Blake Griffin out for the Rest of the Season

By General
for NBA-Basketball.org

Published: January 17, 2010

Blake Griffin, the number 1 pick in the 2009 draft suffered an injury during the 2009 preseason and was expected to be out until December. However, it was recently announced that he will miss the remainder of the season as well. This will mean that he will not have played any minutes in the NBA this season, qualifying him to be a rookie again next season.

Blake Griffin injury

One of the major talking points for this Blake Griffin injury is whether it was a Clippers curse or a #1 draft pick curse. We know already that the Clippers have had a lot of bad luck in the past with their high draft picks. Their was Shaun Livingston who was a highly coveted guard with great expectations, but ever since being drafted by the LA Clippers, he has not managed to stay healthy. Also you will remember, the 1996 #1 pick of the Clippers: Michael Olowakandi. He was a huge disappointment that never even got close to the expectations set by him from the Clippers organization.

Then at the same time you have the newly developing #1 pick curse. Greg Oden was selected number 1 overall in the 2007 draft, but has troubled staying healthy. He has just shutdown for the season as well, and it begs the question: why is it that number 1 picks seem to suffer so much. Is it the pressure? Is it the fact that usual #1 picks are usually big men who are agile (a special combination).

It’s uncertain the exact cause of Blake Griffin’s injury, but it would be wise to take his time for a comeback so as to not have a repeat injury like Greg Oden did.