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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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?
