Blake Griffin wasn't a fan of the idea of eliminating the NBA awards and charged back at the culprit of this idea, Houston Rockets GM Daryl Morey. The L.A. Clippers‘ new $173-million-man offered his usual sarcasm in response to Morey's statement.
honestly, we should do away with championships too. seems dumb to me. participation trophies for everybody. don't @ me https://t.co/Hdnow9GoQO
— Blake Griffin (@blakegriffin23) July 31, 2017
Morey previously argued the validity of Russell Westbrook‘s Most Valuable Player award over his star player James Harden, raising questions about the media in charge of the voting.
“I don’t know if this is a good process,” Morey told Ben Golliver of Sports Illustrated's The Crossover. “The ones that are decided by players or executives or media, they all have their strengths and weaknesses. I honestly don’t think there’s a good process. You could argue for eliminating the awards altogether.”
“I don’t really see a good way to do it that doesn’t have major issues. I like clean answers. If there’s not going to be a set criteria and there’s going to be issues with how it’s structured, for me it might be better to not have it.”
Worthy to note is that while Harden lost the MVP race, shooting guard Eric Gordon walked away with the Sixth Man of the Year award and Mike D'Antoni earned the Coach of the Year award.
Under his thought process, he would also be stripping the two of their respective awards.
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