Blake Griffin

A six-time All-Star, Griffin boasts averages of 19.8 points and 8.2 rebounds in 724 career regular season games with the Nets, L.A. Clippers and Detroit Pistons ...

Even with all that leap, Griffin never was a shot-blocker, and aside from his first season in the league, nor was he the great rebounder in the NBA that he was in college. He may not be ageing like Kevin Love, perhaps, but he is finding ways to contribute on a nightly basis, and where once the poster dunk was something he did better than everyone else, his new something is the taken charge. Also a decent and unselfish passer on the move, Griffin can now create offense with the ball in his hands, where once he was the one who needed creating for. But over the course of his 13-year career, he has gotten smarter, wiser and more polished as a player. Shooting slightly on the way down, consistency in the outside shot has never been a hallmark of Blake's, as evidenced by his 26.2% three-point percentage last campaign. And when he does set screens, his big frame means they can be meaningful ones, recording 1.6 screen assists per game even in his limited role. What Griffin has done, though, is develop his perimeter skills beyond just the shooting. The deal is fully guaranteed, and thus not part of the training camp shuffle - Griffin, it seems, will be a Celtic to begin this season. As training camp draws to a close and preseason begins, this is usually a point in the season where the only NBA transactions hitting the wire are players being signed for a day or two so as to be able to allocate their rights to the team's G League affiliate, or cuts of any residual offseason excess. [more recent news](https://www.si.com/nba/2022/09/23/celtics-robert-williams-out-8-12-weeks-after-knee-surgery) that starting center Robert Williams will miss a longer period of time than previously thought with the lingering effects of the injury that clearly hampered him in last year's NBA Finals run. The burst has largely gone, ne'er to return. Between 2010 and 2019 inclusive, Griffin averaged 21.9 points and 9.0 rebounds per game.

The Celtics reportedly added much-needed big man depth by signing Blake Griffin on Friday. Our Chris Forsberg breaks down what the veteran could bring to ...

Gallinari could miss the entire season while Williams III will be sidelined 8-12 weeks after a cleanup procedure on his knee. Two years ago, he was playing 26.5 minutes per game in the playoffs for the Nets and the Celtics shouldn’t need to lean on him anywhere near that much if healthy. We’ll take Griffin’s addition as a sign that the team isn’t blown away by what it’s seen from the gaggle of camp invitees. If the Celtics were simply looking to fill the Gallinari void then Griffin could be fine in limited minutes. [Watch on YouTube](https://youtu.be/0lQ6KAx60K0) The guy who once made dunking over a Kia look easy had 13 dunks in 958 minutes last season.

The 2009 No. 1 overall draft pick, Griffin is a six-time All-Star who averaged career lows of 6.4 points and 4.1 rebounds in 17 minutes with the Brooklyn Nets ...

In 12 NBA seasons, he averaged 19.8 points and 8.2 rebounds. 1 overall draft pick, Griffin is a six-time All-Star who averaged career lows of 6.4 points and 4.1 rebounds in 17 minutes with the Brooklyn Nets last season. [Blake Griffin](https://www.spin.ph/tag/blake-griffin) has agreed to a contract with the [Boston Celtics](https://www.spin.ph/tag/boston-celtics), a person familiar with the deal told The Associated Press on Friday (Saturday, Manila time).

First, Danilo Gallinari tore his ACL, an injury that's likely to sideline him for the season. Then, Robert Williams underwent an arthroscopic knee injury and ...

[Adrian Wojnarowski](https://twitter.com/wojespn/status/1575868141493579776?s=20&t=Gdj2C8rGUxgjyp89ZfR6kQ), gives Boston a proven option to add to its depth at the pivot. Additionally, Boston likely believes Griffin will fit well in the locker room. Griffin's also the most mobile of Boston's free-agent options at center. [Danilo Gallinari](https://www.si.com/nba/celtics/top-stories/danilo-gallinari-undergoes-acl-repair) tore his ACL, an injury that's likely to sideline him for the season. Per Wojnarowski, Griffin's deal with the Celtics is a one-year contract that's fully guaranteed. Then, [Robert Williams](https://www.si.com/nba/celtics/top-stories/robert-williams-undergoes-arthroscopic-procedure-on-left-knee-expected-to-return-to-basketball-activities-in-8-12-weeks) underwent an arthroscopic knee injury and won't resume basketball activities for 8-12 weeks.

Blake Griffin is reportedly set to join the Boston Celtics after signing a one-year, fully guaranteed deal on Friday, according to multiple reports.

Boston will use Griffin for his veteran leadership and playmaking ability at the four-spot, not only as a bouncy scorer but as an underrated passer out of the low and mid-post. Griffin played 56 games last year in Brooklyn, averaging 6.4 points, 4.1 rebounds, and 1.9 assists per game while shooting 42.5 percent from the field. Griffin has played for four teams from 2017-18: the Clippers, Pistons, Nets, and Celtics.

Veteran and former All-Star Blake Griffin signs the veteran minimum one-year, $2.7 million with the Boston Celtics.

