I find it so hard to like Blake Griffen. He plays hard and flops around like there is no tomorrow which I dislike but I don't have the hugest problem with. My problem is that everyone wants to give him special treatment. His teammates call out players for hard fouls on him saying that he gets mugged more the anyone in the league and when they interview him about plays were he tangles with other players (like vs the nets against Humphries a couple of weeks ago) he acts like the ball was already his and they shouldn't be going after it.
Wow... that's a 1980's old school Pistons and 90's Knicks type of foul. That's good stuff. Glad he isn't injured but you gotta send a message that Griffin can't just be making highlights on you every time he's around the hoop. If Griffin played in the 80's or early 90's, he'd go home crying.
Unfortunately, Jason Smith will probably be fined a billion dollars and suspended for the rest of the season for taking out the NBA's favorite highlight machine. Of course other players hate Griffin. He has been the NBA's favorite poster boy ever since the first time he dunked. He gets so much preferential treatment from the refs it's sickening. He constantly pushes off and comes over the back on rebounds and clears out with his off arm on dunks. But, he never gets called for the foul because it would negate a Sportscenter moment. Instead of getting called for over the back, or clearing out with his off arm, he often gets the highlight reel dunk and the the and-1. Welcome to Davis Stern's NBA Jason Smith. Even if you are allowed to play (no one outside of New Orleans will notice, or care), don't expect to get any calls in your favor the rest of the year. Stern's minions will send a message loud and clear - mess with our favorite poster child and you'll be sorry. BNM
Del Negro sounds like McMillan when he had Roy. Thanks to InsideHoops for this ESPN article. http://espn.go.com/los-angeles/nba/story/_/id/7726313/the-trouble-los-angeles-clippers-del-negro http://www.insidehoops.com/nba_rumors.shtml
Kevin Love: 8.1 ppg in the 4th quarter of games on 50% shooting. Tied with Derrick Rose for 4th quarter average. He's a 3rd option guy for sure.
The only thing he has on LMA on the offensive end is the alpha male complex. He demands the ball and attacks.
Love is such a baller. Durant hits a 3 to go up by 3 and the next possession Love hits a 3 to match him. Tie game. 42 points, game most likely going to overtime.
Kevin Love 1 point last 6 minutes of his 51 point OKC game. Also, one of the few 50 point/zero assist games in NBA history, in yet another T-Pup loss. If Minny doesn't watch it, the Blazetanks might somehow move ahead of them. Rick Adelman is a superchawesome coach, though! Love is a stat padder. I've already posted 4th quarter stats for 'close' games in other threads. http://www.basketball-reference.com...&c3val=&c4stat=&c4comp=gt&c4val=&order_by=pts
if you take michael jordan, kobe bryant, and moses malone off that list, then squint a lil bit, it almost looks like a bad thing to score 50 points in a game
A) They were in the top 8 and surging before Rubio got hurt and... B) They are way improved from last year so... C) Rick Adelman (4 conference Finals and 2 NBA Finals) is a superchawesome coach
