Blake Griffin is among the NBA players who vehemently disagrees with Steve Kerr's perception of the Anthony Davis saga and how he chose to go about his trade to the Los Angeles Lakers. The Detroit Pistons forward was infamously traded by the LA Clippers only six months after they sold him on the thought of being the future of the franchise and signed him to a five-year, $173 million deal over the summer of 2017:
“At the end of the day, people are coming to watch us play,” Griffin told Alex Wong of Yahoo Sports.
Griffin disagrees with Kerr’s notion that Davis’ midseason trade request resulting in him being traded to the Lakers this offseason was “bad for the league,” though he has since clarified the context of his quote, saying he'd rather have Davis do so quietly:
“Teams can do the exact same thing [to players] and nobody ever stopped being fans of the team because of that,” said Griffin. “Ultimately the Raptors won a championship and the Clippers are in a great position to be one of the top teams for awhile and nobody stopped being a fan of the teams. But sometimes when players do what they do, people stop being a fan of the players. I don’t care who you are, you can’t look at that situation and say that’s fair.”
The Clippers went about their business quietly on both occasions, first shocking the world by trading their $173 million investment and then turning around and doing the same with Tobias Harris one year later. LA was in full-on stealth mode once again this summer, operating under the radar and pulling off a major heist by acquiring Paul George for a record-breaking ensemble of first-round picks and securing Kawhi Leonard's commitment in the process.
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