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Blake Griffin working to improve his shooting and post game this offseason

Mark D. Smith-USA TODAY Sports / reuters

Los Angeles Clippers forward Blake Griffin is already unstoppable in the post and within the pick-and-roll. He averaged 24.1 points and 9.5 rebounds per game en route to finishing third in MVP voting last season.

Here's the scary part: he's not done improving.

"On the court, I spent a lot of time with our shooting coach, Bob Thate, working on different things like face-ups out of the post," Griffin said in a Q-&-A on the Clippers' official website. "I worked on a lot of things I know I will be using this season in our offense. I still did a lot of work in the post and on ball handling. I also took my conditioning to another level to be in the best shape possible."

Griffin's improvements in terms of ball-handling and distribution out of the post has already translated onto the boxscore. Griffin averaged a career-high 3.9 assists per game last season.

But shooting remains a portion of Griffin's game that has yet to fully develop. He shot a respectable 37 percent on jumpers from 16-feet out to the three-point line, but defenders are still willing to play off him and concede the shot in favor of guarding the drive. That's why Griffin has been working on his shot this summer.

"I think catching and shooting off the dribble and also shooting out of the post. That along with working on my mid-range game are the things I feel I got better at," Griffin said. "I incorporated a lot more three-point shots in my game, but that wasn’t my focus. My biggest focus was that mid-range game, the pick-and-pop shot and (ability) to stretch the floor."

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