seattlejazzfan
Well-Known Member
For anybody who wants to compare Aaron Gordon and Blake Griffin:
Aaron Gordon, 6'9, 225 lbs
Blake Griffin 6'10, 250 lbs
Aaron Gordon's freshman year stats: 12.5 PPG, 7.7 RPG, 2.0 APG, 1 BPG, 50% from field, 35% from three (has shot 43).
Blake Griffin's freshman year stats: 14.7 PPG, 9.1 RPG, 1.8 APG, 0.8 BPG 56% from field, 0% from three (only shot two).
Yes, Griffin's stats are better, but Gordon is right up there with him. I know almost everybody thinks of Blake when they see Gordon play. Is he basically the small forward version of him?
A great example of why these guys need to stay at least another year. Griffin's freshman year was very good, yet unspectacular, then he absolutely killed it his sophomore season. A lot of guys don't improve much after their freshman seasons. Hard to know what Gordon would do - I doubt it would be near what Griffin did. He just isn't near the physical specimen Griffin was.