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Through his first eight years of his career, L.A. Clippers All-Star forward Blake Griffin has been one of the most productive big men in the league.
According to Tomer Azarly of ClutchPoints, the 28-year-old is set to join rare company statistically with Hall of Famer Kareem Abdul-Jabbar.
Per #Clippers PR, Blake Griffin will play his 500th career game tonight, and he’ll become one of two players to avg at least 21 pts, 9 rebs & 4 asts while shooting 50% from the field through 500 career games. The other is Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (30.3 PPG, 15.6 RPG, 4.3 APG).
— Tomer Azarly (@TomerAzarly) January 20, 2018
At this juncture of his career, Griffin holds career averages of 21.5 points on 51.2 percent shooting from the field along with 9.3 rebounds, and 4.2 assists per game. He has proven to be a premier scorer averaging more than 20 points seven times in his career, which includes him being on pace to do so this season with 22.3 points in 28 games played.
In fact, Griffin is currently alongside fellow All-Stars DeMarcus Cousins, LeBron James, and Russell Westbrook as the only players this season to be averaging at least 22.0 points, 7.0 rebounds, and 5.0 assists per game. He also scored in double figures in each contest that he has played with 21 outings with more than 20 points and two with at least 30 points. This includes nine double-doubles and a triple-double.
Along the way, Griffin has racked many individual achievements such as five All-Star Game selections, three All-NBA Second Team nods, an All-NBA Third Team selection, and an NBA Rookie of the Year award. The only question mark on his career has been his ability to stay healthy as he hasn't played at least 80 games since the 2013-14 campaign.
Griffin has dealt with a slew of injuries over the last few years that impacted his chance to rack up more individual marks that has prevented him from having a much greater impact on his career. In fact, he has missed 16 total games this season due to a left MCL sprain (14) and a concussion (two). If he's able to finally get past the injury bug that has plagued the last few years of his career, there could many more personal accolades to his name.
