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It turns out that superstars have very sensitive ears. Since acquiring former All-Stars Blake Griffin and LaMarcus Aldridge off of waivers, the Brooklyn Nets have come under fire for being a little too overwhelming talent-wise.
Well, it just so happens that Blake Griffin himself heard the noise, and he is none too happy with it. ESPN‘s Malika Andrews noted the new Net saying the following:
Some perspective from Blake Griffin about the amount of talent the Nets have acquired: For the last year, I have been hearing about how bad I was and then I come here and people say, 'Oh, it's not fair.' "I guess you could say it's amusing," Griffin said.
— Malika Andrews (@malika_andrews) March 29, 2021
“For the last year, I have been hearing about how bad I was and then I come here and people say, ‘Oh, it's not fair,'” said Griffin.
In fairness to the pundits, Griffin was indeed having a down year with the Detroit Pistons, who had acquired him from the Los Angeles Clippers in hopes that he would revitalize the derelict franchise.
While he put up impressive stats during his first two years in Detroit (he even made an All-Star team with them in 2019), Griffin failed to bring the Pistons back to competitive relevance in the league. His last two years were largely spent on the bench, playing less than 40 games for the team over that span before getting bought out.
Now, this trade does bring concerns over player empowerment and movement in the league, as James Harden was rumored to have willed his way out of Houston. Griffin, a few nights ago, dunked for the first time in two years. Notable to many was that this was only after donning a Nets uniform, which calls into question the power afforded to players who might be tanking their own performances in order to be shipped out of smaller markets to bigger contenders.
Of course, Griffin (and Aldridge) are in their 30's and well past their respective primes. But they will undeniably be valuable x-factors for Brooklyn going into the playoffs and an additional threat that teams have to worry about. It will be exciting to see if Griffin will prove his doubters wrong.
