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Detroit Pistons star Blake Griffin is one of the all-time great basketball players to ever suit up for the University of Oklahoma. He will always share a connection to the school for his successful career with the Sooners — a career that included an AP Player of the Year award in 2009. But now, he’ll […]

Now that the NBA calendar has yet to begin, many players like the Detroit Pistons forward Blake Griffin are using the time to workout and play in a few pickup games. For professional athletes, it is always important to stay sharp and keep that competitive fire alive at all times. Just recently, Blake Griffin trained with […]

A few years ago, the L.A. Clippers were viewed as the team on the rise behind their talented roster that had the optimism that the franchise could contend for an NBA title. However, this had never come to fruition with the Clippers as the team had their shortcomings in each campaign for various reasons that […]

The long list of NBA players going public with their mental health struggles continues to grow with every passing day. After DeMar DeRozan and Kevin Love publicly detailed how they dealt with constant stress and anxiety, fellow players like Chris Bosh and Paul Pierce have come out in support and shared their stories. Detroit Pistons […]

Atlanta Hawks rookie Trae Young recently shared a defining moment he had as a kid. Speaking to Michael Kinney of The Journal Record, the fifth overall pick of this year’s draft reminisced on an encounter he had as a child with fellow Oklahoma native and Detroit Pistons forward Blake Griffin. “I remember going to Blake […]

The Detroit Pistons are tired of losing. After securing a playoff spot in the 2015-16 postseason led by the pick-and-roll pairing of Reggie Jackson and Andre Drummond, the Pistons have fallen short of the playoffs in consecutive seasons. These shortcomings led to a multitude of changes in the Motor City. Those adjustments began at the […]

It seems like 2018 is a year of changes for Detroit Pistons star Blake Griffin. After joining a new team earlier in the year, Griffin also has a new girl by his side. Just a month away from the official start of training camp, Griffin was seen spending the last days of his summer with […]

Teams are preparing and gearing up as the new NBA season quickly approaches. Everybody will have eyes on the prize, the chance to be called NBA champion. Although not all teams are on a path to greatness this season, there will be real contenders and some pretenders. I’ll be excluding teams who have made their […]

Detroit Pistons forward Blake Griffin has recently joined the list of the NBA players who have been given a preview of their overall rating in the popular NBA 2K19 game. Griffin got a rating of 86, and the five-time all-star expressed his disappointment through his Twitter account. …@NBA2K @Ronnie2K #NBA2K19 pic.twitter.com/njybhf4qVG — Blake Griffin (@blakegriffin23) […]

The new NBA 2K season is almost upon us, and fans are already talking about the new overall ratings of the players. Recently, Detroit Pistons forward Blake Griffin was handed his rating for the 2019 version of the game and it proved to be lower than usual. Bleacher Report posted a screenshot of his teammate Andre […]

Blake Griffin’s rating in NBA 2K19 is finally out, and depending on which fence you are on, Detroit Piston’s big man grade may be a little disputable. Blake Griffin's #NBA2k19 rating is 86! Too high, too low or just right? pic.twitter.com/jlrMVBLfoi — Ballislife.com (@Ballislife) August 13, 2018 Griffin’s stock has slid down a bit after […]

The bookmakers in Las Vegas are pretty high on Los Angeles Lakers youngster Kyle Kuzma. So much so that they have pegged him as having the same odds of taking home this upcoming season’s Most Valuable Player trophy as Detroit Pistons cornerstone player Blake Griffin, as explained by Eric Rosales of Sports Betting Dime. This is […]

Detroit Pistons forward Blake Griffin will return to the Staples Center for the first time on Saturday, Jan. 12 after he was traded from the Los Angeles Clippers in January earlier this year. The big man was traded in a major surprise considering he had inked a fat new contract with the Clippers in the summer of […]

Contrary to a previous report by Radar Online, Detroit Pistons forward Blake Griffin has not been ordered by a court to pony up a ridiculous amount of $250,000 per month in child support to his ex-girlfriend/fiancée, Brynn Cameron. Griffin and Cameron made a joint press release on Friday, implying that Radar Online’s exposé is off […]

Fake news has been a term frequently thrown around these days, and Detroit Pistons forward Blake Griffin is among the latest to hurl the phrase on social media when he recently posted a GIF of Stephen Colbert quoting the words on Twitter. pic.twitter.com/41AfeXzmO2 — Blake Griffin (@blakegriffin23) August 3, 2018 Griffin’s post can be easily […]

On Thursday, Blake Griffin settled a child support case in which he now has to pay upwards of $3 million per year. In other words, Griffin must pay more in child support than some NBA players make in a year. Sacramento Kings point guard De’Aaron Fox jumped on Twitter to point out that Griffin’s ex, […]

Detroit Pistons forward Blake Griffin has received the order to pay a lucrative child support bill, according to Radar Online. The order, which was signed on July 19, set the cost at a massive $258,000 per month, which would be paid to Griffin’s ex, Brynn Cameron. To put matters contractually — his child support bill stops at a hair […]

Blake Griffin and Devin Booker are currently participating in Team USA minicamp together, but Griffin enjoyed a little blast from the past while watching an old video of himself dunking at the 2012 USA Basketball training camp. A very young Booker was in attendance while Griffin was putting on his dunk show, as were numerous […]

Detriot Pistons star Blake Griffin has accomplished a lot through basketball in his career. He is a five-time All-Star, Rookie of the Year and a slam dunk contest champion. One thing that has escaped him since coming into the league is a chance to win a gold medal with the United States men national team. Griffin has […]

