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blake griffin March 8, 2021
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Blake Griffin photos that are somehow only partly believable

Blake Griffin is a free agent. A few years ago that would have been the headline across all of sports media, but in 2021 this holds a bit of a different significance. As Blake Griffin is expected to join the Brooklyn Nets, we wanted to review the most iconic moments of his career through photos.

After his first full season with the Detroit Pistons in 2018, Griffin’s production has gone downhill…significantly. 

After consistently averaging above 20 points per game over the first 10 seasons of his career, Griffin is down to just over 12 in 2021. An even sadder trend in Griffin’s game is the fact he hasn’t had an in-game dunk since 2019.

Blake Griffin’s new career chapter does not diminish the pure insanity of these photos

For a man whose whole career has been centered around dunking the ball, to say that he hasn’t dunked in just about 2 years is a crazy stat.

Now, it is not because he doesn’t want to dunk, it is because of the wear and tear all his highlight throwdowns have had on his body. Now, his body at age 31 is deteriorating, which is a tough pill to swallow for most fans.

Griffin is a free agent because the Pistons could not find a good trade partner for him, so instead, they bought him out. Teams were interested, but they are not expecting that star coming from Hollywood, but instead a debilitated player trying to find his niche in the game again.

Although Griffin has not dunked in quite a while, there is no ignoring the fact that his dunks made him the star that he is. So with that being said, let us take a look at Blake Griffin’s most iconic photos.

Blake Griffin demolishes Pau Gasol for the second time that game

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Blake Griffin unleashes his second dunk of the night on Pau Gasol (NBA.com)

In this Lakers-Clippers game back in 2012, Blake Griffin threw dunks down on Pau Gasol’s head not once, but twice. 

There are many players throughout the league that have been victims of a Blake Griffin dunk, but Pau Gasol suffered through it twice.

The Clippers ended up losing this game, but most people only remember Griffin’s memorable dunks and this photo that captured the moment in all its glory.

Blake Griffin dunks on Serge Ibaka

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Blake Griffin adds Sere Ibaka to his list of victims (NBA)

One of the special parts of a Blake Griffin highlight dunk is that it is not some circus open court, fast-break dunk, they are ferocious dunks that put his opponents on a poster.

And in this 2012 matchup against the Thunder, Blake Griffin put Serge Ibaka on a poster.

This dunk sparked a rivalry that continued between Griffin and Ibaka.

Danilo Gallinari falls victim to Griffin

Blake Griffin gets ready to unleash a brutal dunk over Danilo Gallinari (NBA)

And at this moment, Mr. Gallinari knew he messed up. Many players simply believe in themselves too much, they take one for the team and try to block a dunk attempt.

But in Griffin’s prime, it was best to just move out of the way as he blew to the rim. Unfortunately for Gallinari, he didn’t. 

The Knicks, as you will see at #2 have been a common victim to Blake Griffin and his throwdowns. This iconic photo of Blake Griffin shows he knew he had something coming.

Griffin shows Timofey Mozgov who is boss

Blake Griffin obliterates Timofey Mozgov. (NBA)

There is not a lot of debate for slots one and two of top dunks in Griffin’s career. For most iconic photos of Blake Griffin ever taken.

But unfortunately for Timofey Mozgov, he fell victim to one of Blake Griffin’s most posterizing dunk.

The only reason Mozgov will only be on a poster in someone’s room will be because of Blake Griffin totally demolishing him.

Is Kendrick Perkins okay?

Blake Griffin puts Kendrick Perkins on a poster (John Green, Cal Sport Media via AP)

The poster of all posters. There may never be a more ferocious dunk in NBA history. Kendrick Perkins fell victim to a complete and utter throwdown.

You have to respect Perkins in this case, he knew he a very slim shot of slowing Griffin down, but he didn’t want to back down, as he said after the game.

Perkins explained: “A lot of people are afraid of humiliation or don’t know how to handle embarrassment. I don’t care. … How will my teammates look at me if next time I just back out the way and just let him dunk when I’m supposed to be defensive-minded, a shot-blocker?”

Nothing but respect for Perkins, but simply put, Blake Griffin OWNED him.

