Blake Griffin

I mean, he's older than me, so we've never really played on the same team. So he seems like nice.

I mean, he's older than me, so we've never really played on the same team. So he seems like nice.

Yeah, I honestly didn't understand how that became sort of a thing. Some of the guys that have been on the team, we talk about it all the time, our team was under a crazy microscope. It was high stress.

Yeah, I honestly didn't understand how that became sort of a thing. Some of the guys that have been on the team, we talk about it all the time, our team was under a crazy microscope. It was high stress.

I think we were just like not a team that was like easy to root for. Oh, yeah. A lot of text. I would complain to refs.

I think we were just like not a team that was like easy to root for. Oh, yeah. A lot of text. I would complain to refs.

CP, like, we had a bunch of guys who were just like, you know, were just like, I don't know that we're like. Also, JJ, like, coming from Duke, he's like a Duke guy. People just automatically, for some reason, hate Duke guys. We just, like, and some of it was on us. Like, we put that on ourselves. But I wouldn't even put JJ in that category of, like, not easy to root for. It was just like...

CP, like, we had a bunch of guys who were just like, you know, were just like, I don't know that we're like. Also, JJ, like, coming from Duke, he's like a Duke guy. People just automatically, for some reason, hate Duke guys. We just, like, and some of it was on us. Like, we put that on ourselves. But I wouldn't even put JJ in that category of, like, not easy to root for. It was just like...

I brought a lot of that on myself, and I truly think a lot of that, sometimes my arguments with refs was out of just frustration and competitiveness and something else combined.

I brought a lot of that on myself, and I truly think a lot of that, sometimes my arguments with refs was out of just frustration and competitiveness and something else combined.

I knew what I was doing, obviously, but I was just like, what? Like, what are you... And then sometimes after the game, I'm like, oof, that was bad. I wasn't even close. He was right. It was just like the heat of the moment. It's hard not to. For me, it was hard.

I knew what I was doing, obviously, but I was just like, what? Like, what are you... And then sometimes after the game, I'm like, oof, that was bad. I wasn't even close. He was right. It was just like the heat of the moment. It's hard not to. For me, it was hard.

Oh, for sure. Oh, for sure. And I would try to make it a point to do that. If I was ever clearly wrong or like, the next game's the next game. And I think the refs are so good about, or most of them are so good about, hey, all good, we're good. You go up to them the next game, hey, what's up, man? Joke with them for a second. You move on. But yeah, there's just like anything else.

Oh, for sure. Oh, for sure. And I would try to make it a point to do that. If I was ever clearly wrong or like, the next game's the next game. And I think the refs are so good about, or most of them are so good about, hey, all good, we're good. You go up to them the next game, hey, what's up, man? Joke with them for a second. You move on. But yeah, there's just like anything else.

Like I said earlier, there's times where I was like, probably should have left the ref alone on that one.

Like I said earlier, there's times where I was like, probably should have left the ref alone on that one.

It was that. It was also competitiveness. Adam Devine has season tickets.

It was that. It was also competitiveness. Adam Devine has season tickets.

Some of it was just immaturity, too, on my part. I just didn't know how to navigate talking to a ref yet. What's the right way to do it? Is there a right way to do it? Yeah, you give them a break on little things and then you maybe wait till the next play's over, dead ball, whatever, go up to them, hey.

Some of it was just immaturity, too, on my part. I just didn't know how to navigate talking to a ref yet. What's the right way to do it? Is there a right way to do it? Yeah, you give them a break on little things and then you maybe wait till the next play's over, dead ball, whatever, go up to them, hey.