NBA Fan’s Perspective: What I Learned About NBA, the Raptors and Blake Griffin 3

February 17th, 2011 by Alessio Gasparotto Leave a reply »
This is my third and final installment of this mini-series and it has to do with the most exciting player in the NBA right now.

 

Part 3 Blake Griffin

 

The Big Show

Can you believe that in a league with Kobe, Lebron, Wade, Durant, Amare, Melo and Paul, that a rookie would become the biggest draw?  He has been drawing crowds around the league, and I can only think of maybe two games all year when he didn't put down a highlight reel-caliber dunk.  He has become such a phenomena, that when my wife was purchasing tickets and asked who I wanted to see, I said the Clippers.  I don't think that thought has ever crossed my mind before. 

When I got to the ACC on Sunday, there was a buzz in the building that I had only experience one time before, when Vince returned for the first time.  I have seen Lebron twice, and even he didn't generate the same "oohs" and "ahhs" as Blake did.  It was really something to see.  

Starting with warm ups, you could hear the excitement build every time it was his turn in the lay up d ...

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