Everybody loves Blake Griffin: ‘he understands what it takes’

Following a promising start to the offseason for the Boston Celtics, it seemed as though everything came crashing down weeks before training camp. Danilo Gallinari tore his ACL at EuroBasket, Robert Williams underwent arthroscopic knee surgery, and even Luke Kornet dealt with a sprained ankle in the preseason.

Add in the note that Al Horford was expected to sit out on the second night of back-to-backs (which he has), and there was some serious concern surrounding Boston’s big man rotation. Noah Vonleh was signed to the training camp roster (and eventually made the team), Grant Williams was set to play even more center minutes, and fans were begging the team to sign everyone from Dwight…