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The Detroit Pistons managed to pick up a perennial All-Star in Blake Griffin after trading for him on Monday. The trade has a chance of getting the team to the playoffs if all goes well. So far, the Pistons are 2-0 since getting Griffin, but that doesn’t mean everything has been all sunsets and rainbows […]

On January 29, Blake Griffin officially became a member of the Detroit Pistons. After being unexpectedly traded by the L.A. Clippers, Griffin is now tasked to become the franchise superstar for the Motor City squad. This task also involves proving his critics wrong. For years, Griffin has struggled to stay healthy, and some have questioned […]

Blake Griffin has always been synonymous with attention and show-delivering. This was as true as ever during his first years in the league, before suffering a couple of injuries that have made his athleticism decline slowly. But that has not deterred the 2011 Rookie of the Year from putting up amazing performances for the Los […]

The Miami Heat’s Hassan Whiteside and Detroit Pistons’ Blake Griffin are two similar players. No, not by their style of play. Both players are franchise superstars for their respective teams. Both players have tackled adversity and injuries in order to get where they are today, and both players have experienced trades that impacted their careers. […]

Blake Griffin debuted for his new team and he made sure that it was memorable as the Detroit Pistons defeated the Memphis Grizzlies 104-102 Thursday night. He finished the game with 24 points and 10 rebounds to become the first player since Grant Hill to grab at least 20 points and 10 rebounds in his […]

After only getting traded to the Detroit Pistons earlier this week, it’s very understandable that Blake Griffin is still adjusting to his new teammates, coaches, and home court. That also includes the jersey he will put on now, as he dons the colors of Pistons from here on out. However, in his debut for his new […]

Blake Griffin is now officially a Detroit Piston. After scoring his first points in his first game for Detroit Thursday night, Griffin received a standing ovation from his teammates and a loud roar of approval from the hometown crowd. Technically, he already was a Piston the moment that they had a press conference for him […]

When the Detroit Pistons were in pursuit of Blake Griffin, they were not sure whether they could get him. They looked around the market for many possible players who could be available, but quickly became focused on Griffin as the main target. They put the deal together and made it happen. But the Pistons were […]

The NBA seems to get more interesting with each passing day. On Monday, the L.A. Clippers traded their franchise star Blake Griffin to the Detroit Pistons. The move came as a shock to many people, including Griffin himself who stated that he found out he was traded on social media rather than from the front […]

Forward Blake Griffin will suit up for his new team for the first time tonight, making his debut as the Detroit Pistons take on the Memphis Grizzlies tonight, according to ESPN’s Nick Friedell. His addition is expected to bring a different dimension to this team immediately, as Stan Van Gundy takes a huge risk incorporating […]

Look away, L.A. Clippers fans. Now. This clip may bring you frustration and sadness – you might even shed a tear. If you go through all those emotions, though, blame House of Highlights. https://www.instagram.com/p/BemIrVVB1qB/?taken-by=houseofhighlights This was in December 2011, when the NBA was close to officially returning from a lockout. The Clippers just made a […]

Along the way of the blockbuster trade that happened Tuesday, somebody from the L.A. Clippers organization forgot to call Blake Griffin that he was going to be traded to the Detroit Pistons. Instead, the All-Star power forward found out from Twitter about the deal that sent him packing his bags to the Eastern Conference. In […]

Blake Griffin is a professional and understands that being traded to another team is part of the business. Nonetheless, Griffin is reportedly “intensely sad” about leaving the L.A. Clippers. The All-Star forward was traded to the Detroit Pistons two days ago sending shockwaves throughout the NBA landscape. Everyone was surprised, not realizing that the L.A. […]

Now that he is already part of the Detroit Pistons, Blake Griffin will have first hand experience of how it’s like to represent The Motor City and be cheered by their fans. When asked what he thinks is the difference he’s seen so far from Los Angeles’ to his current team’s fan base, he did […]

The Los Angeles Clippers made one of the biggest trades of the year by moving their star power forward Blake Griffin to the Detroit Pistons on Monday night. The transaction came as a surprise to fans and players who believed that Griffin was a main-stay in Los Angeles. In the off-season, the Clippers courted Griffin […]

The LA Clippers made one of the most improbable moves of the NBA season when they traded away franchise cornerstone Blake Griffin to the Detroit Pistons on Monday afternoon. In exchange for Griffin, the Clippers acquired Tobias Harris, Avery Bradley, Boban Marjanović, and pair of future draft picks. The nine-year NBA veteran was easily one […]

Following his arrival in what’s will be his new home from now on — Detroit, Michigan — questions about his departure didn’t take long to roll in. Among them was if there was any sense of regret for not negotiating a no-trade clause with the Clippers when the chance arose this offseason. “I want to […]

Now that Blake Griffin is a member of the Detroit Pistons, the question becomes how he will be able to mesh with the team’s resident big man, Andre Drummond. The two players, now teammates, have very different games. Playing them together could pose a problem, one that head coach Stan Van Gundy cannot afford if […]

The sudden departure of Blake Griffin from the L.A. Clippers is very tough for Clipper Nation – particularly to this fan. Seeing that Griffin is more than happy to have the transition with the Detroit Pistons could make it worse than it already is. The 28-year-old arrived at his new city yesterday and was sounding […]

One of the biggest questions after the the L.A. Clippers and Detroit Pistons made a deal centered around Blake Griffin was who won the trade. It’s one of those things NBA folk like to debate. Was the trade best for the Clippers, or the Pistons? And why? The answer may be difficult to decipher, per […]

