The New Orleans Pelicans general manager David Griffin joined the NBA Summer League broadcast to make a wild claim about their rookie center.
are constantly considering what center David Griffin is going to add, the team is preparing for a future in which they have to use what they currently have."Athletically, he's going to be in the top one half of one percent at his position, but also as a human being he's exactly who we want to be," said the executive. "You can see he can defend in space.
"One of the things for us last years was we were sixth in defensive efficiency and 11th offensively with all of the offensive players that we had, and it didn't make a lot of sense," said Griffin. " reason for that was that we didn't have a dynamic rolling playmaker and I think our coaches are really excited about Missi in that role."
On paper, the two could combine to create an interesting rotation at center with different strengths and weaknesses.
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