Anthony Morrow also scored 47 points yesterday vs. the Hornets.Quote:
GRIFFIN DOMINATES THABEET
It was No. 1 vs. No. 2. And it was no contest.
Power forward Blake Griffin, taken with the No. 1 pick in last month's draft by the Los Angeles Clippers, met up Thursday with Memphis, featuring No. 2 pick Hasheem Thabeet, a center. It was no surprise Griffin fared much better than Thabeet, perhaps the biggest underachiever of the NBA Summer League.
In the Grizzlies' 85-68 win, Griffin scored 18 points and grabbed 15 rebounds. Thabeet shot an embarrassing 1-of-3, not making his first basket until 30 seconds were left in the game, and finished with seven points, three rebounds and seven fouls (players can't foul out).
It wasn't a surprise there was such a big difference in how the two looked. In his first three games, Griffin is averaging 20.3 points and 12.0 rebounds while Thabeet is averaging just 7.3 points and 3.7 rebounds in his first three.
Hall of Famer Walt Frazier, an analyst for MSG, came away very underwhelmed while watching Thabeet earlier in the week.
"Thabeet didn't really impress me," Frazier said. "He wasn't very assertive."
