It took one game for Blake Griffin to get back to his dunking ways, now on the Brooklyn Nets.
2020 was a COVID year and a year without Blake Griffin dunking. Well, guess what? It is 2021 baby, and Griffin is jamming it down in his first game with the Brooklyn Nets. Detroit Pistons fans are channeling their inner Jack Buck, as they do not believe what they just saw.
The man who built himself a Hall-of-Fame career by dunking over Kia Optimas was back at it again. I am not saying the Pistons were holding him back, but … oh, who am I kidding? That is exactly what I am saying! The world is healing, as Griffin is getting back to what he does best: Dunking the basketball. No more “Point Blake” nonsense or ultra-finesse 3-point shooting. Griffin slams FTW!
The Detroit Pistons were clearly holding Blake Griffin back from dunking
The last time I got this excited over an in-game dunk, Kyle Korver proved he was more than a 3-point shooter for my beloved Atlanta Hawks. This is exactly how I expect Nets fans to feel right now.
BlAkE gRiFfIn DoEsNt DuNk AnYmOrE pic.twitter.com/dKjuwyoI7z
— Brooklyn Nets (@BrooklynNets) March 22, 2021
NO WAY.
— Rob Perez (@WorldWideWob) March 22, 2021
Blake Griffin, who has not dunked since 2019, first bucket as a Brooklyn Net IS A DUNK
we have been bamboozled pic.twitter.com/l4hzz9AApa
BLAKE GRIFFIN JUST DUNKED LETS FUCKING GOOOOOOOO
— Big Cat (@BarstoolBigCat) March 22, 2021
BLAKE GRIFFIN❗️SLAM DUNK❗️ pic.twitter.com/6hbXShx2sx
— Brooklyn Nets (@BrooklynNets) March 22, 2021
Seeing Griffin robbed of all of his athleticism broke our hearts, but to watch him go vertical again brought a smile to all of our faces.
Blake Griffin hasn’t dunked since December 2019.
— Legion Hoops (@LegionHoops) March 22, 2021
His first game as a Brooklyn Net, and he throws down a two handed dunk.
We just got finessed. pic.twitter.com/2qQVT0CO4N
Blake Griffin has dunked for the first time since 2019.
— StatMuse (@statmuse) March 22, 2021
Of course he did it in his first game with the Nets. pic.twitter.com/Ajx0vTKUEq
While it was cool to know that Griffin and I had something in common, as in not dunking a single basketball in 2020, I tip my cap for his courageous bravery to willingly get off the ground and elevate. You are a better man than me, Blake. You really are.
A BLAKE GRIFFIN DUNK!
— Complex Sports (@ComplexSports) March 22, 2021
First since 2019 🤣 pic.twitter.com/5DuaGU22M6
I want Blake Griffin and the NBA investigated pic.twitter.com/IEqbI8T720
— philip lewis (@Phil_Lewis_) March 22, 2021
Blake Griffin’s athleticism when he joined the Nets pic.twitter.com/kS3abAsw0H
— Jake (@SuperiorNBA) March 22, 2021
Fittingly: Blake Griffin's first points in Brooklyn come on a dunk. In an interview with ESPN, he promised he still had bounce.
— Malika Andrews (@malika_andrews) March 22, 2021
Even in the midst of March Madness going on, that did not stop Griffin from throwing it down. For a brief second there, it felt like we were watching a Lob City game instead of dead-air space between Chris Paul State Farm commercials. If Griffin never dunked a basketball in a game again, I feel like we all would have been deprived of something holy, righteous and downright excellent.
If that was the last time we got to see Griffin dunk a basketball, then it was 100 percent worth it.