Griffin
Posted: Mon Jan 17, 2011 7:13 pm
“A dunk takes the steam out of people, especially when it’s a big guy,” Davis told Y! Sports. “So when you’re dunking on people three to four times in a game, it just deflates you. It deflates your interior defense. The only retaliation is to cheap-shot somebody.
“I think it’s unfair because this kid is … not being brash or talking [expletive] to people. The only other way to protect yourself as a player playing against him is to cheap-shot him. So you see people jumping in his way. We throw lobs and people undercut him. It’s unfair.”Whether it’s Memphis Grizzlies center Marc Gasol pushing him during a dunk attempt, Blazers point guard Andre Miller tackling him, the Lakers’ Ron Artest hitting him in the face or several other opponents undercutting him during alley-oops, Griffin hasn’t retaliated. About the most he’s done is stare down someone like he did Miami Heat point guard Mario Chalmers after a dunk last Wednesday.“I just started threatening people,” Davis said. “It’s not fair. He’s my teammate. As a team we’re going to protect him.
“Every game somebody tries to do something to him: undercut him, picking on him. You got to think, he’s still a rookie. People are going to try to challenge him and do all kinds of stuff like that. But we are not going to let that happen to him."
“Whether I got to get kicked out of a game, that’s not how it should be. But I’m a little old-school, so I am going to protect my teammates at all costs.”
Marc J. Spears, Yahoo! Sports
