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I don't think Griffin has a lot left in the tank, but I doubt he retires quite yet. I bet he waits till he's at least 35 to retire. He's 34 now, will turn 35 next March. I think he's got 1 more good season left in him.

Play 1 more season, and then he'll retire at 35. Why not win a title with the Celtics during that 1 last season and then ride off into the sunset?

He looks like he's in decent shape in this video, too.

And he shot a respectable 35% from 3 last season. And in the 20 games where we played 10+ mins, he shot 39% from 3, on respectable volume too (2.7 attempts per game).

The Celtics thoroughly enjoyed Blake Griffin’s services last season. The six-time All-Star brought a valuable veteran presence to the locker room, and he did so while having some fun with the bench mob.

Griffin played 41 games last season, starting in 16 of them. The former No. 1 overall pick played as hard as anyone in the league, diving for loose balls and flying for rebounds on a nightly basis. He even turned back the clock a few times with some vintage dunks....

"Dude, Boston is unbelievable,” Griffin told Rappoport. “Living in Boston, playing in Boston, was like one of the best experiences. Dude, the fans are incredible… Just having a team that is so championship focused, they do everything. The players on that team are just like such a great group of guys. Everybody’s all different.”

Forty-one games played on the court isn’t a lot of time to develop relationship and chemistry with teammates and personnel. However, for Griffin, he made a quick impact in his short tenure with the organization. His connectivity with both fans and colleagues did not go unseen.

With Robert Williams III suffering from injuries, the C’s were often thin in their frontcourt. Griffin became a necessary starter, especially with Williams out until mid-December last season. Although not the caliber player he once was, Griffin’s most productive month came in December. Through seven games, the forward averaged 6.9 points, and 5 rebounds. In that same month, he averaged a season-high 18.4 minutes per game, in which we saw plenty of hustle dives, rebounds, put backs, and the occasional posterizing dunks.

With one roster spot left, Blake Griffin would be expected to sign a veteran minimum deal if he decides to return. With the recent signing of Svi Mykhailiuk, Boston remains just over $2 million below the second apron per Spotrac.

31to6 wrote:Bring #91 back. Play him next to our new (and I assume first-ever) #88: Neeimas Queta.
obviously since 91 + 88 = 18 CHAMPION$HIP$$!!

_Und3r][D4wg_ wrote:At the rate other older, seemingly less useful/versatile FAs are getting snapped up with training camp just looming around the corner, some team might even unretire Udonis Haslem first before Blake gets signed up anywhere...

Makes one wonder whether the stuff that a glue guy like Griffin brings with him at this stage in his career -- experience, high BB IQ, energy/hustle/grit, great 'team first' attitude & vibe guy, and in general just playing the right way -- are actually valued by many teams at the end of the bench.

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31to6 wrote:Blake was my white whale for a few years there, including the summer of 2016.
Seeing him in green, even for his last NBA days, was a real pleasure.
Ironically he might be somewhat underrated right now as an in-game dunker *and* as an all-around player! But I think he'll be remembered historically -- as (let's see) ... > LaMarcus Alridge and > Amare Stoudemire and about = Kevin Love (ick), Chris Webber, and gosh Shawn Kemp?
(will now work hard to keep myself from trying to rank the greatest PF of all time:) (my *guess* is Blake might have an argument to crack the top 20)
dammit..
1 Duncan
2 Malone (ick)
3 Dirk
4 Petit (not that I saw him, but 2x MVP?)
5 Barkley
6 Giannis (!)
7. Hayes (not that I saw him, but 12x All Star, 11th in all time scoring, 4th in all time rebounding)
8. Schayes (12x All Star)
9. McHale
10. Heinsohn
11. Chris Bosh made 11 All Star teams??
12. Jerry Lucas? (did not see, 7x All Star)
13 onwards -- Pau, Webber, Kemp, Blake, Love, Rodman(!), Draymond (ick), LMA (should be higher on this list but SO. Boring.)
that's 21, and I'm no doubt forgetting/under-representing some guys from the 60s and 70s, feel free to educate me on who they are

Dogen wrote:

31to6 wrote:Blake was my white whale for a few years there, including the summer of 2016.
Seeing him in green, even for his last NBA days, was a real pleasure.
Ironically he might be somewhat underrated right now as an in-game dunker *and* as an all-around player! But I think he'll be remembered historically -- as (let's see) ... > LaMarcus Alridge and > Amare Stoudemire and about = Kevin Love (ick), Chris Webber, and gosh Shawn Kemp?
(will now work hard to keep myself from trying to rank the greatest PF of all time:) (my *guess* is Blake might have an argument to crack the top 20)
dammit..
1 Duncan
2 Malone (ick)
3 Dirk
4 Petit (not that I saw him, but 2x MVP?)
5 Barkley
6 Giannis (!)
7. Hayes (not that I saw him, but 12x All Star, 11th in all time scoring, 4th in all time rebounding)
8. Schayes (12x All Star)
9. McHale
10. Heinsohn
11. Chris Bosh made 11 All Star teams??
12. Jerry Lucas? (did not see, 7x All Star)
13 onwards -- Pau, Webber, Kemp, Blake, Love, Rodman(!), Draymond (ick), LMA (should be higher on this list but SO. Boring.)
that's 21, and I'm no doubt forgetting/under-representing some guys from the 60s and 70s, feel free to educate me on who they are