Much has been made over Blake Griffin’s withdrawal from Team USA Basketball ahead of this summer’s 2014 FIBA World Cup. First, BG said he withdrew because he wanted to “dedicate all his energy on improving and preparing for the upcoming NBA season.” Then, according to ESPN’s Ramona Shelburne, it surfaced that Blake pulled out of the tournament not just in preparation of the 2014-15 NBA season, but as a doctor recommended precaution to heal a small fracture in his back, which reportedly occurred during this past postseason.
The latest clue into the great Blake back mystery is this video above, which shows Blake Griffin backflipping into the sea while on vacation in Croatia. The video, which appears to be from late June, throws a huge wrench into the assertion that Blake injured his back during the 2014 NBA Playoffs, and only increases the speculation surrounding his recent withdrawal from Team USA. Was Griffin hurt before backflipping into a Croatian sea? Did Griffin get hurt as a result of the backflip? And, as SB Nation points out, why did Griffin’s people initially deny that an injury of any kind was the cause of his backing out from his Team USA commitment? What does Donald Sterling think about all of this???
[via SB Nation]
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Much has been made over Blake Griffin’s withdrawal from Team USA Basketball ahead of this summer’s 2014 FIBA World Cup. First, BG said he withdrew because he wanted to “dedicate all his energy on improving and preparing for the upcoming NBA season.” Then, according to ESPN’s Ramona Shelburne, it surfaced that Blake pulled out of the tournament not just in preparation of the 2014-15 NBA season, but as a doctor recommended precaution to heal a small fracture in his back, which reportedly occurred during this past postseason.
The latest clue into the great Blake back mystery is this video above, which shows Blake Griffin backflipping into the sea while on vacation in Croatia. The video, which appears to be from late June, throws a huge wrench into the assertion that Blake injured his back during the 2014 NBA Playoffs, and only increases the speculation surrounding his recent withdrawal from Team USA. Was Griffin hurt before backflipping into a Croatian sea? Did Griffin get hurt as a result of the backflip? And, as SB Nation points out, why did Griffin’s people initially deny that an injury of any kind was the cause of his backing out from his Team USA commitment? What does Donald Sterling think about all of this???
[via SB Nation]