Blake Griffin has found happiness in Detroit, and refuses to look back.
Griffin, 29, was traded by the LA Clippers six months after inking a five-year, $171-million contract extension last year.
The league leader in touches per game? It's Detroit's Blake Griffin, who has a new playmaking role (and new life) in Motown. For @NYTSports –> https://t.co/10YS4xrsf8
— Marc Stein (@TheSteinLine) October 31, 2018
The five-time NBA All-Star says he’s found a home with the Pistons, who’ve tasked him with playmaking duties.
Per the NY Times:
“I’ve moved on,” Griffin said. “I feel very happy here. I feel settled. I feel at home. I’m good.
“With everything we have going on, with a new arena and a new practice facility being built, to me this is a great time to be a Piston. I’m not looking back.”
It didn’t hurt that Griffin, after missing nearly 90 games with multiple injuries over the previous three seasons, enjoyed his first healthy off-season in four years. That enabled him to hire Noah LaRoche, a trainer based in New Hampshire who had worked with [Russell] Westbrook and Diana Taurasi, to direct the most productive summer of game simulation in Griffin’s career.
“The past couple summers, I was working just to be able to play,” Griffin said. “This past summer, I was finally working to improve.”
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