Blake Griffin

Griffin is getting a fully guaranteed one-year contract from Boston.

[Retweet](http://twitter.com/share?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.hoopsrumors.com%2F2022%2F09%2Fceltics-to-sign-blake-griffin.html&text=Celtics+To+Sign+Blake+Griffin)2 [Share](#)0 [Send via email](#)0 I’d expect one of the six players on a non-guaranteed contract – But the team attended Griffin’s recent workouts in Los Angeles and liked what it saw there, per Himmelsbach. Several days into camp, it seems the team had seen enough to recognize that another veteran was necessary. [Noah Vonleh](https://www.basketball-reference.com/players/v/vonleno01.html?utm_campaign=Linker&utm_source=direct&utm_medium=linker-), [Jake Layman](https://www.basketball-reference.com/players/l/laymaja01.html?utm_campaign=Linker&utm_source=direct&utm_medium=linker-), [Justin Jackson](https://www.basketball-reference.com/players/j/jacksju01.html?utm_campaign=Linker&utm_source=direct&utm_medium=linker-), [Brodric Thomas](https://www.basketball-reference.com/players/t/thomabr01.html?utm_campaign=Linker&utm_source=direct&utm_medium=linker-), [Luka Samanic](https://www.basketball-reference.com/players/s/samanlu01.html?utm_campaign=Linker&utm_source=direct&utm_medium=linker-), or [Denzel Valentine](https://www.basketball-reference.com/players/v/valende01.html?utm_campaign=Linker&utm_source=direct&utm_medium=linker-) – to be cut to open up a spot. The six-time All-Star’s role and production have declined significantly since his prime years with the Clippers and Pistons. [LaMarcus Aldridge](https://www.basketball-reference.com/players/a/aldrila01.html?utm_campaign=Linker&utm_source=direct&utm_medium=linker-), [Carmelo Anthony](https://www.basketball-reference.com/players/a/anthoca01.html?utm_campaign=Linker&utm_source=direct&utm_medium=linker-), [Hassan Whiteside](https://www.basketball-reference.com/players/w/whiteha01.html?utm_campaign=Linker&utm_source=direct&utm_medium=linker-), [DeMarcus Cousins](https://www.basketball-reference.com/players/c/couside01.html?utm_campaign=Linker&utm_source=direct&utm_medium=linker-), [Tristan Thompson](https://www.basketball-reference.com/players/t/thomptr01.html?utm_campaign=Linker&utm_source=direct&utm_medium=linker-), and [Dwight Howard](https://www.basketball-reference.com/players/h/howardw01.html?utm_campaign=Linker&utm_source=direct&utm_medium=linker-) are among the unsigned veterans still [on the market](https://www.hoopsrumors.com/2021/01/2022-nba-free-agents.html). [Danilo Gallinari](https://www.basketball-reference.com/players/g/gallida01.html?utm_campaign=Linker&utm_source=direct&utm_medium=linker-) is expected to miss most or all of the 2022/23 season while recovering from a [torn ACL](https://www.hoopsrumors.com/2022/09/danilo-gallinari-diagnosed-with-torn-left-acl.html), while [Robert Williams](https://www.basketball-reference.com/search/search.fcgi?pid=williro04,williro07&search=Robert+Williams&utm_campaign=Linker&utm_source=direct&utm_medium=linker-) will be out until at least November or December following [knee surgery](https://www.hoopsrumors.com/2022/09/celtics-expect-robert-williams-to-miss-8-12-weeks-following-knee-procedure.html). [Blake Griffin](https://www.basketball-reference.com/players/g/griffbl01.html?utm_campaign=Linker&utm_source=direct&utm_medium=linker-), reports Adrian Wojnarowski of ESPN ( [Twitter link](https://twitter.com/wojespn/status/1575868141493579776)). Griffin will earn $2,905,851, while the Celtics will take on a cap hit of $1,836,090. [via Twitter](https://twitter.com/AdamHimmelsbach/status/1575869114731601920)). The deal will be worth the veteran’s minimum, Adam Himmelsbach of The Boston Globe confirms (

A six-time All-Star, Griffin boasts averages of 19.8 points and 8.2 rebounds in 724 career games with the Clippers, Pistons and Nets. He joins a Celtics squad ...

A six-time All-Star, Griffin boasts averages of 19.8 points and 8.2 rebounds in 724 career games with the Clippers, Pistons and Nets. Free agent Blake Griffin has agreed to a one-year, fully guaranteed deal with the Boston Celtics, sources tell ESPN. The Celtics have agreed to a one-year contract with veteran free agent Blake Griffin, ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski reported Friday.

