AUBURN HILLS - Detroit Pistons owner Tom Gores called his team's acquisition of Blake Griffin a "franchise-changing move," and two days after the blockbuster trade said it's still "shocking" they have him.
"I think we need a player the level of Blake," Gores said. "You see it around the league. As much as Stan (Van Gundy, coach and president of basketball operations) and Jeff (Bower, general manager) do a good job piecing together players and roles, you're probably going to need a couple players like that.
"We didn't go searching with that philosophy necessarily, but it did come to us and we just couldn't not look at a guy like Blake, who can really change your franchise.