Chris Paul will go down as one of many highest to ever do it when he calls time on his illustrious profession and one star that benefitted from his greatness was Blake Griffin.
The pair got here along with the LA Clippers to take pleasure in a six-year stint collectively, it didn’t end in any championships however the ‘Lob Metropolis’ workforce was actually feared.
Griffin would ultimately be traded to the Pistons after 9 years with the Clippers who made him the No. 1 total choose within the 2019 NBA Draft. The draft class featured the likes of Stephen Curry, James Harden, and DeMar DeRozan.
Whereas Griffin loved proving to people who he was not handed his prime on the Pistons, he shared a few of his greatest recollections with Paul in LA.
CP3 could also be remembered for being a 12x NBA All-Star or for being an help machine, nonetheless, his former Clippers teammate will all the time keep in mind him for his work ethic.
Paul remains to be averaging 29.1 minutes per recreation on the age of 39 with the San Antonio Spurs and remains to be demanding exhausting work from his teammates.
Talking on ‘7PM in Brooklyn with Carmelo Anthony’, Griffin stated: “I feel the factor I in all probability acquired probably the most from him was, you watch Chris Paul flip the ball over I guess the possibilities of him getting a steal the following possession are in all probability the very best within the league. He would get so upset that he’d simply turned it over he was figuring a method of find out how to get that ball again.
“That’s the factor I acquired, each possession issues. Suppose the sport, and be a possession forward. He’s working 5-6 various things at a time and it was him bringing us alongside. As younger gamers me and DeAndre [DeAndre Jordan] attempting to show us how to do that each single night time.”
Griffin went on to elucidate how “all people sees the assists” however what they don’t see and don’t perceive is his aggressive drive to win.
“His aggressive drive simply to win an everyday season match is fairly unmatched.”
As beforehand talked about the pair spent six years collectively on the Clippers and so they complemented one another’s video games completely.
Paul, probably the greatest playmakers in NBA historical past, and Griffin a powerhouse ahead who was glad to dunk on individuals for enjoyable, shaped a robust partnership.
CP3 presently sits second total in NBA historical past for assists with 12,186, an incredible 1157 of which have been for Griffin.
The pair, though they by no means received any trophies collectively did maintain a reasonably spectacular document of 232-106.
After Griffin’s feedback about Paul’s will to win each recreation, the 106 profession defeats collectively will need to have been enjoyable.
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