Blake Griffin and MVP belong in the same sentence.
The Los Angeles Clippers All-Star power forward might not deserve to win the award and join Derrick Rose as one of two players to dethrone LeBron James in the last half-decade, but he definitely belongs in the conversation.
And as I'll explain in a bit, there's a massive distinction between those two ideas.
During the 2013-14 season, Griffin has been the driving force behind the success of the Clippers. He's been a dominant offensive player, and his scoring has gone a long way toward spurring them into the No. 3 spot in the Western Conference standings.
However, the increasingly overwhelming amount of evidence is still being met with some resistance. The question of whether or not Griffin belongs in this conversation still stubbornly persists, even if it shouldn't.
Let's end that once and for all.
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