Van Gundy Turns To Brother As Blake Effect Begins To Wear Off
After Monday's no-show, Van Gundy was at a loss.
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After Monday's no-show, Van Gundy was at a loss.
Entering play Monday night, they are 27-28 and two games behind Philadelphia for the eighth seed in the East.
Griffin appeared to be trying to throw the ball to official Michael Smith following a foul call in the second period, but his pass hit Schroder on the back of his head.
"Very bad basketball," Van Gundy said.
An entertainer with a sharp mind, Griffin knows his crowd.
The Pistons are going with the grain and against it.
It took only seven months for the Clippers to regret the max contract they gave Blake Griffin last summer, which seems to be a recurring trend in today's NBA.
The Detroit Pistons dramatically shook their struggling roster by acquiring one of the NBA's top players in Blake Griffin in a trade with the Los Angeles Clippers.
Jordan becomes a free agent this summer and could be gone, too, if he isn't traded by the Feb. 8 deadline.
Together, they give the Pistons a front court that very few opponents will be able to match.
It behooves Van Gundy to hedge his bet in the short-term.
At first, James said, he "was in a little bit of shock."
Of the assets Detroit surrendered, one particularly hurt Van Gundy.
"He's not the same player he once was," Valenti said. "Physically, you just don't match up anymore."
The Pistons took on about $34 million per year through the 2021-22 season.
The East is open for business. The West is closed until further notice.
"We are serious about winning, and this is a major move to improve our team," said Pistons owner Tom Gores.
Griffin is signed through the 2020-21 season at a cost of about $34 million per year.
A first-round pick would reportedly be included in the deal.
Griffin was suspended four games and docked five games' pay totaling $859,442 for the altercation with Matias Testi at a Toronto restaurant on Jan. 23.
Blake Griffin hurt his hand in an altercation with a member of the Los Angeles Clippers' staff on the team's current road trip and will be sidelined just as he was nearing a return from another injury.
Griffin didn't lose his concentration.
Los Angeles Clippers star Blake Griffin was ejected from Thursday's game against the Bulls following a hard foul against Chicago's Taj Gibson.
The 39-year-old Kevin Garnett's soaring dunk over Griffin — the kind of dunk that used to end up on posters back when posters were cool and KG was leading the Timberwolves to the Western Conference finals — got the Target Center thumping in the third quarter.
