The pressures of annually supplementing LeBron James with a contending roster mounted endlessly. “Everything we did was so inorganic and unsustainable and, frankly, not fun. I was miserable,” Griffin says. “Literally the moment we won the championship I knew I was gonna leave. There was no way I was gonna stay for any amount of money.”
James was also under year-to-year contracts and Griffin said the teams “won despite our culture to a huge degree.”
He told SI he wanted to do things differently and realized if you prioritize the destination despite everything “that might be the only time you get there.” The feature was about his renewed optimism and drive building the Pelicans.
“I didn’t watch the league, and I didn’t love the game anymore. I was so fixated on outcome that I just totally lost my joy.”
The Cavs did not renew his contract after the 2017 NBA Finals, concluding three years and one title.
The LeBron effect.
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