Martin Luther King Jr., Abraham Lincoln, Mahatma Gandhi, Nelson Mandela…and Blake Griffin? Well, that’s rather interesting company, but that’s the category the Los Angeles Clippers appear to put Griffin in, at least as evidenced by a t-shirt their employees wore:
Clippers employees wore T-shirt after Blake Griffin's FA meeting likening him to MLK, Obama, Ali, JFK, Lincoln, Gandhi, MJ,Einstein,Mandela. pic.twitter.com/BZtXqhdrWr
— Marc J. Spears (@MarcJSpears) July 1, 2017
There’s so much going on with that shirt, from the collection of names to the amazing font. Of course, this led to plenty of Twitter takes:
https://twitter.com/HPbasketball/status/881204184367865856
That T-shirt is one of the most tone deaf things I've ever seen. Free agency has been hilariously ridiculous so far.
— Chris Herring (@Herring_NBA) July 1, 2017
Celebrating the news of Blake Griffin re-signing with the Clippers and then seeing the shirt the team used in the meeting to re-sign him. pic.twitter.com/G2Vek4sbTb
— Arash Markazi (@ArashMarkazi) July 1, 2017
https://twitter.com/billbarnwell/status/881205978267627520
https://twitter.com/AnthonyIrwinLA/status/881212489303588864
Free agency is just incredible. This is almost banana boat level absurdity. https://t.co/cnFyUiKV4M
— Zach Lowe (@ZachLowe_NBA) July 1, 2017
Including some about him punching the assistant equipment manager:
https://twitter.com/netw3rk/status/881205479057219584
"I have a dream, I choose to punch out little asst. equipment managers not because it is hard, but because it is easy." –Blake Griffin
— Raging Laker (@Occupy_Staples) July 1, 2017
And even some jokes about Chris Paul leaving:
Can’t believe this Pioneers shirt didn’t work for CP3 pic.twitter.com/3qP2wNEvb7
— The Ringer (@ringer) July 1, 2017
https://twitter.com/highkin/status/881216279918596096
Griffin did sign a new deal with the Clippers for five years and $173 million. It’s debatable how much of a pioneer that makes him, but at least it stopped this shirt from being even more awkward than if he’d gone somewhere else. Or winding up worn by underprivileged children overseas.
[Marc J. Spears on Twitter]
Its even available to buy hahah https://teespring.com/la-pioneers#pid=522&cid=101894&sid=front