The second take in our series of point-counterpoint. Today, we discuss:
Which is the Player You're Super Psyched to Watch This Season?
Blake Griffin (Bach)
Sure, I'm excited to see Kevin Durant take that next explosive step in his development and, yeah, I'm really, really looking forward to Amare Stoudemire bringing the Knicks from the "Bring back Oakley!" column over towards "Hey, I can watch this team without hugging my tear bucket!" But no player's potential gets me more excited than Griffin. He was even more of a no-brainer #1 pick than John Wall was coming into this season, dominating the college game in his last season at Oklahoma. His skills are incredibly dynamic; he's 6'10'', yet can handle the ball like a point guard and run the floor like a caffeinated Looney Toon. He's lighting it up during the preseason with a 17-12 average through the first 6 games, showing few ill effects from the injury that cost him his first attempt at a rookie season. Most importantly, he's got the rest of his teammates excited to be Clippers. Of course, that may also have something to do with Vampire Mike Dunleavy removing his life sucking fangs from Chris Kamen's neck, but still. Blake Griffin is going to be awesome.
Kevin Love (Matt)
Which is the Player You're Super Psyched to Watch This Season?
Blake Griffin (Bach)
Sure, I'm excited to see Kevin Durant take that next explosive step in his development and, yeah, I'm really, really looking forward to Amare Stoudemire bringing the Knicks from the "Bring back Oakley!" column over towards "Hey, I can watch this team without hugging my tear bucket!" But no player's potential gets me more excited than Griffin. He was even more of a no-brainer #1 pick than John Wall was coming into this season, dominating the college game in his last season at Oklahoma. His skills are incredibly dynamic; he's 6'10'', yet can handle the ball like a point guard and run the floor like a caffeinated Looney Toon. He's lighting it up during the preseason with a 17-12 average through the first 6 games, showing few ill effects from the injury that cost him his first attempt at a rookie season. Most importantly, he's got the rest of his teammates excited to be Clippers. Of course, that may also have something to do with Vampire Mike Dunleavy removing his life sucking fangs from Chris Kamen's neck, but still. Blake Griffin is going to be awesome.
Kevin Love (Matt)
While Blake Griffin, John Wall, and Kevin Durant are all going be super fun to watch this season, they are all more or less sure things. They are all going to be great, but we know what we are going to see. Durant is going to score on anyone. Griffin is going to fly around the court like a wild man. Wall is going to run circles around slower guards. Minnesota PF Kevin Love is a bit more of a mystery. Because of injuries and lack of playing time I still don’t know what his ceiling is. He might lead the league in rebounds this season. He might grab 14 rebounds a game while leading all centers in three-pointers made this season. I don’t know and that is why I’m more psyched to see him than any other player.
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