The world was supposed to end in 2012 according to the Mayans. Fortunately, that did not happen. If it did, we would not be able to reminisce today about that one time from six years ago when a horde of high school stars, who mostly are now recognizable NBA players, got their minds blown by […]

The NBA and rap are both pieces of hip hop culture. You can’t watch a basketball game or commercial without some sort of rap song in the background. Basketball metaphors have always been a part of rap and hip hop too. Recently, Lil’ Pump broke onto the scene with a song titled D-Rose. Remember, when […]

Long considered to be one of the top talents in the NBA, Detroit Pistons big man Blake Griffin is looking to improve his game even further by becoming a consistent 3-point shooter. In a league that is now dominated by the 3-point shot and benefits greatly from having the big men on the court shoot proficiently, Griffin has […]

It’s most basketball players’ dreams to represent their country at the Olympics. That spirit of willingness to play for the flag is deeply ingrained in Detroit Pistons high-flying forward Blake Griffin, who said that seeing action in the quadrennial games is something that he has always longed for, per James L. Edwards III of The […]

Blake Griffin is no longer the high-flying dunk artist he was once upon breaking into the league. Neither is he the long-striding, fast-breaking, alley-oop catching machine that made many fall in love with Lob City. Now dissolved, with the trio of Chris Paul, DeAndre Jordan and Griffin all in different places, the latter will have a […]

The Detroit Pistons are in the midst of a nasty case of deja vu. This summer, like last, the Pistons are coming of a disappointing campaign, largely due to the injury-induced struggles of point guard Reggie Jackson. The acquisition of the point guard propelled this latest Pistons runs, his decline might end it. A year […]

The Phoenix Suns’ Deandre Ayton is entering the NBA with sky-high expectations. While any high draft pick is likely to have Rookie of the Year as a first-year goal, Ayton has his sights set even higher. He hopes to achieve something last done by Blake Griffin and nearly done by Ben Simmons last year. Ayton […]

The Detriot Pistons have constructed a frontcourt duo with their All-Star duo of Andre Drummond and Blake Griffin leading the charge for the franchise. The two have played less than a season together in Detriot, but Griffin has quickly realized that Drummond is a highly unique talent on the glass, according to Rod Beard of […]

News broke back in May that superstar power forward/center Karl-Anthony Towns and the Minnesota Timberwolves are “not in a good place internally.” This was reported by ESPN’s Zach Lowe on The Lowe Post. His colleague Brian Windhorst asked Lowe to share his thoughts on Towns and the Timberwolves. Here is what Lowe said via Hoops Hype’s […]

The Detroit Pistons have found a new head coach in the form of former Toronto Raptors mentor Dwane Casey. Now, the focus is on how Casey will be able to transform the Pistons into a perennial contender in the East just like what he did with that team north of the border. Casey has also […]

The Detroit Pistons are still in offseason mode, but big man Blake Griffin appears to have already notched a rebound – off the court. After splitting with Kendall Jenner, the Pistons’ power forward was recently spotted in the company of Tinashe in Las Vegas, per Mara Siegler of Page Six. “Blake watched Tinashe perform,” said […]

The Detroit Pistons find themselves in dire straits heading into the 2018 offseason. Despite trading for Blake Griffin in January, the Pistons still finished under .500 and missed the playoffs for the eighth time in the past nine seasons. and haven’t won a single playoff game since the 2007-08 season. After the Pistons’ disappointing finish […]

With a reported rift between the Minnesota Timberwolves and franchise piece Karl-Anthony Towns, teams have prepared to phone up and explore a potential trade to acquire the talented big man. According to ESPN’s Brian Windhorst, the L.A. Clippers called the Wolves when trying to move franchise star Blake Griffin before he was shipped to the […]

After losing Chris Paul to the Houston Rockets, the L.A. Clippers were at a standstill. They were left with Blake Griffin — who’s injury-ridden history marred the franchise’s bright future. It was a sign that they had to move on, but had initial troubles of doing so, mainly because of the personal connection between Griffin […]

The LA Clippers made the most shocking move of the season when they opted to trade away franchise cornerstone Blake Griffin in exchange for Tobias Harris, Boban Marjanovic, and Avery Bradley. The move was highly criticized at first, mostly because the Clippers had just come off signing Griffin to a five-year $171 million deal six […]

After four seasons with the Detroit Pistons, Stan Van Gundy was fired from his head coaching position. Blake Griffin, who spent only half-a-season with Van Gundy, posted a message for him in response to the news. On his Instagram account, Griffin posted a picture with his former coach, enclosed with a heartwarming message: https://www.instagram.com/p/BifoX_KhS7C/?hl=en Griffin […]

When the sudden Chris Paul trade to the Houston Rockets in the summer of 2017 happened, a lot of people thought that a rebuilding phase was in order – after all, they haven’t been able to get past the first round on every postseason and it might be a good idea to blow things up. […]

Blake Griffin and the Detroit Pistons are not going to be in the playoff picture, but he is making his presence felt in a different fray. That’s the rapidly heating debate about who among Utah Jazz guard Donovan Mitchell and Philadelphia 76ers giant court general Ben Simmons should win the Rookie of the Year honors. […]

It was a performance worthy of the greatest players ever in NBA history. Ben Simmons, the heir apparent to LeBron James, played as well as any of his idol’s opponents, delivering a triple-double and a 132-130 Philadelphia 76ers win to take the third seed in Eastern Conference from the hands of the Cleveland Cavaliers on […]

He was supposed to be a Spur for life. After winning a championship and the NBA Finals Most Valuable Player award in 2014, and finishing in the top three in the regular season MVP race last season, Kawhi Leonard was destined for greatness in a San Antonio Spurs jersey. He was the successor to Tim […]