Los Angeles Clippers forward Blake Griffin dropped out of playing for Team USA at the FIBA World Cup due to a fracture in his back, but now he has returned to working out for the NBA season.
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Griffin spoke about the injury with the Los Angeles Times and said his actions are all about being ready for the NBA season and everything else gets thrown to the wayside.
"It's less than a hairline, and my back is not fractured. Everything is still intact," Griffin said. "I can still come out here, and I can do my workouts, and I can do everything I used to do. I just shouldn't be playing and practicing every day this early.”
"My whole thing is that I didn't want to go into [Clippers training] camp and put myself in a worse position," Griffin said. "It's not that my back is broken and I'm walking around with a broken back, or I'm in so much pain.
"But if I start playing basically two months earlier than everybody else and then go through all of next season and the playoffs, then I'm probably going to put myself in a bad position. I couldn't do that.”
Griffin stressed that he doesn't want to stress his back more than he has to and with the World Cup not ending until potentially September 14, it was just added stress he couldn't afford.
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Griffin has made the All-Star game in all four seasons he has played with the Clippers and averages 21.4 points, 10.1 rebounds and 3.7 assists per game.
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