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08-20-2011, 08:41 PM #1Banned
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Does Blake Griffin have Potential to be GOAT?
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08-20-2011, 08:45 PM #2Banned
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Re: Does Blake Griffin have Potential to be GOAT?
this thread..
i see what your doing with it.
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08-20-2011, 08:49 PM #3ISH's Negro Historian
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Re: Does Blake Griffin have Potential to be GOAT?
He has the same amount of potential as this thread has at being successful.
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08-20-2011, 08:52 PM #4Dunking on everybody in the park
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Re: Does Blake Griffin have Potential to be GOAT?
GOAT PF, sure, dude will most likely be the most dominant big in the league for the next few years (especially when he tones up his footwork, he is strong as hell in the post but did not have the footwork to go to work down there often). I canmos def see him being better than Malone and Barkley, Duncan will be hard to pass without being a great defender, but he could be a much better offensive force and for a much longer period of time, I can see him passing Duncan too, but he needs rings, lets see how well his team is as a whole for the next few yeas so nyggas can make a better assumption.
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08-20-2011, 09:18 PM #5NBA Legend and Hall of Famer
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Re: Does Blake Griffin have Potential to be GOAT?
No.
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08-20-2011, 09:20 PM #6Banned
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Re: Does Blake Griffin have Potential to be GOAT?
Why not? Guy averaged 22/12 his first season...
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08-20-2011, 09:24 PM #7ISH's Negro Historian
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Re: Does Blake Griffin have Potential to be GOAT?
Remember Derrick Coleman ...
Originally Posted by purplch0de
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08-20-2011, 09:25 PM #8NBA Legend and Hall of Famer
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Re: Does Blake Griffin have Potential to be GOAT?
Good for him. Originally Posted by purplch0de
He'll still never be the GOAT.
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08-20-2011, 09:27 PM #9Banned
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Re: Does Blake Griffin have Potential to be GOAT?
No
Jordan fans would never allow it
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08-20-2011, 09:41 PM #10NBA lottery pick
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Re: Does Blake Griffin have Potential to be GOAT?
A GOAT list factors talent, numbers, longevity being great, solo accolades, and team accolades. As far as talent, Griff I feel has talent on par with the best PF's of all time. And he will continue to get better. It seemed Kemp and Amare set the tone for the freak athlete PF. But Blake is taking that to another level. And he's combining it with the strength and work ethic of a Karl Malone. Once he works on that jumper and footwork he's gonna be real scary. But in order to top Duncan, he's gonna have to win a ring or two most likely. And be a great player for a long ass time. Even if he becomes a better player than Duncan, he has to build a resume that can compete.
Many people have Bill Russell as the greatest or second greatest center of all time. That's because of the resume he built that looks great for a GOAT list. But if you are talking in terms of who is the better player, it was always clear to me that Wilt was better than Russ. I would also take Kareem, Shaq, Hakeem, Robinson, and Ewing over Russell as well. But on a GOAT list, Russell has all the criteria needed to rank over almost every center. Talent is only portion of what is considered for a GOAT list. U got guys like Penny, King, and Hill that were headed for top 10 GOAT status it seemed for their positions. But injuries change that. But if u took say a G Hill at his best and compared him to the other great SF's, I would only take Bird, Dr. J, and Lebron over him in a draft for SF's. But on a GOAT list, Hill won't rank in the top 10 SF's.
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08-20-2011, 09:49 PM #11you can't stop me
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Re: Does Blake Griffin have Potential to be GOAT?
no...
depending on who you speak to ..Barkley, Duncan, Malone are the names that come up when the GOAT at his position comes up.
Blake is quick and powerful but the actual basketball skills aren't there. He seems to have the work ethic to get better, but the position isn't stacked anymore so he's not FORCED to get better every year.
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08-20-2011, 10:04 PM #12Banned
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Re: Does Blake Griffin have Potential to be GOAT?
Rookies Season pts/reb/blocks
Duncan: 19/11/2.5 per 39.1 minutes
Barkley: 14/8.6/1 per 28.1 minutes
Malone: 14.9/8.9/0.5 per 30.6 minutes
Garnet: 10.4/6.3/1.6 per 28 minutes
Griffin: 22.5/12/0.5 per 38 minutes
So he has no potential at GOAT all huh?
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08-20-2011, 10:06 PM #13Made that high school varsity squad
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Re: Does Blake Griffin have Potential to be GOAT?
Someone call of Bruce Blitz.
ring argument in tact.
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08-20-2011, 10:19 PM #14Wait and See
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Re: Does Blake Griffin have Potential to be GOAT?
Blake may have been the best rookie of all time. To say that he doesn't have a chance to be the GOAT PF is stupid. I personally don't see it because knees don't get better as you age, which to me means he may suffer another injury, but the potential is definately there. One thing I can say with some certainty is that he will be the best PF in the NBA in a couple of years.
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08-20-2011, 10:22 PM #15you can't stop me
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Re: Does Blake Griffin have Potential to be GOAT?
Originally Posted by purplch0de
if you RE-READ my post.....you'll erase your post .
I said that Blake doesn't have the basketball skills now to be goat PF,nor the inclination/situation to improve.
Fact that a super athletic(technically) rookie PF can score that many points and grab those kinds of boards on bad team doesn't mean as much as what you think it means.
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