We don't need to believe everything Dudley said, but if you consider Griffin's relations with Paul, that ridiculous injury he suffered by punching Clippers' working staff, it's hard to defend that Griffin is a good teammate. I don't want to say my least favorite… That's a teammate right now that I don't talk (to), don't get along (with), words aren't exchanged on the court, yada yada." Down 20, people want to fight, bickering. You're up 20, everything's good, throwing lobs. How about when you're losing? How about when you're down 20? And that's the biggest thing with that team. It's easy to be the greatest teammate when you're winning. I think he's a great basketball player and I think you can differentiate the two. "I just don't like his personality and attitude. We were somewhat cool off the floor we weren't cool on the floor," said Dudley to Sam Amick of The Athletic. It was weird because it was a bipolar type team. When I was with him I didn't have a bad relationship with him. (Elsa / Getty Images) The Detroit Pistons. I don't get along with Blake Griffin now. Blake Griffin, who has reportedly been traded to the Detroit Pistons, signed a five-year, 171 million US deal with the Los Angeles Clippers last summer. Looking through the statistics, it was hard to find anything that Griffin does better than vintage Elton Brand, despite overwhelming public sentiment that Griffin is the better player.Ĭlearly, if 2005-06 Elton Brand were on the current Clippers team, then writers all over the association might be talking about MVP consideration, and the Clippers would be talking championship.Perhaps what Jared Dudley, who used to be Griffin's teammate in the Clippers in the 2013-14 season, said could give us some clue. So Grffin has both better shooting around him and better passing to get him the ball, but he cannot score at anything close to the efficiency that Brand showed in that magical 2005-06 season. Today in Los Angeles, Griffin’s team hits 37.6 percent of its three-point tries, good for fifth. Plus, Griffin is enjoying much stronger play from his point guard, as 62.4 percent of Griffin field goals are assisted, compared to just 59.5 percentfor Brand.Īnd while the current version of the Clippers are maligned for their poor three-point shooting, Elton Brand’s Clippers were one of the bottom 10 teams in three-point percentage, ranking just 21st in the NBA at 34.4 percent.
This despite both players with similar field goal attempts per game, right around 18 shots. Brand was ferocious that season, shooting almost 53 percent from the field while Griffin is only shooting 47 percentthis season. OK, so Brand was better on defense, but what about those amazing Griffin dunks? That must mean Griffin is better on offense than Brand.Īgain, stats tell a different story. Meanwhile, in 2005-06, Brand had 5.5 defensive win shares, which is better than any Griffin season to date. Griffin is actually only marginally effective this year on defense, with just 0.3 defensive win shares, an advanced statistic that estimates how many wins the player contributes on defense.
In fact, while Brand was on the floor, he blocked almost 5 percent of opponent’s shots, while Griffin only blocks 0.7 percent. So Brand was undeniably better at cleaning the glass, but what about shot blocking? Surely the athletic Griffin was better at swatting opponents shots, right?Īs Lee Corso would say, not so fast my friend.īrand actually averaged 2.3 blocks per 36 minutes in 2005-06, while Griffin inexcusably averages a paltry 0.3 blocks per 36 minutes this season. So Brand actually grabbed more of the available rebounds than Griffin.ĭefensive rebounding percent, is also led by Brand, at 19.9 percent, while Griffin is only at 17.7 percent. On the surface, Brand seems to be the better rebounder, and looking at the advanced, that suspicion is confirmed. Griffin’s total rebound percent, showing the percent of available rebounds a player retrieves, is a mediocre 12.8 percent, while Brand’s was 14.8 percent.
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