Blake Griffin wouldn't listen.
It was the first day of Los Angeles Clippers training camp at the University of California, Irvine and Griffin's first practice since a quad injury knocked him out of the playoffs in April. He went through the whole session without a break.
Several times, Clippers coaches tried to pull him out.
Each time, he refused.
"I don't blame Blake," head coach Doc Rivers said afterward. "If I hadn't played in a year or half a year, I'd probably do it, too. This is his first time he had like red meat in front of him all year, in a long time, so I get it."
Griffin's never been one to leave scraps on the table; so far through the preseason, he's attacked every morsel with a particularly ferocious appetite. He's brought an energy and focus to his work that's as familiar as it is fresh.
"Any time something is taken away and you're not really able to play at the level you want to or not even play at all, I definitely feel like that hunger changes a little bit," Griffin said. "It d ...
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