Since entering the NBA as the No. 1 overall pick of the 2009 draft, Blake Griffin has made $192,256,894 through NBA contracts, per Spotrac. The Los Angeles Clippers drafted the high-flyer and signed him to a two-year, $10.34 million rookie deal.
Unfortunately, Griffin missed his entire rookie season after undergoing knee surgery. The Oklahoma native made $4,983,430 while rehabbing his injury.
Blake Griffin made his NBA debut for the Clippers in 2010-11. While earning $5,357,280, Griffin destroyed the NBA with his monster dunks night after night. Blake averaged 22.5 points and 12.1 rebounds and won the 2011 Rookie of the Year Award easily. He also won the Slam Dunk Contest after jumping over a Kia sedan.
It was obviously a no brainer for the Clippers to exercise Griffin's team options for the 2011-2012 and 2012-13 seasons. The power forward made $4,612,820 in 2011-12 and $7,226,892 in 2012-13.
The Clippers signed Griffin to a five-year, $94.5 million maximum rookie-scale extension before the 2012-13 season. The contract kicked in during the 2013-14 campaign.
Blake Griffin made $16,441,500 in the first year of that monster extension. The Lob City Clippers, led by Griffin, Chris Paul and DeAndre Jordan, were one of the best teams in the NBA during the regular season. However, injuries and stuff behind the scenes prevented the group from ever winning a title.
In the summer of 2017 after trading Paul to the Houston Rockets, the Clippers signed Blake Griffin to a five-year, $171.2 million contract. Griffin was an unrestricted free agent but he didn't meet with any teams. He wanted to stay with the Clippers and finish what he started.
Unfortunately, the Clippers didn't have the same thought in mind. The franchise shockingly traded Griffin to the Detroit Pistons in January of 2018. Blake was stunned since the Clippers had just signed him to this lucrative deal six months ago.
In 2018-19, his first full season with the Pistons, Blake Griffin made $32,088,932 and was a superstar on the court. He averaged 24.5 points, 7.5 rebounds and 5.4 assists per game, made the All-Star team and All-NBA third team and guided the Pistons to the playoffs for the first time since 2016.
However, Griffin suffered a left knee injury that required surgery in the summer of 2019. He missed the first 10 games of the 2019-20 season as a result. And once he came back, Griffin was a complete shell of himself and wound up needing another procedure on his left knee.
Blake Griffin has arguably one of the worst contracts in the league right now considering he didn’t play well in 2019-20. The former No. 1 overall pick was set to make $34.2 million this season and is owed $36.6 million in 2020-21.
Pistons fans are hoping Griffin can find his old form whenever the 2020-21 season starts. Blake recently said he's recovered from his latest knee surgery, so that is great news for Detroit fans.
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