Blake Griffin starts season strong. Then disappears. Each year. Why?

[HoopologyPhD]

Probably because his athleticism advantage is more noticeable when everyone is on fresh legs but when they all get into the grind of the season it drops off a bit.

You will sometimes see this when an injured player or somebody who hasn't played that much is inserted in the middle of a season and does really well the first couple of games because they are playing fresh vs everyone else who is fatigued.

[Milbuck]

He isn't disappearing at all, his team is just dogshit around him. Individually he has pretty consistently been great.

[PeroAntic]

The times he dropped off, he got injured mostly. He's having an MVP level season so far.

[Doranku]

Paul George is another player who does this.