blake griffin youtube dunk thread extraordinaire

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z6q5FJMWvws

this just in: pictures will also be accepted

I'll repost some of the ones from the reg season thread

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http://www.youtube.com/v/5BTxPigJaws&hl=en_US&feature=player_embedded&version=3

Shit, sorry.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5BTxPigJaws&feature=player_embedded

The ridiculous alley-oop:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3sqpeqThYrA&feature=related

And of course, the most homoerotic dunk ever:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xwx9HiM4Aw0

And this quote belongs on here too:

“His highlights are sick,” said Lakers forward Ron Artest, repeating the declaration as if speaking in capital letters. “I wish he dunks on me. I’m not going to lie. I hope he dunks on me, puts his shoulders on my face and like, ‘Aaaaah!’ Just crazy. Lights it up. His highlights are stupid.”

http://clippers.topbuzz.com/albums/blake-griffin/Blake_Griffin_dunks_on_Timofey_Mozgov_photo_art.jpg

http://grab.by/87KJ

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xdP5PZvM8J0

#2 is so awesome, the way he calls for it. dude KNOWS

this guy is unbelievable

That little spin move he does is the best.

theres no reason why he shouldnt end up as one of the absolutely best players of his generation - i mean can he be better than durant - i dont know

To me the real question is: can he be better than Tim Duncan?

hmm i do not think he can be better than tim duncan, because hes never gonna be half the defender and i dont think he can be twice the scorer

duncan i believe to be btw the finest player of his generation over kobe and garnett

I think he can be every bit as good as Duncan, but it will require him to improve his game substantially.

But players improve, so who knows? He is MUCH more athletic than Duncan ever was imo.

He's already as bad at free throws as Duncan is lol

its interesting to think abt, they are v different players

To match Duncan's total game, Blake would need to have a similar mindset. He doesn't. Not to say Blake can't be huge if he stays healthy.

that is a v interesting question

xp that's the thing, they're actually not far apart temperamentally or in terms of 'basketball iq', his ability to read the floor in particular is a shade off of rookie tim, which is to say excellent at this age; blake's athleticism and skillset has channeled his game differently but there's no reason he couldn't or indeed wouldn't develop the method, precision, or experiential skills duncan has and be as relatively valuable to his team as duncan was/is (which is not the same as being as good as tim duncan granted).

Rookie per game stats:
Blake Griffin: 21.5p, 12.4r, 3.2a, 0.8s, 0.6b, 2.8to
Tim Duncan: 21.1p, 11.9r, 2.7a, 0.7s, 2.5b, 3.4to

Pretty similar except for Duncan's huge blocks advantage.

griffin's numbers are monsterous. how long must he toil with the LAC?

ive said this before, the clippers need to be sold, its important

Donald Sterling needs to be flogged

To match Duncan's total game, Blake would need to have a similar mindset. He doesn't.

― Aimless, Saturday, January 1, 2011 4:49 PM (6 hours ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

cool man thx 4 the info, hopefully you two can work on his mindset in future sessions

Have you ever seen Blake Griffin wearing a wizard's conical hat and a fake beard? No? Well, I rest my case.

I HAVE

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=02tB6adIYXg

Blake Griffin backflip dunk within the year.

just needs to do more of this and hes hall o fame status

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=crTWjzHJn5M

tim dunkin meet block griffin

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G-tPpFaSZwM

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Griffin just blocked the GOAT
Gold753 2 months ago

That Griffin block on Duncan's jam up there was a pin against the board, afaics. Great athleticism to get that high, tho.

guy has to learn to play a lil more under control, shit is frightening

To match Duncan's total game, Blake would need to have a similar mindset. He doesn't.

― Aimless, Saturday, January 1, 2011 4:49 PM (6 hours ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

cool man thx 4 the info, hopefully you two can work on his mindset in future sessions

― ice cr?m, Saturday, January 1, 2011 11:31 PM Bookmark

love this post, btw

dude moves like an antelope but is deceptively massive so he builds up ridiculous momentum without seeming to realize it

This is before my time so I wouldn't know but would a good comparison for Griffin be pre-surgery Amare? He was talked about the same way, right?

don't think he had the same level of moves

theres a similarity there for sure, young amare seemed like he didnt really need moves, like hed just turn and dunk over anyone in a way that didnt quite make sense, griffin is more overtly spectacular

im sure amares footwork and all the subtle stuff was perfect, but the overall impression was of someone playing a different game than everyone else, dropped 40+ on duncan in back to back playoff games iirc

in terms of being a power dunker blake griffin is the next shawn kemp

guy has to learn to play a lil more under control, shit is frightening

― ice cr?m, Tuesday, January 4, 2011 2:03 AM (6 hours ago) Bookmark

put blake griffin in my dead pool 2011, y/n

lol

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=twye9FdR0sg

do u read threads or just skim through them

i just sort of absorb them its hard to explain

"We get behind early on in the third quarter on some stupid plays -- poor passing, poor transition defense -- and then Kobe has to screw up the game and start energizing the team by going one-on-one and that takes the rest of the guys out as a consequence," Lakers coach Phil Jackson said after the game.

