For years now, Blake Griffin has been a problem for opponents to deal with. The L.A. Clippers power forward has progressed his game from being just an athletic dunker to an all-around superstar at the four spot. He's increased his free-throw percentage, developed a solid jumpshot, learned to get his teammates involved, and has led his teams to the best of his abilities when players like Chris Paul missed time with injury.

According to Dan Woike of the Orange County Register, Blake Griffin is finally ready to take another confident jump, this one to the three-point line.

“I want to be someone who shoots from there confidently, for sure,” Griffin said after Thursday’s practice at UC Irvine’s Bren Events Center. “A lot of us power forwards, our strength is inside or our versatility. You look at the best power forwards, Anthony Davis, LaMarcus (Aldridge), Draymond (Green) … they can all shoot but they can all put the ball on the floor and they can all score inside. I don’t necessarily think falling in love with the 3-point shot is a good idea, but shooting it confidently from there is great.”

In the 2013-14 season, Griffin made 12-44 shots from downtown. That percentage increased to 10-25 in 2014-15, and 6-18 last year in 2015-16. As his chemistry with Chris Paul continues to grow, Griffin will continue to find his most effective spots on the floor.

A couple years ago, Griffin even had this three-pointer at the buzzer to win the game against the Suns. He got quite the friendly bounce, but it counted as a three-pointer nonetheless.

Paul spoke about Griffin's confidence with his jumpshot now.

“Blake is Blake. We’re going to tell him to shoot it damn near every time he catches it,” Paul said earlier this week. “It’s one of those things I’m sure we’ll see when the games come how comfortable he is with it. But, we’ve had the confidence in him for awhile.”

On Thursday, Griffin was seen working on his game with future Hall-of-Famer and recently retired Kevin Garnett. Garnett never had a solid three-point shot, but he's been giving some personal pointers to Griffin on how to work on the low block.

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