Blake Griffin, Celtics Agree To Fully Guaranteed One-Year Deal

Post #1 » by **RealGM Wiretap** » Fri Sep 30, 2022 4:12 pm

Blake Griffin has agreed a one-year, fully guaranteed deal with the Boston Celtics.

Griffin spent the past season and a half with the Brooklyn Nets.

Griffin will give Boston depth in the frontcourt following the injuries to Robert Williams III and Danilo Gallinari.

The Celtics now have 11 fully guaranteed contracts on their roster, though that number does not include Al Horford's mostly guaranteed deal.

Griffin averaged 6.4 points and 4.1 rebounds across 56 games (24 starts) this past season for the Nets.

Via Adrian Wojnarowski/ESPN

alienpick · Post #2 » by **alienpick** » Fri Sep 30, 2022 4:39 pm

I would have taken Melo over Blake to fill that role. Melo's a far better shooter.

Hullajelolt · Post #3 » by **Hullajelolt** » Fri Sep 30, 2022 5:02 pm

alienpick wrote:I would have taken Melo over Blake to fill that role. Melo's a far better shooter.

...and a much worse passer, which is actually quite important in the Celtics' system from that position.

OogaBooga · Post #4 » by **OogaBooga** » Fri Sep 30, 2022 5:51 pm

really not sure how he's gonna help them get to the finals and beyond...

Billl · Post #5 » by **Billl** » Fri Sep 30, 2022 5:57 pm

So the celtics fixed their problem of having injured bigs by signing ...... blake griffin?

BigHustle · Post #6 » by **BigHustle** » Fri Sep 30, 2022 9:40 pm

OogaBooga wrote:really not sure how he's gonna help them get to the finals and beyond...

Maybe a few extra miles saved for AH during reg season.

Years90Suns · Post #7 » by **Years90Suns** » Fri Sep 30, 2022 9:53 pm

The third best important player in a team that battled for the ring, and who was the most important one in many games, has a partially guaranteed contract...
Then some tools in the league have astonishing contracts...

D21 · Post #8 » by **D21** » Fri Sep 30, 2022 11:20 pm

Years90Suns wrote:The third best important player in a team that battled for the ring, and who was the most important one in many games, has a partially guaranteed contract...
Then some tools in the league have astonishing contracts...

But it's not like he had 1M only guaranteed...
On his contract (signed with PHI), his last season of 26.5M (2022-23) was guaranteed for 14.5M
But he had two incentives : reaching the NBA Finals pushing it to 19.5M, and winning the title pushing it to 26.5M
He earned first incentive so he's at 19.5M guaranteed if BOS waive him in the season.

Strange thing is that BOS said before the NBA Finals that winning or not the title, they would fully guarantee his contract because they were already so happy with his impact on the team. And it seems they didn't do it, at least for now