was a lockerroom malcontent.Didn’t Detlef end up living in Seattle and would drive to Portland for games, or am I imaging that actually happened?
 
jlprk said:
Do not confuse that Fred Brown with the Sonics' Downtown Freddie Brown!

A great shooter AND playmaker who let Slick Watts start at his 1 position and moved to the 2, then let Dennis Johnson and Gus Williams take both guard spots and went to the bench in his prime, winning a championship. He deserves a medal for egoless unselfishness.
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Wow - This brings back memories of some all time greats - "Downtown" Freddie Brown and "Slick" Watts so named for his shaved head!

Thanks for the memories!
 
One question i have. How often do we see players like this do some kind of workout before signing? If Blake Griffin can't really play any more wouldn't a team be smart to give him a workout?
Quite often they have to pass a physical so why not a workout?
 
So he can’t jump, dunk, rebound, play D or shoot the 3 anymore? The idea of Broken Blake and Old Melo being our PF rotation seems depressing to me. I’d pass.
 
Kano John said:
Wow - This brings back memories of some all time greats - "Downtown" Freddie Brown and "Slick" Watts so named for his shaved head!

Thanks for the memories!
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Dennis Johnson
Jack Sikma
Gus Williams
Lonnie Shelton
Tom LaGarde

Those guys were so good. Wish I could have seen them.

NBA please get a new franchise to Seattle ASAP.
 
STOMP said:
Blake is the worst NBA player I've seen this season. I'm only for acquiring him if Detroit includes their 1st.

STOMP
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We can’t trade for him without lots of talent going out. If we get him it will be as free agent.
 
blazerkor said:
The time for getting a big for the rest of the season has come and gone. If Nurk and Giles are still out after the all-star break we just need to get a guy on a 10 day that is big enough to not leave us totally exposed when Kanter goes to the bench. Griffin makes no sense. Whoever said he could start over anyone that we're starting right now is hilarious.
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Moses Brown tore up g League, I hear.
 
RoseCityRebel said:
Dennis Johnson
Jack Sikma
Gus Williams
Lonnie Shelton
Tom LaGarde

Those guys were so good. Wish I could have seen them.

NBA please get a new franchise to Seattle ASAP.
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Grizzlies should be in the west..so should the Pelicans...they're in a flood plain
 
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