With a few unfortunate punches, Blake Griffin may have single-handedly swung both the Los Angeles Clippers' immediate fortunes and his own long-term fate with the team.
The Clippers announced on Tuesday that Griffin would miss four to six weeks after undergoing surgery on his hand to repair a spiral fracture stemming from an off-court incident in Toronto. According to ESPN, Griffin came to blows with Matias Testi, a close friend and the team's assistant equipment manager, while at dinner on Jan. 23.
As it happens, L.A. has fared well without Griffin this season—perhaps well enough to remove the "untouchable" tag from the team's All-Star power forward.
And as ESPN's Zach Lowe revealed to fellow NBA insider Brian Windhorst on a recent podcast, "I've always heard rumblings, and I don't know if I really believe them, but what I've heard is that if Doc had to pick one to trade, he would pick Blake..."
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