Coming Home?

Both Blake Griffin and Chris Paul opted out of their Clipper contracts this week. They both now become unrestricted free agents and while they could still sign with the Clippers speculation is Chris Paul is headed to the Spurs and maybe Blake Griffin could be coming home to Oklahoma.

Griffin was the national POTY at OU in 2008 and the subsequent number one pick in the entire league after his sophomore season.

Would Blake Griffin be a great get for OKC? I would say yes. His career pro numbers are 21 pts, 8 rebounds and 5 assists per game. He runs the floor, has excellent court vision, is a surprisingly decent three point shooter at 34% and is a unique talent who along with Westbrook would make the Thunder the most exciting team to watch in the NBA.

Would it put them over the top against the Warriors, probably not, but it would give the Thunder a core three of Westbrook, Griffin, and Adams which would be pretty impressive.

In order for this to happen, you would think Andre Roberson, Taj Gibson, and Enes Kanter would be playing elsewhere. Presti could possibly move Oladipo to the sixth man role and move Abrines to a starting two guard role.

OKC’s bench would have Oladipo playing the Harden role, Sabonis, McDermott, Ferguson and someone else could round out the top ten players.

The Thunder’s top nine players would be Westbrook, Griffin, Adams, Oladipo, Sabonis, Abrines, McDermott, Ferguson and let’s say Jerami Grant.

That’s a nice top nine which should be able to score the ball and become a decent defensive team. It’s roster which would put the Thunder in as good as position as possible to contend for a title as any of the other 28 teams in the league excluding the Nike West Coast All-Stars and LeBron.

Is Blake Griffin coming home? I hope so. It would be great for the team, the city, and the league. Plus, it would be fun.

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