October 29, 2009

Is Griffin a Victim of "Clipper Curse?"

Ramona Shelburne, Los Angeles Daily News

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For a couple seconds, everyone's heart stopped.

Blake Griffin was RUNNING through the Clippers' locker room.

Fractured kneecap, "Clipper Curse" be damned.

R-U-N-N-I-N-G!

It was only about 10 feet and he really was more like jogging quickly than sprinting. But still, if you're a Clipper, the thought of Griffin doing anything more than stepping cautiously right now has to freak you out.

After tempting the basketball gods' resolve by light-heartedly dismissing whatever force causes fate and fortune to scoff with cruel regularity at the Clipper franchise, it seemed a warning sign had been fired directly at Griffin and he clearly was not cowering.

Was he stubborn?

Still not impressed by "The Curse"?

Agnostic?

Or maybe, hard...

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