Blake Griffin is one of the most exciting guys in the NBA to watch, but he’s also probably one of the most disrespected. A big guy who has the reputation as being a flopper is the kiss of death, and that may be what’s hampering Blake’s respect around the league. He routinely gets fouled harder than most guys and there has to be a reason for that.
His Clipper teammate Chauncey Billups thinks he knows why that may be the case and why he’s perceived as “soft”. Because he’s…too nice.
“I don’t agree that Blake Griffin is soft. But what I will say about Blake is that he’s maybe too nice of a guy,” Billups said. “Because there’s been times in games where people take shots at Blake. And I tell him if that’s me, you’re going to have to take this two- or three-game suspension, and I’m going to punish somebody.
“That’s just how I’m built. Blake is not really built like that. He’s … too soft of a guy inside for him to be like, ‘All right, I’m just going to hurt somebody.’ He just won’t do it. I wish he would, and I think that people would look at him a lot different if he did that. But he’s just not that kind of person.”
H/T espn
