Former NBA star Blake Griffin, who most prominently played for the Los Angeles Clippers, shared his thoughts on a potential jersey retirement by the team despite the sour ending to his tenure.
The recently retired power forward appeared on the FanDuel show "Run It Back" with former NBA player Chandler Parsons. He was asked if he would be open to being the first player to have a jersey number retired in Clippers franchise history.
"It's obviously a huge honor. I wouldn't turn that down. But in my mind, I don't know that I do necessarily deserve it, I haven't had any conversations about it... If it happens, that's awesome. It's a huge honor and I'd greatly appreciate it ," the six-time NBA All-Star said on the show.
Griffin was a free agent in 2017, and the Clippers' pitch for him to stay was an elaborate private ceremony featuring pictures of the player from childhood to adulthood, culminating in a pseudo-jersey retirement ceremony.
The 2011 NBA Rookie of the Year soon signed a five-year deal worth $173 million to stay in Los Angeles.
Clippers traded Blake Griffin months after private ceremony
Just a few months after the intricate private ceremony the Clippers organized to keep him in the summer of 2017, the team traded him to the Detroit Pistons at the end of January 2018.
Griffin opened up about the ceremony with Parsons on the show.
"We walked into the Staples Center and they did a whole ceremony. I watched the jersey go up in the rafters and then four months later, I was buying winter clothes," the 35-year-old said.
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