 Blake Griffin officially a part of the detro pistons Obviously heading into the trade deadline. I was assuming that the Clippers would firstly look to trade Deandre Jordan And then I was reminded Jerry West has shown that he's a guy that takes a lot of risk He took Kobe Bryant He got shacked to LA He helped transform the Golden State Warriors Stephon Kari, Clay Thompson and Dre Montgrain all three of them he drafted All I'm saying is Jerry West knows what he's doing. The first thing he did when he Went to the Clippers. Was he signed Blake Griffin a five-year deal and Now look at him traded him off to the detroit pistons And the thing is he actually got some really good value because let's be honest here If you're in the Western Conference, you're not gonna win a championship It doesn't really matter how well he plays or how poorly he plays because when you're a part of the Los Angeles Clippers You're not really gonna do that. Well in the Western Conference I'm talking about just simply because you have Golden State in your conference. You have the Spurs in your conference You have the Rockets in your conference and even the Thunder have stepped it up in the same conference And whilst the Clippers was solid Let's be honest. They weren't gonna win a championship and now the Clippers have a time to build around some young pieces and while they're not super super young like rookie level young Avery Bradley is still reasonably young. He actually has a lot of value I mean even the Oklahoma City Thunder after losing Robeson Imagine if they could acquire someone like Avery Bradley for the future doesn't have to be in the near future Maybe next season if they can somehow maintain their core of Westbrook mellow and Paul George along with Stephen Adams Every Bradley was slot right into that shooting guard. He's just really is an awesome defender We all know that and he can hit the three-point shot and the mid-range shot unlike Robeson And then as for the Clippers they get to bias Harris. He actually does remind me of a really poor man's Camilo Anthony for some reason every time I watch him I don't know why but he just does it's not even the way he plays. It's simply just his shot I don't know why but Tobias Harris. He is a he's a good player. He's a solid player for well Now the Los Angeles Clippers. They also got Boba Mayanovich, which means that Deandre Jordan is more Expandable they don't have to keep him and well He does actually have a lot of value in the market at this point because with this trade Now it's the Eastern Conference that has taken a hit and a hit in a good direction in my opinion Because now the Pistons are the Pelicans version in the Eastern Conference You've got a really nice front court of Drummond and Blake Griffin just like the Pelicans had to Marcus Cousins and Anthony Davis shout out to the Marcus Cousins I wish him all the best But you feel what I'm saying you've got a poor man's Pelicans front court Because obviously Davis and DeMarcus are probably two of the best big man in the game in my opinion And now you've got the Pistons with Blake Griffin and Drummond, which they're not two of the best But they're really solid players Borderline All-Star in my opinion because you still got Reggie Jackson who can do things here and there Stanley Johnson is one Of those guys which he has to really prove what he can do in the NBA because he's still pretty young But he looks solid on defense and then Luke Canard seems like he has a really nice jump shot He can shoot the three and the mid-range so honestly They're actually a little bit younger than a lot of people expect them to be now I mean Stanley Johnson is really young Luke Canard is really young, but then you still got Well Reggie Jackson Blake Griffin Andre Drummond who are not young, but they are really capable of Transforming this Pistons team into a contending team in the Eastern Conference Because when you think about it, what's the one thing that Boston struggles with their big-man position? They only really have Al Horford who's not a huge defender He has been in the past but at the moment at the powerful position They don't really have anyone that is super super impressive to pair up against Blake Griffin Like Blake Griffin is Borderline All-Star capable of once a couple of years ago being an MVP discussions I remember a couple of years ago. He came third I think in the MVP race like Blake Griffin has proven in the past that he has been a very solid player and despite it Not being recently he can transform himself back into the past Blake Griffin if he can stay healthy But yeah, like I said the Celtics they're gonna have trouble against Drummond and Blake Griffin Miami's gonna have trouble against Blake Griffin and Andre Drummond. I mean we have white side, but he's not incredible on defense Yeah, he can block a couple of shots here and there, but that doesn't make you a great defender. Trust me I'm a heat fan white side has improved But he still needs to work on that part of his game and even so if we want to have a guy to pair up against Blake Griffin Now we're gonna get the rookie Bam out of bio in there. He's alright But he is still a rookie and a rookie can't always handle a guy like Blake Griffin Especially in the playoffs then the Cleveland Cavaliers. Well, you've got Tristan Thompson But apart from that that's gonna be a tough matchup for anyone in the Cleveland Cavaliers going up against Blake Griffin It's not really like you can put Jay Crowder on Blake Griffin at this point So maybe they're gonna go after a guy like Deontre Jordan now It's gonna be an interesting situation to see how the Eastern Conference teams match up against the Detroit Pistons because well like I said, it's a very nice front court It's not very well expected, but it's something that could actually work Especially when Reggie Jackson comes back So let me know down below what you think about the trade who wins who loses in my opinion It's just great for the Clippers to rebuild at this point. It's not like they're gonna win a championship anyway They might as well get a first-round pick which they did get some trade assets Because now they have Deontre Jordan on the trade block Lou Williams on the trade block And he has shown that he can be Balling especially this year you've got Tobias Harris You've got Avery Bradley like those are four guys that well It's a decent team when you fit them in it's not a championship level team But it's a decent team that can make the playoffs and if they don't want to make the playoffs Well, they are expendable and they can be traded and teams will actually look to trade for them and For the Clippers they can acquire some more first-round picks So like I said, it's good for the Clippers. They can rebuild start fresh Which they haven't been able to do for the past couple of years with Chris Paul Deontre Black Griffin, etc And as for the Pistons, well, you've got an interesting dynamic with the front court You still got Reggie Jackson there coming back from injury Stanley Johnson Luke Kennard two young guys Hopefully they can step it up a little bit and make the Pistons a playoff team and cause some trouble in the playoffs If they do make it, but if you guys enjoy the video and let me know your thoughts down below Leave a like if you enjoyed subscribe if you're new for NBA content, and I'll catch you guys in my next video Yeah, see you guys there Peace