Griffin spent the last season-and-a-half with the Brooklyn Nets.

But even if he may be bordering on washed status (or is perhaps already there), the benefit of an experienced player like Griffin is that you can count on a high baseline of competance. Griffin, even at this stage of his career, will offer new head coach Joe Mazzulla a veteran option who can eat up minutes in the regular season and help spare Horford. [Al Horford](/nba/players/1231877/al-horford/) and [Grant Williams](/nba/players/2268528/grant-williams/) were the Celtics' only true frontcourt options who saw significant time last season. They need to ease him through the regular season in order to have him at his best in the playoffs again, and that became a much tougher task after the injuries to Gallinari and Williams. The 33-year-old Griffin, who had spent the last season-and-a-half with the [Brooklyn Nets](https://www.cbssports.com/nba/teams/BKN/brooklyn-nets/), was still a free agent as training camps opened across the league. Former first-round pick [Mfiondu Kabengele](/nba/players/2268060/mfiondu-kabengele/) signed a two-way contract with the team in the summer, while [Noah Vonleh](/nba/players/2135569/noah-vonleh/) and [Luka Samanic](/nba/players/3118841/luka-samanic/) were invited to training camp; Kabengele showed flashes in the summer but is a question mark, while Vonleh and Samanic may not even be on the team.

The Boston Celtics are adding to their roster Friday morning, signing a former No. 1 overall pick to a one-year deal. ESPN's Adrian Wojnarowski was the ...

[Brooklyn Nets](https://www.netsdaily.com), averaging a career-low 6.4 points per game. Griffin, 33, is expected to fill the void left by Robert Williams, who is recovering from knee surgery, at the beginning of the season. [Boston Celtics](https://www.celticsblog.com) are adding to their roster Friday morning, signing a former No.

The Boston Celtics and forward Blake Griffin have agreed to a one-year deal that is fully guaranteed, a league source confirmed to The Athletic on Friday.

Griffin signing a fully-guaranteed deal indicates he will move ahead of the various backups in the depth chart, behind just Horford and Grant Williams early on. [Danilo Gallinari](https://theathletic.com/nba/player/danilo-gallinari-Tc4KmbImKRw5nB3I/) tore his ACL and Rob Williams was pulled out for two to three months following a follow-up knee surgery, Boston had an immediate need for front court help. Griffin played in 56 games with the

El veterano Blake Griffin llegó a un acuerdo por un año con los Celtics, buscando brindar profundidad en la línea frontal del equipo.

[Al Horford](https://espndeportes.espn.com/basquetbol/nba/jugador/_/id/3213/al-horford). [LA Clippers](/basquetbol/nba/equipo/_/nombre/lac/la-clippers), [Detroit Pistons](/basquetbol/nba/equipo/_/nombre/det/detroit-pistons) y [Brooklyn Nets](/basquetbol/nba/equipo/_/nombre/bkn/brooklyn-nets) durante sus 12 temporadas en la NBA, incluyendo la pasada temporada y media en Brooklyn. Boston abrió su campamento de entrenamiento con varios jugadores, incluyendo los veteranos [Noah Vonleh](https://espndeportes.espn.com/basquetbol/nba/jugador/_/id/3078284/noah-vonleh), [Denzel Valentine](https://espndeportes.espn.com/basquetbol/nba/jugador/_/id/2999549/denzel-valentine), Justin Jackson y [Jake Layman](https://espndeportes.espn.com/basquetbol/nba/jugador/_/id/2982268/jake-layman), compitiendo por lugares en la lista, mientras que también se espera que el centro [Luke Kornet](https://espndeportes.espn.com/basquetbol/nba/jugador/_/id/3064560/luke-kornet) forme parte del equipo.

Ya queda menos para aligerar la sobrecarga de interiores que persisten como agentes libres. Según adelanta Adrian Wojnarowski los Boston Celtics se han ...

El ala-pívot es un perfil muy diferente al de Williams y queda lejos de representar la corrección interior y amenaza vertical del joven center. Aunque se desconocen cifras, lo lógico sería que hubiese firmado por el salario mínimo de veterano. En principio se trata de un contrato de un año totalmente garantizado.

