I was actually looking forward to following Griffin this year. He is an unselfish player- the type who will dive on the floor for a ball, which is not alway a good thing for a man his size. He also seems like a good kid- the kind a coach likes to use as a model for younger athletes to look at.

Oct 27, 2009 1:07 AM EST
Los Angeles Clippers’ rookie forward Blake Griffin may miss up to six weeks with a stress fracture of his left patella suffered during the Clippers’ last preseason game vs. the New Orleans Hornets on Friday, October 23rd.

Griffin was the first overall pick in the 2009 NBA Draft out of Oklahoma.

I was also hoping to watch the development of Batum, who played in Europe when Gallinari was playing, and he got injured also.

Portland Trail Blazers forward Nicolas Batum will undergo surgery on his right shoulder to repair a torn labrum, it was announced today by General Manager Kevin Pritchard. The surgery will be performed by Dr. Neal ElAttrache on Friday in Los Angeles at the Kerlan-Jobe Orthopaedic Clinic. A timeline for Batum’s return will be determined following surgery.

Not a good start for these young guys, or for their teams (especially LA).

You just cannot anticipate an injury and the impact it may have on your season.

I also took a more "personal" hit with Leon Washington getting hurt yesterday. He is my favorite player to watch in the NFL, and now he is out for the year.

So it goes.

Ouch. The patella is never good. Didn't McDyess have a severe injury on his patella? Hopefully Griffin recovers and sustains a long career.

clips may have more bad luck than the knicks. wasnt bill simmons just talking about griffin and worrying about him getting hurt just when it was looking like he might be real good?

I feel like this was a disaster waiting to happen. This is another guy I didn't like going into the draft. Dude's a beast, but he's a beast with a lot of issues.

Speaking from personal experience patellas are difficult to come back from and be the same as you were before. McDyss did have patella injury with the Knicks. Mine was ruptured patella tendon. I don't know if that is diierent medically than a fracture. Patella is your knee cap and mine shifted to what seemed like my thigh (actually an inch or two above where is should be).

sucks, no two ways about it.

also shows why building through the draft is as big a crapshoot as other methods.

building a winning team has as much to do with luck as skill.

Does the word STEROIDS ever come to mind when you watch Blake Griffin.

It's just a hunch but he's so unusual in his physical make-up and explosion and I hear so many things about his awesome workouts.

Just wondering if some of his injuries are do to his body doing things it wasn't naturally built for.

Even if Blake Griffin was 100% healthy he was not a guaranteed superstar. But if he loses his explosion or has to pull back on the way he plays his game because he is fragile I don't think he has the skill to be a very good NBA player. His game is built on his physical talent.

oohah

I can see his lateral quickness being affected the most.

This was a non-contact injury too. Livingston, Odom and Griffin would be a sweet all rehab team.

so according to the logic used against gallo.. can we now consider blake a bust?