Griffin Dealing with Perception Issues
Posted: Tue Dec 31, 2013 2:04 am
And the difference has sometimes made Griffin a target, of dubious fans and pundits, and of players opponents who relish challenging him on the court with physical play.
It’s a reality he must live with until he does something about it or trusts officials to regulate any extracurricular activity. He did the latter on Christmas Day and ended up being ejected for being on the other end of flagrant fouls from Draymond Green and Andrew Bogut. The league later apologized for the ejection after the Clippers lost the game.
Griffin’s game has blossomed this season under Rivers. His mid-range game is vastly improved; he is shooting 62.5 percent (10 of 16) just inside the left corner three and has hit 5 of his 9 three-point attempts from the left and right corners. Griffin has also hit 77% of his free-throws this month and hit 12 straight on Saturday when he had 40 points and 10 rebounds. Over the past two weeks, Griffin is averaging 26.9 points, 11.1 rebounds and 3.4 assists while shooting 53.8% from the field and 80.6% from the free-throw line.
“Perception,” Clippers coach Doc Rivers said. “Everyone is a target at some point in their career, they really are, and you just play through it. Blake is starting to get to the point where he’s letting his game show. You can keep bumping me and hitting me and I’m going to drop 20 and 14 on you and eventually it will go away and it will.”
http://espn.go.com/blog/los-angeles/cli ... on-problem
Nothing we haven't mentioned before, but there's an article to it now.
only thing i wish the article mentioned was the fact that he doesn't flop anymore and people continue to believe and hold him accountable for it when he hasn't done it since the end of the 2012 season.