NEW YORK >> It didn’t matter that Blake Griffin moved a little slowly Sunday in the Clippers’ loss in Indiana. It didn’t matter that needed to wear a compression sleeve on his right leg after getting kicked in the calf Friday in Detroit.
And, it didn’t matter that Griffin moved around fine during the team’s shootaround Monday morning in New York.
Doc Rivers made up his mind.
“Months ago,” he said. “Literally months ago.”
It game him and the staff time to prepare a full-fledged presentation to Griffin Sunday afternoon, informing him of the decision.