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There used to be a time when Blake Griffin was known mostly for highlight-reel poster dunks and sensational feats of athleticism.
And yet over the course of his NBA career, Griffin has continued to expand his game to the perimeter.
This season with the Pistons, Griffin is averaging a career-high 24.5 points per game while shooting seven threes per game at a 36 percent clip, both of which are also career highs.
Griffin spoke with Ric Bucher of Bleacher Report about proving his naysayers wrong and being far more than a one-dimensional basketball player:
“I always heard I wasn't a good basketball player, that I was just a good athlete, and it bothered me so much I held … grudges against people who put me in that box because I was so desperately trying to get out of it,” he says. “Early on, I did what I did because that's what I was really good at. Just because people would say, ‘Oh, he can't shoot,' I wasn't going to stop dunking. You have to stop me from doing that first. But all the while, after my second year, I was working with my shooting coach, hours upon hours. That whole time I felt like I was being shit on for this one thing and I was desperately trying to be a well-rounded player and not a weak link.”
Griffin's tremendously well-rounded play has led the Pistons back to the playoffs, but he is dealing with a knee injury that could hamper his status for Game 1 against the Milwaukee Bucks on Sunday.