Any time a player in the NBA gets traded or leaves a team, fan silliness can always be expected. When Blake Griffin was traded from the L.A. Clippers to the Detroit Pistons on Monday, there were definitely many reactions around the NBA. But one fan showed his displeasure with what transpired by removing every single […]

It looks like the L.A. Clippers tried to get more for Blake Griffin. In a Hoop Collective podcast by ESPN, a panel that included Royce Young and Brian Windhorst, the two reporters discussed the ramifications of the Griffin trade. Young revealed the the Clippers tried to engage the Oklahoma City Thunder and get Paul George […]

DeAndre Jordan is not just one of the many L.A. Clippers who were shocked by Monday’s trade with the Detroit Pistons, shipping Blake Griffin to the Motor City in exchange for Tobias Harris, Avery Bradley, Boban Marajanovic, and a first and second-round picks. The big dipper has been Griffin’s frontcourt mate throughout his entire career […]

The Golden State Warriors star duo of Kevin Durant and Stephen Curry dropped their two cents on the blockbuster trade that sent Blake Griffin from the L.A. Clippers to the Detroit Pistons on Monday. Griffin was signed to a massive five-year, $173 million deal this offseason after Chris Paul’s trade to the Houston Rockets, but […]

It was a good day for the Detroit Pistons, to say the least. The 2017-18 NBA season got its first big shake-up of the year with the L.A. Clippers trading power forward Blake Griffin to the Pistons in exchange for a bevy of players and future draft picks. After the trade, it was announced that center […]

The post-Blake Griffin era has begun, and the L.A. Clippers have already moved on. Before Tuesday night’s loss to the Portland Trail Blazers, the people in charge of the jerseys for each player already put the jerseys of the players the Clippers received in the trade for Griffin. One of those players was Boban Marjanović. […]

It’s no secret that Monday’s trade of star power forward Blake Griffin from the L.A. Clippers to the Detroit Pistons came as a huge surprise to a lot of people, including Mr. Griffin himself. For a player of his caliber, he joined former Sacramento Kings star power forward Chris Webber as the only two players ever […]

The blockbuster Blake Griffin trade was immediately thought to be the Phase 1 of a demolition of this L.A. Clippers team, with DeAndre Jordan and Lou Williams reportedly being the next players to go in order to make a run at the hottest free agent available this upcoming offseason, LeBron James. According to head coach […]

Monday’s blockbuster trade between the L.A. Clippers and the Detroit Pistons was proof of just how many assets it takes to acquire a cornerstone player and the very few teams that are able to pull off a trade of that magnitude. Among the teams with enough cap space to absorb the giant $141 million remaining […]

So many people had thoughts on Blake Griffin being traded to the Detroit Pistons on Monday, including Giannis Antetokounmpo of the Milwaukee Bucks. When Antetokounmpo was asked about his thoughts on the trade, he answered with seemingly the first thing that came to his mind. “He gotta get a jacket, one,” Antetokounmpo said, causing the reporters around him […]

Stephen Curry gave his two cents on the appeal of a no-trade clause, as Golden State Warriors players reacted to Monday afternoon’s shocking chain of events, after the L.A. Clippers traded their cornerstone player Blake Griffin to the Detroit Pistons in a blockbuster deal. Curry is coming off a supermax five-year, $201 million deal with […]

The blockbuster trade that sent Blake Griffin to the Detroit Pistons sent waves not only among L.A. Clippers faithful, who lost their cornerstone player, but also into the Motor City front office, who has clearly shifted focus to a win-now mindset. Having come short of the postseason in 2017-18, head coach and president of basketball […]

There’s at least one person who is all-in on the Blake Griffin: Stan Van Gundy, head coach and president of basketball operations for the Detroit Pistons. Van Gundy helped orchestrate the trade, and did not seem to mind much about Griffin’s age or injury history. It appears he’d make that deal every time he had […]

Blake Griffin was traded to the Detroit Pistons from the L.A. Clippers. Yes, that happened. So much has been written and said about the trade in the last 24 hours. So many are still processing what happened, even Griffin. But that’s the business of the NBA. Speaking of business, there is one aspect of the […]

The Cleveland Cavaliers find themselves in an extremely tough situation right now. There are many factors contributing to this, and they are at a cross roads. The need to make a deal is as obvious as the hurdles they must jump. These are three huge problems for them right now, and these need addressing as […]

The L.A. Clippers walked back the pillar to their foundation after signing him to a massive five-year, $173 million max extension this summer, hoping he’d be the building block of the future at the wake of a Chris Paul departure. “It was a (bleeping) hard decision,” one league source told NBA.com’s David Aldridge on Monday night. […]

The L.A. Clippers and Detroit Pistons came together on Monday for one of the bigger deals of this season. Detroit will receive All-Star power forward Blake Griffin, forward Brice Johnson, and center Willie Reed from the Clippers. In return, the Pistons will send Tobias Harris, Avery Bradley, Boban Marjanovic, as well as a first and second-round pick to […]

The Detroit Pistons and L.A. Clippers came together for a blockbuster trade on Monday. The Pistons received All-Star power forward Blake Griffin, forward Brice Johnson, and center Willie Reed from the Clippers. In return, the Pistons sent Tobias Harris, Avery Bradley, Boban Marjanovic, as well as a first and second-round pick to the Clippers. Via Sam Amico of AmicoHoops.net: […]

SportsNation co-host and ESPN LA radio personality Marcellus Wiley was in complete disbelief when the suggested trade for Blake Griffin involving the L.A. Clippers and Detroit Pistons that was, at that time, newly announced came to fruition minutes later, sending him into a frantic zone. Wiley has been known to be a self-professed Clippers diehard, […]