Sports at the end of the day is a business. But the brutal nature for Griffin has to make one pause. From being compared to Nelson Mandela, a “pioneer”, in attempts to be re-signed, to being shipped out in a rebuild.
Blake Griffin represents much of what was a new era of both prosperous and failed expectations in Clippers basketball. You would think the former number 1 overall pick would be informed by team execs upon being traded.
Here’s how Blake detailed finding out being traded via ESPN.
“Basketball is a business, the NBA is a business, and they made a decision,” Griffin told ESPN. “The only thing I just wish I had known or had the opportunity to talk to somebody beforehand. Finding out through Twitter, through other people is a tough way to find out when you’ve been with a franchise for so long.
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