La noticia de la suspensión de su entrenador, Ime Udoka, ha copado la información de los Boston Celtics en los últimos días.

a la sombra de Messi y Neymar](https://www.marca.com/futbol/liga-francesa/2022/09/30/6335832a22601d85028b45e3.html?intcmp=MOD+LEIDAS-RED-pos4) [Lendoiro: "Verás el palo que va a dar Florentino al fútbol español con el nuevo Bernabéu, va a ser una máquina de hacer dinero"](https://www.marca.com/futbol/primera-division/2022/09/29/6335ab0b46163fe28e8b4577.html?intcmp=MOD+LEIDAS-RED-pos5) La noticia de la suspensión de su entrenador, Ime Udoka, ha copado la información de los Boston Celtics en los últimos días. La llegada de Blake Griffin incorpora a la plantilla de los Celtics un estilo diferente de interior. El que fuera número uno del Draft de 2009 ha sufrido varias lesiones, especialmente en la espalda, que han ido bajando su rendimiento temporada a temporada en los últimos años. Su última etapa, en los Brooklyn Nets, ha ejercido como pívot suplente en un rol muy secundario. El periodista Adrien Wojnarowski ha refrescado la actualidad de los célticos adelantando el fichaje de Blake Griffin.

BOSTON (AP) — El veterano Blake Griffin acordó un contrato con los Celtics de Boston, dijo el viernes a The Associated Press una persona familiarizada con ...

Griffin's deal will reportedly be fully guaranteed for one year at the veteran minimum. The Celtics will need to waive a player to complete the Griffin signing.

The Celtics will need to waive a player to complete the Griffin signing. He regularly features near the top of NBA leaderboards in charges taken. In 82 games (34 starts) with Brooklyn, Griffin averaged 7.5 points, 4.3 rebounds and 2.0 assists in 18.5 minutes per game. No longer the high-flyer he was in his younger days, Griffin has reinvented his game. With six players currently on non-guaranteed camp contracts, that shouldn’t be a problem for Boston. ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski reports that the Celtics are signing Blake Griffin:

Griffin spent the last season and change with the Nets as he looked to win the first ring of his NBA career. Now, he'll have that opportunity with Boston as he ...

The C’s don’t need Griffin to be a difference-maker like he was when he made All-NBA teams. It also doesn’t hurt the Celtics to add some veteran voices in the locker room. Griffin isn’t going to start consistently, but he does bring some shooting and playmaking when he is on the court. [ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski](https://twitter.com/wojespn/status/1575868141493579776) was the first to report the news. While Griffin obviously wasn’t around when Udoka coached the team, Griffin should bring some steadiness once he’s in Boston. Now, he’ll have that opportunity with Boston as he should bring in another veteran presence to the locker room.

A six-time All-Star, Griffin boasts averages of 19.8 points and 8.2 rebounds in 724 career regular season games with the Nets, L.A. Clippers and Detroit Pistons ...

Even with all that leap, Griffin never was a shot-blocker, and aside from his first season in the league, nor was he the great rebounder in the NBA that he was in college. He may not be ageing like Kevin Love, perhaps, but he is finding ways to contribute on a nightly basis, and where once the poster dunk was something he did better than everyone else, his new something is the taken charge. Also a decent and unselfish passer on the move, Griffin can now create offense with the ball in his hands, where once he was the one who needed creating for. But over the course of his 13-year career, he has gotten smarter, wiser and more polished as a player. Shooting slightly on the way down, consistency in the outside shot has never been a hallmark of Blake's, as evidenced by his 26.2% three-point percentage last campaign. And when he does set screens, his big frame means they can be meaningful ones, recording 1.6 screen assists per game even in his limited role. What Griffin has done, though, is develop his perimeter skills beyond just the shooting. The deal is fully guaranteed, and thus not part of the training camp shuffle - Griffin, it seems, will be a Celtic to begin this season. As training camp draws to a close and preseason begins, this is usually a point in the season where the only NBA transactions hitting the wire are players being signed for a day or two so as to be able to allocate their rights to the team's G League affiliate, or cuts of any residual offseason excess. [more recent news](https://www.si.com/nba/2022/09/23/celtics-robert-williams-out-8-12-weeks-after-knee-surgery) that starting center Robert Williams will miss a longer period of time than previously thought with the lingering effects of the injury that clearly hampered him in last year's NBA Finals run. The burst has largely gone, ne'er to return. Between 2010 and 2019 inclusive, Griffin averaged 21.9 points and 9.0 rebounds per game.

El veterano Blake Griffin acuerda un contrato con los Celtics de Boston, dice a The Associated Press una persona familiarizada con el trato.

