Blake Griffin says his back is not fractured
It was revealed last week that Los Angeles Clippers superstar Blake Griffin withdrew from Team USA's training camp due to injury concerns involving a small fracture in his back.
On Tuesday, Griffin revealed to Broderick Turner of the Los Angeles Times that his back is fine - he just shouldn't be playing and practicing so soon.
It's less than a hairline and my back is not fractured. Everything is still intact, 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. 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.
Roderick reveals that Griffin is in Los Angeles undergoing exercises to strengthen his back. A picture of his regime can be seen below: