AUBURN HILLS – If Blake Griffin were prone to melancholia, Monday would have been the day.
As a winter storm raged outside and the one-year anniversary of the trade that uprooted him from sunny Los Angeles neared, if he harbored any regrets for his fate they surely would have revealed themselves in that moment.
“This feels like home,” he said after Pistons practice as they put to good use a three-day break between games ahead of a four-game home stand they hope will kick start a playoff stretch drive.
“Last year was such a whirlwind. Even at the end of the season, I wasn’t acclimated, wasn’t adjusted yet.