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2739600, Of course, but there's a big difference between that and "he's back!"
Posted by Frank Longo, Tue Jun-08-21 03:32 PM
I mean, two seasons ago, he put up 25-8-5, and he gritted it out through a knee injury in a playoff series just to try to throw a team on his hobbled back. Again, that was *two years ago.* Since arriving in Brooklyn, he's averaging 10-5-2.
It's clear he was saving at least some gas in the tank from 2020 on-- considering he can't keep hurting his knees on losing teams if he wishes to remain in the league, that's not a big surprise. So I'm also not terribly surprised that he can still unleash the occasional dunk that reminds you, "oh yeah, he's Blake Griffin." He's just transformed into Glue Guy Griffin, a guy too washed to carry even a bad NBA team, but not nearly so washed that he can't be a valuable fourth best player on a contender.
(Aldridge would fall into this category too imo-- imagine this team with him on the roster also!)
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