There could be new Blake Griffin photos soon enough…

One of the tougher things about Blake Griffin and the second half of his career is that it is easy to assume that we will never see another player fall victim to posterization from his hands.

There are plenty of stars in the league that can hit clutch shots and average over 20 points. But there are very few in history that could do what Blake Griffin could.

Hopefully, Griffin finds some form of his old game because it would be very exciting to wake up one morning and see Griffin on SportsCenter Top 10 again.

The Brooklyn Nets are getting a good guy and a solid player for their squad, and if these iconic Blake Griffin photos are any indication, Griffin still has magic up his sleeves to bring out at the right moment.

blake griffin January 16, 2018
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A comprehensive analysis of the Rockets and Clippers almost scrapping

After last night’s Clippers win over the Rockets, some bad blood between the two teams spilled into some wild post-game almost-fighting.

With a summer blockbuster bringing Paul to Houston and sending Patrick Beverley, Montrezl Harrell, and Sam Dekker to Los Angeles, there were a lot of ex relationships that no longer seem to be very friendly.

It all started during the game with a couple minutes left. As the Clippers (who mostly suck) surprisingly leading the Rockets (who are very good), Blake Griffin seemed to bump Houston coach Mike D’Antoni.

Griffin then got a questionable and-one call on Paul while the Clippers were already all riled up about a non-call on a questionable block on the previous play.

Sports Illustrated‘s Lee Jenkins broke down the fracas:

“The Houston bench erupted [over no-call], and as the Clippers ran back down-court, Griffin bumped head coach Mike D’Antoni. On that same possession, Griffin drove against Paul and made a layup, drawing a foul in the process. The Rockets, already irate over the no–call goaltend and the bump, argued that the foul should have been on the floor. Paul appeared more upset with referee Michael Smith than he was with Griffin, but the two players also jawed back and forth.”

This was merely the beginning.

After the weird Griffin/D’Antoni altercation, Griffin and former teammate and Lob City proprietor Chris Paul jawed at each other, then Griffin drew the ire of Trevor Ariza.

Jenkins writes:

“Ariza was engaging in simultaneous shouting matches near the home bench, one with Griffin and another with Rivers. Ariza was ejected, as was Griffin, who had already received a technical foul for trading expletives with D’Antoni after the bump. ‘He hit me,’ D’Antoni said. ‘I didn’t appreciate it.’ Griffin and Ariza left down opposite tunnels, to their respective locker rooms, Griffin tossing his jersey into the stands.”

Ok, then shit got really weird.

Adrian Wojnarowski, the most plugged-in dude in NBA media and usually the first to report trades or free agent signings, used his sources to document the Rockets coming for Austin Rivers and Blake Griffin.

Chris Paul reportedly led a search party through a secret passageway to get to the Clippers locker room.

Meanwhile, Clint Capela just strolled up to the front door.

https://twitter.com/wojespn/status/953162234733117441

Somewhere in the chaos Austin Rivers called Trevor Ariza a bitch, according to Jenkins.

“A hallway runs between the Clippers locker room and the visitors locker room, where players from opposing teams often see each other and catch up. According to a Rockets source, Ariza was waiting on Griffin, and when the game ended he charged from the hallway into the Clips locker room. When Rivers spotted Ariza near the entrance, according to the source, he said: ‘Let his b—– a– come in.’ Ariza then turned his attention to Rivers.”

Obviously with all of this wild drama NBA Twitter lost its collective mind last night and the tweets… were good.

Some took time to address Chris Paul’s sketchy playoff record

https://twitter.com/DamianTrillard/status/953166066905104384

Others wondered if certain players were really ’bout that life

Let’s put this all into context real quick…

Chuck and Shaq lost it

https://twitter.com/World_Wide_Wob/status/953159884064854016

Clint Capela’s new nickname is Trojan Horse until further notice

Chris Paul, President of the Player’s Union, leading secret espionage missions

But what’s the best plotline of the whole ordeal?

https://twitter.com/HPbasketball/status/953174797109796865

Wait… what did Steph do?

https://twitter.com/JJRedick/status/953283725424553984

Ok Blake.

Sure, Pat.

And the pièce de résistance…