![]() But opposing stretch fours killed the Pistons with regularity because of Griffin's struggles to close out on them. He is not always bad and looked much better once the Pistons stopped having him try to trap ball-handlers far away from the hoop and play more conservatively. As far as his actual on-court play, the biggest worry remains his defense. It is worth mentioning that it sounded as if the Pistons were in any position to make the playoffs still then Griffin would've very likely returned, but its still worrying. The big obvious one is that he is paid a ton of money and already missed eight games at the end of this season with an injury which is the thing you have to be most worried about with Griffin. Simply put, despite what anyone says, the Pistons were a much better team with Blake Griffin than they were without him. ![]() A mark that would fall at 7th between the Boston Celtics and San Antonio Spurs over the course of the entire season. He got comfortable, the Pistons found better ways to use him, and everything clicked better for him.Įven including those first 13 games, with Griffin on the floor, the Pistons scored 106.2 and allowed 102.8 points per 100 possessions for a net rating of +3.4. Those are numbers fully reflecting a superstar player, while the shooting is something to be skeptical about, anyone who watched can attest to how much better he looked. Over that stretch, Griffin scored 22 points, dished 6.7 assists (against just 2.2 turnovers) and grabbed 6.2 rebounds while shooting 47.3% from the field and 44.1% from deep. After that, he hit his stride in the last 12 games of his season. In his first 13 games with the Pistons, Griffin scored 17.8 points and dished 5.8 assists per game while shooting just 39.3% from the field and 25.4% from deep. Which is understandable, Griffin had spent his entire career with the Clippers, was just as blindsided about the trade as everyone else, playing with all new teammates and a new coach. Griffin did a lot of work on his own, and he got good results despite generally playing in an offensive environment that was practically designed to make life hard for him by having exactly one shooter on the floor for large stretches.Įven looking at the larger numbers, which are not all that eye-popping as a Piston, the thing to know is that he really struggled to adjust early on with the Pistons. When you add in his passes his isolations and post-ups get even better, including being in the 83rd percentile for isolations when including his passes. ![]() Despite really struggling to adjust in his first 13 games with the Pistons where he and the entire offense was pretty out of whack (and his poor numbers reflect that, but more on that in a moment) in his time with the Pistons Griffin ranked in the 67th percentile on post-ups, 63rd percentile on isolations, 90th percentile on spot-ups, and 75th percentile coming off of a screen. But the best news is that the Pistons finally have an offensive star who can have an entire offense run through him effectively. It can be argued that he is paid too much, that he is too old, that he doesn't fit today's NBA and a million other things. 43.3% from the field, 34.8% from deep, true shooting percentage of 53.1% in 33.2 minutes per game. Season stats: 19.8 points, 6.6 assists, 5.6 rebounds, 2.6 turnovers. Also, all numbers should be assumed to be simply his time with the Pistons, if referencing the full season (so adding in his time with the Clippers) it will be noted. Any stats not pulled from there will be otherwise noted. Follow along with all the stats on Basketball-Reference.
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