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L.A. could offer a package with Blake Griffin to the Magic tomorrow, give Otis Smith and Orlando till Monday to mull it over and Dwight Howard would be in Hollywood by next week. But the reasons this trade makes sense for everyone have more to do with Blake Griffin than Dwight Howard.
The key is selling high. Blake Griffin has become one of the biggest superstars in the NBA over the past 18 months, but at this point, his popularity outstrips his production. Watching him this season has been strange. He's still got all the potential that made us fall in love last year, except, now that we've been asked to take the Clippers seriously as a contender, you notice Blake's shortcomings more than his potential. You see him whining about calls, settling for bad jumpers, getting...
Thank you, Indiana Pacers. Thank you for what you did on Tuesday night. Thank you for beating the Magic 105-87 and doing what needed to be done long ago. Thank you for putting Orlando players, coaches and fans out of their... more »
There was no fanfare. No standing ovation. No curtain call. No farewell speech. There wasn't even a goodbye wave. Just a disheartened coach walking somberly and silently off the floor at the Amway Center. Maybe for the last... more »
They sporadically emerged from elevators and leisurely filed into a hotel conference room. The Grizzlies clearly weren't in any hurry to attend a film session devoted to making improvements from their Game 3 loss. "I ain't no Xs... more »
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