Ever since the Clippers won the NBA lottery last April, onlookers have been keeping their fingers crossed that Blake Griffin could perhaps avoid the scourge that is the Clipper Curse. Many men have come to L.A. before him, and nary a one has left with his ACL in tact.
Blake Griffin’s Officially an L.A. Clipper
↵Naturally, Griffin’s first injury as Clipper would happen on a emphatic dunk:
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↵The L.A. Times reports:
↵↵He hurt his left knee on the play and his status for the season opener against the Lakers on Tuesday is in question, considered day to day.
↵What is ominous for the Clippers is that this was the same knee Griffin hurt several days before training camp. […] Griffin had treatment on the knee after practice and will be examined by the team doctor Monday.
↵“There is some swelling in there, so we’ll see what happens,” Clippers Coach Mike Dunleavy. said.
↵↵Ordinarily, this would be the sort injury you might shrug off, but again, this is the Clippers, a franchise shrouded by a long and distinguished history of calamity. Stay tuned.
↵(And here’s to hoping it’s a false alarm, because man, that block-dunk combo was impressive.)
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