[He signed](https://basketballforever.com/2021/03/08/blake-griffin-and-the-brooklyn-nets-make-it-official) consecutive veteran minimum contracts to play with a revamped Brooklyn team featuring Kevin Durant and Kyrie Irving. Griffin is expected to bring some needed veteran presence to the young Celtics squad that made it all the way to the Finals last season and was expected to be a contender again this season. Brooklyn was expected to play for the title, and Griffin was part of their 2021 Eastern Conference semifinals run, but that is as far as the team has come to the title. [couldn’t trade Griffin](https://basketballforever.com/2021/02/16/blake-griffin-to-sit-while-pistons-weigh-their-options) with his contract and eventually bought out the $75 million remaining on his deal. [2011 Slam Dunk contest](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0WUeB6oXlZs) and Rookie of the Year and seemed he was on his way to superstar status. [averaged](https://www.basketball-reference.com/players/g/griffbl01.html) 24.5 points, 7.5 rebounds, and 5.4 assists for the Pistons.

The Detroit Pistons aren't in the market for a free agent, but there are some big names still out there even after Blake Griffin signed with the enemy.

It’s something the Players Association is clearly going to bring up in the next CBA, as they are always looking out for veterans. It’s leading to a lot of top-heavy payrolls populated with young, cheap players at the bottom. It shows a recent trend in the NBA that relates to the salary cap.

Is the Griffin signing an indictment against the training camp invitees and their ability to fill in for some frontcourt minutes?

[https://spoti.fi/3GfUPFi](https://spoti.fi/3GfUPFi) [ https://apple.co/3zBKQY6](https://apple.co/3zBKQY6) Is the Griffin signing an indictment against the training camp invitees and their ability to fill in for some frontcourt minutes in the absence of big men Robert Williams III, Luke Kornet, and Danilo Gallinari?

BOSTON — Training camp is only four practices old and the Celtics haven't even played a preseason game yet, but they've already been dinged up significantly ...

Griffin was tied for first in the NBA with 26 charges drawn last season, but his 0.46 charges drawn per game led the league. Derrick White came in at close behind at third in the NBA with 25 charges drawn. It’ll take a handful of practices for Griffin to get acclimated to his new teammates in Boston. He’s not above the rim anymore, but he still does great things. The 33-year-old certainly [isn’t the same high-flying guy from a decade ago](https://www.masslive.com/celtics/2022/09/how-blake-griffin-fits-boston-celtics-after-agreeing-to-one-year-deal.html), but the Celtics hope he still has some productive minutes left in his career. [ which is why they will sign Blake Griffin to a one-year deal](https://www.masslive.com/celtics/2022/09/celtics-sign-blake-griffin-to-one-year-deal-to-shore-up-front-court-report.html).

Blake Griffin was once one of the league's best players and has already developed a career outside of basketball. Read more on Boston.com.

That same year, he made his acting debut when he appeared in an episode of the Comedy Central show “Broad City.” He also appeared in an episode of the “Eric Andre Show” and the film “The Female Brain” to go along with being a roaster at the Comedy Central Rost of Alec Baldwin. Griffin had a stint working for the comedy website Funny or Die and made his comedy debut at a Just for Laughs festival in 2016. He ended up scoring eight points and brought a jolt to the Nets though it didn’t last in that game or in Game 4 as the Celtics pulled off the sweep. He changed his game up a bit, developing a jump shot to help alleviate the stress on his knees from much of the dunking he did during his days with the Clippers. After getting traded to the Pistons during the 2017-18 season, Griffin remained mostly healthy over the next two seasons, missing just a few games for a bone bruise. He re-signed with the Clippers following that season, but missed a month due to an MCL sprain. In the 2015-16 season, Griffin missed time due to a partially torn quad. Griffin was limited during the Clippers’ first-round playoff loss to the Grizzlies in 2013 due to an ankle sprain. Griffin had a busy weekend that year, playing in the Rookie-Sophomore Challenge and participating in the Slam Dunk Contest, too. He was named to one of the All-NBA teams four straight years, too (second-team from 2012-14 and third-team in 2015). Griffin reached the final round of the Slam Dunk Contest, going up against JaVale McGee. For several NBA fans, Griffin became a household name during All-Star Weekend in 2011.

After winning Defensive Player of the Year and averaging a career high 5.9 assists, Smart's looking to build off the best of his eight NBA seasons to help ...

And the beauty of it, we had, our starting five last year, everybody got a vote for (an All) Defensive team, so that speaks volumes about what we have (as) an identity and who we're trying to be." He can affect the game, not just with his offense but defensively, so it'll be a great pick up for us. Last year, he led the league in charges taken, which is, for a guy that doesn't play as much, or didn't play as much as him, that speaks volumes about what he does. Obviously, lob city Blake and that Blake Griffin, he's not there, he's not above the rim anymore, but he still does great things. Offensively, he finally got to spend a season as the Celtics' starting point guard. "I don't have to do more because of what I do.