Hitting above the shoulders is too obvious. Much harder to see someone getting punched in the junk. Only the aftermath is visible.
What makes you so sure C.J. will want to stay when his contact is up? What if he wants his own team like Lillard has?
So I'm betting that if I trade CJ for Griffin, that Griffin is more likely to stay in Portland than CJ? Pass.
You might not want to be so quick to criticize Blake for what happened with the trainer. The Clippers misdiagnosed his original injury and then actually treated it wrong. Then when the treatment didn't work they had it diagnosed again this time with a completely different treatment. Again this treatment did not work. To this day Blake Griffin still has a torn Quad that might need surgery in the off season. The problem got so bad and contentious with trainers that Blake actually got in a fight with one who happened to be his very good friend. There is no question the Clippers have not only screwed up here but they might have even shortened a great career with questionable training decisions. To question if Griffin will be a Clipper next year might not be a stretch. Blake Griffin has one year left with an early Termination option on his contract. Including this year he has 60 mil coming. He does have a 15% trade kicker. I am not sure if Griffin could or even would end up in Portland but there is no doubt he would be an upgrade at PF. I also have no idea if Olshey would even want him here? But the writing is on the wall in LA. Blake's days as a Clipper might be coming to an end.
I'm sure if we offer up enough in the draft Domantas could be ours but don't expect his pops to come over any time soon. My friend married a woman from Vilnius and reports back to me from time to time on Sabonis. Basketball is a religion in that country and he is their Michael Jordan. They just made a movie about the guy. He's heavily involved with the local community and the national team (as is his son.)
That, and only one of the fouls in the first quarter was real. The second one was complete bullshit. Edit: wait, which foul was the block? That was the bogus foul.
