If you put your effort and concentration and to play into your potential to be the best that you can be,

I don't care what the scoreboard says at the end of the game, in my book, we're going to be winners.

The talent for so many players today, the talent and the spotlight, it's taking them to heights that their character's not strong enough to support.

I'm one of those set goals achievements.

I talked about faith, passion, obviously the drive with the guys that I've been around and the guys that surround me every single day. If I want to be one of the best, I've got to play with and against the best. Okay, so that which gets praised gets with beautiful. You're listening to the Hardwood Hustle, brought you by PGC basketball. Thank you, tuning in. You're listening to The Hardwood Hustle, brought to you by PGC Basketball. Thank you, we're tuning in. You're listening to The Hardwood Hustle. I'm your host Adam Bradley alongside T.J. Roseen. Today we are broadcasting here in Baltimore, Maryland. We've got a fun two-part NBA shoot-around for you. The first half we're going to talk about, did the L.A. Clippers do Blake Griffin dirty with their recent trade to the Detroit Pistons.

And secondly, we'll finish up with a breakdown of our thoughts on this new NBA All-Star

selection process with the two captains picking their teams.

We've got some opinions on that.

But let's start with Blake Griffin.

And this has just been really, really kind of bugging me. You know, Blake Griffin goes into the offseason this past summer, and he's a free agent. And, you know, if there's ever a time for a player to kind of where things get put in their court, right? They get some control. I mean, throughout their career, you know, they're playing for their team. They're under contract for, you know, they only get a few moments in life in their basketball career to actually have the control, right, from a selection perspective.

He has that control this summer.

L.A. Clippers come up to the table and basically promise him the world.

You're our franchise.

We are going to build around you.

Blake Griffin tries to do the right thing.

He's very loyal to him.

Doesn't really go on a major free agent search.

Listen to what they say and say, if I'm your guy, as you're saying, then I'm with I'm with you signs re-ups for a huge five-year

contract and it's not only six months later boom shipped him to Detroit Michigan all right

where he now was under contract with Detroit for four and a half years.

This was, he had every opportunity.

If he knew the LA Clippers were going to trade him,

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