Luke Kornet sufrió una torcedura de tobillo poco después del inicio del campamento de entrenamiento esta semana. La persona confirmó el pacto a la AP bajo condición de anonimato porque aún no ha sido anunciado de manera oficial. En 12 temporadas en la NBA, promedia 19,8 tantos y 8.2 tableros.

In the wake of injuries to Robert Williams III and Danilo Gallinari, the Boston Celtics will sign six-time NBA All-Star Blake Griffin to a one-year, ...

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The Celtics elected to potentially shake up their depth chart by bringing Blake Griffin into the fold.

The Celtics will still have plenty of ways to add to their roster this season with two sizable trade exceptions remaining and potentially a disabled player exception for Danilo Gallinari. The Celtics are far from putting together a finished product with this Griffin signing but how they plan on shaping the roster just got a bit more clear. They can send some cash to a team in a trade (along with some sweetener) to take the steeper tax penalty off the books. Danilo Gallinari is expected to miss the season with a torn ACL, Rob Williams is likely out until 2023 as he recovers from knee surgery and [Luke Kornet will be out for the next two weeks](https://www.masslive.com/celtics/2022/09/luke-kornet-injury-celtics-center-will-miss-1-2-weeks-with-ankle-sprain.html) after suffering a sprained ankle this week. Griffin will make just under $3 million for the season but Boston will be paying over double that amount in luxury tax penalties due to their current payroll. [Blake Griffin to a one-year guaranteed deal](https://www.masslive.com/celtics/2022/09/celtics-sign-blake-griffin-to-one-year-deal-to-shore-up-front-court-report.html).

The Celtics reportedly added much-needed big man depth by signing Blake Griffin on Friday. Our Chris Forsberg breaks down what the veteran could bring to ...

Gallinari could miss the entire season while Williams III will be sidelined 8-12 weeks after a cleanup procedure on his knee. Two years ago, he was playing 26.5 minutes per game in the playoffs for the Nets and the Celtics shouldn’t need to lean on him anywhere near that much if healthy. We’ll take Griffin’s addition as a sign that the team isn’t blown away by what it’s seen from the gaggle of camp invitees. If the Celtics were simply looking to fill the Gallinari void then Griffin could be fine in limited minutes. [Watch on YouTube](https://youtu.be/0lQ6KAx60K0) The guy who once made dunking over a Kia look easy had 13 dunks in 958 minutes last season.

With all 20 offseason roster spots previously filled, the Celtics are waiving Denzel Valentine so they can finalize the Blake Griffin signing.

[Blake Griffin](https://www.si.com/nba/celtics/top-stories/celtics-sign-blake-griffin-heres-what-he-provides-and-why-they-chose-him) signing. Boston's preseason schedule spans less than two full weeks, so hopefully, for Kornet's sake, he gets at least one game in before the start of the regular season. He also shot 44 percent from the field and 35.2 percent from beyond the arc while launching 7.3 threes per contest. [Luke Kornet](https://www.si.com/nba/celtics/top-stories/luke-kornet-suffers-ankle-sprain-at-celtics-practice) suffering an ankle sprain expected to sideline him for one to two weeks. In 31.9 minutes per game, Valentine averaged 14.6 points, 10.3 rebounds, seven assists, and 1.1 steals per game. [Jared Weiss and Shams Charania of The Athletic](https://twitter.com/JaredWeissNBA/status/1575953656897077248?s=20&t=Gdj2C8rGUxgjyp89ZfR6kQ) first reported Valentine is getting waived.

The Lansing native never got a chance to suit up for Boston in his time with the Maine Celtics.

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First, Danilo Gallinari tore his ACL, an injury that's likely to sideline him for the season. Then, Robert Williams underwent an arthroscopic knee injury and ...

[Adrian Wojnarowski](https://twitter.com/wojespn/status/1575868141493579776?s=20&t=Gdj2C8rGUxgjyp89ZfR6kQ), gives Boston a proven option to add to its depth at the pivot. Additionally, Boston likely believes Griffin will fit well in the locker room. Griffin's also the most mobile of Boston's free-agent options at center. [Danilo Gallinari](https://www.si.com/nba/celtics/top-stories/danilo-gallinari-undergoes-acl-repair) tore his ACL, an injury that's likely to sideline him for the season. Per Wojnarowski, Griffin's deal with the Celtics is a one-year contract that's fully guaranteed. Then, [Robert Williams](https://www.si.com/nba/celtics/top-stories/robert-williams-undergoes-arthroscopic-procedure-on-left-knee-expected-to-return-to-basketball-activities-in-8-12-weeks) underwent an arthroscopic knee injury and won't resume basketball activities for 8-12 weeks.