Coming off an All-NBA season in 2018-19, Blake Griffin had high expectations at the start of last season. Even though he was recovering from knee surgery, he entered training camp optimistic he’d be able to build on one of the best seasons of his career.
After experiencing some knee issues, he missed the first 10 games of the season, and although he played 18 games last season, it wasn’t up to his high standard. He wasn’t near 100% and it showed, but he still soldiered through as best he could, until the end of December, when he was forced to shut it down and eventually have another knee surgery in February.