He’s a solid teammate who is aware of his role at this stage of his career. If the Celtics were simply looking to fill the Gallinari void then Griffin could be fine in limited minutes. Griffin will also compete with Marcus Smart and Derrick White to pile up charge takes.
He’ll be a willing screener who can help Boston’s stars generate space. He had the best ball security season of his career last year with a career-low turnover percentage (no small thing to a Celtics team that pretty much fumbled away Banner 18). If we’re going to accentuate the positives, Griffin is a willing ball mover who routinely ranks among the best in assist percentage among big men. Maybe that doesn’t matter to size-deprived Boston, who didn’t have many viable options to eat minutes at the 4/5 positions with Danilo Gallinari and Robert Williams III sidelined after recent surgeries. Griffin isn’t a turnstile but he’s simply an aging big who’s lost some of his athleticism. While he gave them an immediate offensive jolt, Jaylen Brown essentially targeted Griffin in isolation on multiple fourth-quarter possessions as the Celtics moved a step closer to a four-game sweep. Our minds immediately raced to Game 3 of the Eastern Conference quarterfinals when the Nets tossed Griffin into the playoff fire. The depth-eroded Boston Celtics finally dipped their toes in the lukewarm free-agent market on Friday, signing 33-year-old Blake Griffin to a one-year, veteran-minimum deal.
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