"He's a guy you can't keep off the court," teammate Marcus Camby said after practice Thursday. "I mean, he's not supposed to be shooting and you've got Jasen [Powell], the trainer, running out on him and telling him, 'You can't be out there.'
"Blake is huffing and puffing and he's upset."
That is mostly a good thing, an old-school attitude where so often so many players don't want to play at this stage of training camp.
This was a couple of days after Dunleavy had to bang on the glass of his office and dash downstairs at the training facility when he spotted Griffin on the court, jumping "five feet" off the floor.
"They are on him," Camby said, smiling. "That's good. It's good he has that work ethic . . . and he's very humble."
Camby, 35, has taken a certain proprietorial interest in the rookie, and the Clippers' youngsters. In fact Camby has been having many meals with Griffin and last season's rookies Eric Gordon and DeAndre Jordan.
"The best thing now I see is guys are playing hard, playing together and playing for each other, which is a good sign after last year. Guys know what we went through and everybody to a man spoke up and said: 'We don't want what happened last year happening this year.' So far so good."
Lisa Dillman, LA Times
Maybe we'd shop Kaman around too if he plays better so DJ can get his minutes. What worries me the most if we trade Kaman now, is if Camby leaves after this season. Then we'd suddenly lack front court depth after having so much the past two seasons.