Jackson clarified what he meant when he said "screw up the game" after practice, taking some of the bite out of the sound bite.

"When a game starts getting out of hand -- and rightly so -- Kobe will crank it up, not screw it up," Jackson said. "I used that term 'screw it up' but not in terms of it being an error or a mistake, but 'crank it up.' He'll go to another notch to try to get us back in the ballgame. That's something we do in the fourth quarter, that's our fourth quarter action, that's how we win ballgames. To have to crank it up and do that in the third quarter, we didn't have much left in the gas tank after that."

http://www.themindgames.com/assets/images/mindgames-logo.jpg

yeah more teams should consider putting graphical logos on the front of their unis ala hockey

The new unis are referred to as "The City" uniforms, IIRC?

The old unis from the '60s/'70s are "The City" uniforms and the new ones are inspired by that style.

Hollinger:

"The other thing you'll notice from the chart, again, is the quality of the comparables. Of the other 12 best rookies in the past three decades, all but two are either in the Hall of Fame or well on their way. We'll try really hard to ignore the fact that the two exceptions both played for the Clippers."

(Elton Brand & Terry Cummings are the two exceptions)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t0ikcLWYzfo

I figured out the best nickname for blake

http://jjinbeat.com/Cap/StarSpangledSite/Colossus-XMen.jpg

you heard it here first

Lamarcus Aldridge had BG's number last night. Blake kept getting shut down and was trying to force spectacular shit all night long.. He will eventually learn but was like 6/17 from the field..

got to the lin 13 times

Yeah his inexperience still shows sometimes, but I mean not all that much for a rookie.

Other possible nicknames

Blake to the Future
The Grifter
McGriff: Take a Bite out of Rim

There, I've just written one of those annoying fantasy basketball guy commercials.

nicknames just happen ok, lets all be cool

*nailed it* with colossus imo

nickname deregulation now

some people were sugegsting 'poster child' but I thought that was too polite

nicknames are soooooo 20th century

but i'm voting for blake bagels

Junior Lollipops

feast

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tE8d35l_YXM

Saw 'the poster child' tshirts on sale at staples last night.. seems like its official.

awful

awficial

ho hum

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iAcb30u0mJA

http://www.onionsportsnetwork.com/articles/blake-griffin-makes-amazing-dunk-where-he-lets-go,19063/

haha

http://a.espncdn.com/photo/2011/0204/nba_dunk_stunt_288.jpg

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=uNDlR7TLYgE#at=10

this was inevitable

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q3HcRnziiEM

watched that one live, he basically got up, stretched his neck and kept playing

clips announcers went a little berserk but of course at the same time i thought if that was vince carter he'd have been wheeled to the locker room and out 6-8 weeks

that two-handed one from baron is like "Throw it anywhere near the hoop...or not even"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nOxq-G-DYNY

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GeVLRRZhuCM

now make a highlight of ray allen's 3 dunks

holy shit

sorry just catchin up

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZWbWGgdrQ-E

lollin' at the extra pass

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Oq7GyiLUNOM&feature=player_embedded

deandre on 1st dunk shows nice iq

i've been kind of down on blake lately. haven't seen him play much since the all star break + feel like he made a heel turn by rigging the dunk contest + his commercials all suck

Worst thing about a blake griffin dunk -- having to hear that guy say OH MEEEOHMY!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pmDbVzKkAUQ

Beautiful alley-oop PASS right there too.

Seriously that was some borderline Bron/Wade level 2-on-1

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rIRLGaEFdKo

bold challop prediction: for some reason i get the feeling blake griffin is going to end up being an epic heel

don't see that - he seems too bland off the court and his brand of dunking seems to be for the sake of the dunk itself, not necessarily using dunks as last nails in the coffins type deals

I mean he's like a kid who just discovered masturbation and that's all he ever wants to do now

(terrible turrible analogy)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YyqsfecWAzM

ahem

ts: slo-mo vs reverse angle

http://www.youtube.com/v/mRME9j6f560&feature=player_embedded&fs=1&hl=en

Blake Griffin fever dream dribbling clinic

http://d3j5vwomefv46c.cloudfront.net/photos/large/828917937.gif

really this thread could be updated like every game

http://i.minus.com/icO1rrMDzJvXK.gif

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eT48oCHlCsU

blake griffin punch extraordinaire

http://i.imgur.com/RbHNqaH.jpg