It’s long been assumed — at least among fans — that Blake Griffin would start at the 5 when the Nets open up Tuesday night vs. Milwaukee. The bigger issue is who will start in place of Kyrie Irving, assuming he doesn’t get at least one COVID-19 vaccine before then ... and that seems unlikely.
But Steve Nash hasn’t said what he’ll do when asked for the line-up cards before game 1. Griffin was rested Thursday night and Nicolas Claxton started and stepped up. The numbers were almost as impressive as the eye test which was quite impressive, thank you very much.