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Los Angeles Clippers: Blake Griffin Adding The Three-Pointer To His Game

Published Jun. 30, 2017 6:28 p.m. ET

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After a disappointing year for the Los Angeles Clippers last season, Blake Griffin is ready to introduce the three-point shot into his game in 2016-17

Blake Griffin has only attempted 155 three-pointers through the first six years of his career. He’s averaging 0.4 three’s per game in his career. Expect that to change in 2016-17, though.

At least, that’s the plan.

Griffin appears ready to expend his offensive repertoire to the three-point line, that’s what he told reporters earlier this week. Griffin knows what the three-point threat can do for an offensive forward’s game. It’s something that will not only help his offensive game, in keeping defenders honest, but it will also help the Los Angeles Clippers’ offense.

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As people around the Clippers have hoped over the past three seasons, Griffin seems ready to take his game beyond the 3-point line. Now, it’s on him to take the shots when they present themselves.

“I want to be someone who shoots from there confidently, for sure,” Griffin said after Thursday’s practice at UC Irvine’s Bren Events Center. “A lot of us power forwards, our strength is inside or our versatility. You look at the best power forwards, Anthony Davis, LaMarcus (Aldridge), Draymond (Green) … they can all shoot but they can all put the ball on the floor and they can all score inside. I don’t necessarily think falling in love with the 3-point shot is a good idea, but shooting it confidently from there is great.”

If Griffin can successfully shoot even a measly 30 percent from three-point range, it will help the Clippers offense that much more – especially when it comes to keeping the floor spaced.

That was a bit of a “problem” when both Griffin and DeAndre Jordan were on the court last season – which is why the Clippers offense looked “better” when Griffin was injured during the latter portion of last season.

Think the better question is, who will have a better three-point percentage this season: Blake Griffin or Dwyane Wade?

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