LOS ANGELES -- Los Angeles Clippers forward Blake Griffin is healthy and ready for
the start of training camp. In fact, if the start of camp were moved up to this week as
opposed to the actual start date of Oct. 1, he'd still be ready.
"If camp started tomorrow I'd be ready to go," Griffin said Tuesday.
"I could go now if I needed to."
Griffin underwent arthroscopic surgery last month to repair the medial meniscus
tear of his left knee he suffered during Team USA's training camp in Las Vegas on July
11, which forced him to miss the Olympics.
"The surgery wasn't one of those things that took a long time (to recover
from)," Griffin said. "It was just a matter of getting my strength back
and we really took our time with it. I could have been back even earlier than that.
“
If camp started tomorrow I'd be ready to go. I could go now if I needed to.
”
-- Blake Griffin
"I just needed to get the swelling out of the knee. That was the biggest battle.
There's nothing that needs time to repair or heal. It was just reducing the swelling
and getting the strength back in my leg and once I got that I was out on the court every
day."
While Griffin will be ready for the start of training camp, Clippers guards Chris
Paul and Chauncey Billups are still recovering from their own injuries. Paul
underwent surgery last week to repair a torn ligament in his right thumb while
Billups is still recovering from surgery in February to repair a torn left Achilles
tendon that put him out for the remainder of the season.
Griffin, who was speaking at an event to celebrate the 47th birthday of Subway,
believes Paul will be back before the season opener on
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