Blake Griffin is so annoying to watch

[FreedS[ohh]lave]

CP3 deserves some of the blame, I think Blake would be much better with a PG that had a score first mentality, like he'd really thrive with Kyrie or Steph as opposed to someone like CP3. He needs the true threat of the PG coming off that pick and firing it up without much hesitation to draw attention off him. Plus, they don't run enough iso sets for him where he gets the ball on the wing like he did as a rookie.

Another problem though on the low is hes almost Amare bad on D

 

[pete clemenza]

I told you Lamarcus was better

He under performs breh.. he's comfortable with midrange jump shots all game long

 

[Gil Scott-Heroin]

Blake's defense has improved quite a bit. Comparing him to Amare in that area, is a disservice to the work he's put in.

 

[Malta]

I'm talking about Jordan's increase of minutes over Blake's rookie season and sophomore season and the drop since then:



Combined with Blake's drop in minutes:

2010/2011 Season - 38.0 MPG
2011/2012 Season - 36.2 MPG
2012/2012 Season - 32.5 MPG

Then you weigh into account personnel (adapting to CP3's style/pace), with more minutes distributed throughout the frontcourt.

That seems like an easy out breh, his rebounding rate is dropping year by year and the Clippers haven't improved by a large margin as a team in regards to rebounding. The rate at which he's rebounding dropped off significantly compared to last year, he was playing with Jordan then as well.

Just seems like he's not giving max effort on the boards, for comparison, Kevin Love's rebound rate hasn't dropped despite playing with a much better rebounder in Pekovic (Over Darko).

 

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[Gil Scott-Heroin]

That seems like an easy out breh, his rebounding rate is dropping year by year and the Clippers haven't improved by a large margin as a team in regards to rebounding. The rate at which he's rebounding dropped off significantly compared to last year, he was playing with Jordan then as well.

Just seems like he's not giving max effort on the boards, for comparison, Kevin Love's rebound rate hasn't dropped despite playing with a much better rebounder in Pekovic (Over Darko).

Easy way out? Naw. As I said it's not about the Clippers improving in that area, it's that the minutes/roles are more distributed throughout the frontcourt. Plus his role has changed since his rookie season on the defensive end as well.

Clippers forward Blake Griffin disagreed with Del Negro.

"It depends on our defensive strategy and our defensive principles for that game," Griffin said. "We switch them every single game. I don't see that, no, but I'm biased." [...]

"Our main focus of practice and our theme of practice has been defensively making sure we're executing our game plan," Griffin said. "Because like I said, we switch it up every game, depending on who we're playing and who has the ball and who's a threat for them." [...]

"We want our identity to be a defensive team," Griffin said. "We don't want to have to make adjustments for every single team and switch things up but to make teams adjust to us and the way we play."

He's playing further away from the basket on offense this season =

2011/2012 - 4.3 offensive rebounds per 48 mins
2012/2013 - 3.3 offensive rebounds per 48 mins

Made a more concerted effort to play defense and not just look for rebounds (staying longer away from the basket on perimeter defense) =

2011/2012 - 10.0 defensive rebounds per 48 mins
2012/2013 - 8.8 offensive rebounds per 48 mins

Love's rebounding rate probably won't drop much regardless of team mates, that's why he's an exception to the rule.

 

[Malta]

Easy way out? Naw. As I said it's not about the Clippers improving in that area, it's that the minutes/roles are more distributed throughout the frontcourt. Plus his role has changed since his rookie season on the defensive end as well.



He's playing further away from the basket on offense this season =

2011/2012 - 4.3 offensive rebounds per 48 mins
2012/2013 - 3.3 offensive rebounds per 48 mins

Made a more concerted effort to play defense and not just look for rebounds (staying longer away from the basket on perimeter defense) =

2011/2012 - 10.0 defensive rebounds per 48 mins
2012/2013 - 8.8 offensive rebounds per 48 mins

Love's rebounding rate probably won't drop much regardless of team mates, that's why he's an exception to the rule.

So what do you think should happen with Blakes development?

 

[Gil Scott-Heroin]

So what do you think should happen with Blakes development?

In terms of what?

 

[Malta]

In terms of what?

How he should be utilized and what T-rex arms should work on in the off-season.

 

[GoldenGlove]

Blake comes off as the type of player that thinks that he knows it all and that he's never wrong.

Pair that mentality with a guy like CP3 and you get 2 very talented players who don't like playing with each other. Seems like they struggle getting on the same page at times. Don't let the lobs fool you.

 

[Gil Scott-Heroin]

How he should be utilized and what T-rex arms should work on in the off-season.

Like we've both agreed before- he either needs CP3 to drastically switch up his game or he needs a new PG. Besides Vinny, Paul's stunted his growth like a muh'fukka.

He needs to work on his moves/decision making from the high post, the most.