Blake Griffin Jokes That Best Part of Retirement Is Not Being in Pain

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00:00What are you most looking forward to about joining this NBA primetime team?

00:04Well, they did such a good job with Thursday Night Football.

00:07It was a great way to kind of see what ours is going to be like.

00:11For me, the people on our desk are people I've been watching and known for a long time.

00:16So just excited to be with them and learn from them.

00:20Taylor's a true pro, so her sort of hurting us and keeping us in line will be great.

00:26And also just to start to give analysis.

00:28I think sports is always nice to have fresh voices, especially guys who are on NBA teams recently.

00:35Just to sort of give a different perspective because the game changes so much.

00:38Did you ever imagine this for post-retirement?

00:42Not really, to be honest. I didn't really think about it.

00:45But like I said, seeing the Thursday Night Football, how they did that show,

00:49I know Whitworth and he speaks so highly of how Amazon does things.

00:53And I got to know everybody on the Amazon side and realized that it was a pretty special place to work.

01:00What's the best part of our retirement life?

01:02Or the biggest adjustment, too?

01:03Your body not hurting all the time.

01:05Yeah, right?

01:05You know, getting out of bed and not being in pain.

01:08Uh-huh.

01:08It's been nice, though, just to have more time for my kids, family, all that has been nice.

01:14Is it going to be hard for you not to root for your teams when you're doing analysis?

01:18A little bit, yeah.

01:19I mean, I don't necessarily have like a team, but there's guys that I've played with for years, you know,

01:24that I'm still watching play.

01:25And it's like, you know, you want them to do well, but then, you know, also try to not be biased.

01:29So there'll be some definitely like some like under the desk, like fist pump.

01:33Yeah, right?

01:34Well, what would you do now with the Celtics next, right?

01:36Exactly.

01:37I mean, yeah, I played with Celtics and those guys are awesome.

01:40I love seeing them do well.

01:41So the best part about the playoffs has been so many good games, so many good series.

01:46It's been so much fun spending more time with your family, with your kids.

01:50Absolutely.

01:50Just watch.

01:51I mean, I'm basically now just a chauffeur.

01:53We just go all over town on the weekends watching games.

01:57But it's great.

01:58I get like nervous for their games, way more nervous for their games than I did for mine.

02:02So it's fun.

02:04Are you coaching for them too?

02:05I help coach a little bit basketball, but other sports I stay out of.

02:08I'm just there to support and be a dad.

02:10And what are you like as like a kids coach?

02:13Are you like super intense or?

02:14I wouldn't say super intense, but we do try to concentrate on like fundamentals.

02:19I think that's sort of lacking sometimes in youth sports.

02:22And also just making sure that they know that like, hey, like this is not life or death.

02:25Like we're here to have fun and we're here to learn how to be good teammates and learn

02:31like these valuable lessons that sports teaches us.

02:33And you're planning a wedding, right?

02:34I am.

02:35Yes.

02:36It's good.

02:37We got a long runway.

02:38So it's been pretty chill, but I'm sure it'll ramp up.

02:41Yeah, definitely.

02:42I'm sure.

02:43And are you like a, not a bridezilla, a groomzilla at all?

02:46No, I don't think so.

02:48I don't think that'll be my role.

02:50Pretty laid back about it.

02:51Pretty laid back.

02:51So.

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