Months ago, when Blake Griffin came to terms that he was going to forego $13.3 million to get out of his contract with the Detroit Pistons, he'd come to terms with the fact that he was no longer a franchise player in body or mind.
But that did not mean he could no longer be a contributing player in spirit.
He felt he had something left to give, maybe a couple of years of it if he's lucky, which he hasn't been very often if we're being honest. For that price, in both dollars and ego, what he wanted was happiness and to play meaningful basketball again.