Blake Griffin Returns Home with One-Handed Slam

Blake Griffin returns to the Staples Center and enlightens the crowd with this strong jam.

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[IncognitoDre]

the title is a fail he played a home game vs houston on sunday...

[BuckMarley]

Shouts out to Steve Ballmer. I see you.

0:26

[potcomadman]

As awesome as that was he didn't get up as high as he used to

[quiteknight]

Blake Griifin is such a beast. Like, where did he come from? (Misspelled name in title)

[kbtitan]

Man, Blake needs a shave otherwise he will start looking like Chuck Norris.

[tbjxd]

im a golden fan i even i can see that Griffen is a good player!

[TheSilentGuardian]

I like Blake *"Griifin"* too.

[ghicic]

"He's not slowing down at all at 26" no shit, he's in his prime

[jegbryrmegikke]

Blake GriiFin... You had one job titledude

[fakiemoney]

If stephen curry would have made that pass.
Number 1 play of the day.

[SILMANTV]

Is it just me or ever since last year I've noticed a significant decline in his vertical keep while deandre is at the rim easy

[shotbywyn]

this isn't a typo in the title, that nigga Blake Grif just way two i.

[FrostedLane]

this dude reminds me a lot of blake griffin

[boypula]

blake griffins editorial as to why he completely lowered dunking:

guys, it’s hurtful. It’s hurtful when you say that I didn’t mean to do this. Just look at me coming out of the huddle, down two with two seconds left on the clock. You can see the game plan right on my face, like “Yeah, I’m about to post up at the three-point line, catch it with my back to the basket at a real funny angle, fake like I’m going to pass it to CP3 (nah, son), spin around behind the line with a hop-step and launch the trey before stumbling back into the front row.”

Doc always says it. When the game is on the line, you give the ball to Young Fundamentals.

Did I mean to ricochet the ball off the front of the rim so that it would look like a brick before gently kissing off the top of the backboard and in? You tell me.

So I don’t understand why everybody was so surprised when it went in.

Hurtful, you guys.

For real though, that shot was huge for me personally. Do I like a jam or two? Sure. I do it for the children. But honestly, there’s nothing more satisfying than hitting a jumper. People have been telling me I couldn’t shoot since I came into the league. I remember when I was drafted Skip Bayless even said that I would never amount to anything more than “a poor man’s Dennis Rodman.”

Dang, Skip. I can’t even be a middle class Rodman?

Honestly, they had a point. My first few years in the league, I was relying on my athleticism to get me by, because that’s what got me to the NBA. The problem with that is, you end up getting really, really tired by February. My rookie year I tried to get out of bed on a road trip near the end of the season and I was like, Am I physically able to walk right now? I went out on the floor that night and ran up and down just trying to look like a real NBA human.

So you were correct, haters. You became, as the kids say, my motivators. I needed to work on my mid-range game. You can print that. Editors, can I get a pull quote?

Two years ago — even a year ago — I wouldn’t have taken that three-pointer at the buzzer. I didn’t have the confidence. I’ve read articles talking about how I’ve changed my jump shot this year. It’s not that simple. I’ve actually been working on changing my technique for about three years. When your muscle memory is so ingrained to shoot a certain way, it takes years to tweak different parts of the release.

I’ve put up more than 250, 000 jump shots with my shooting coach Bob Thate over the past three years in order to re-wire my brain. That breaks down to roughly 300 shots per day just on my mid-range form alone. Bob has a saying: “How do you build a mansion? Brick by brick by brick.” It’s kind of like how Apple releases versions of the iPhone. Each year we’ve worked and worked to be able to roll out a new feature of my shot.

The first and hardest thing for me was letting it go at the top of my jump and not shooting it on the way down. This is pretty crucial when you’re playing against the ridiculous length of an Anthony Davis or a Tyson Chandler. To put it in perspective, an average NBA player, even a big man like me, can knock down about 80 percent of their practice jumpers with nobody guarding them. But when you have a guy like Tyson contesting your shot, it’s a different story. You either have to lean back awkwardly or release the ball at the absolute apex to even get the shot off. It was so hard to get used to. It felt like I was going to shoot the ball over the backboard every single time when we first started working.

The second thing is that I was bringing the ball back too far behind my head. Not sure where that came from. You mold your shot as a kid and then over time, you start picking up bad habits. I was in the post most of the time in high school and college so I didn’t really work on perfecting my jumper.

The third thing is that I’d be leaning back instead of jumping straight up and down. The fourth and last thing is that I wouldn’t finish high enough to get enough arc on the ball (you want to finish with your hand in the cookie jar and get enough air under the ball so the cameras capture you doing that cool slow-mo moonwalk down the court like CP does.)

I love Bob, but we’ve put up so many shots together that sometimes I close my eyes to go to sleep and I still hear him whispering “feet together, finish high” in my ear. The man doesn’t even look to see if the ball goes in. He just stands there watching my form. It’s disturbing.

Love ya, Bob.

Editors, can I get an illustration?

[Janinho]

what the f.. did the announcer just say ?? he is not slowing down at all ?! maaan, this dude could jump over a car a few years back... now, he can probably barely jump over the wheel of a car.. :D :P ;)  

PS: his last name is not GRIIFIN ...

[AfroPlaylist]

So no ones gonna bring up the Nice Pass from Cp3?....ok

[WSLEE_JR]

I didn't watch the game, but from this dunk it don't look like he getting up as easy as he use to or something....or maybe he just wasn't trying here

[killzone]

Trust me he's not back. He as not dunked the ball very good this year.