NBA: Biggest Winners & Losers of the Blake Griffin to Detroit Deal

WINNER: LA CLIPPERS

Current LA Clippers head coach Doc Rivers

The Clippers organization knew what they were getting into when they offered Griffin that huge contract that he signed this past offseason. Despite his injury concerns and few off-court problems, Griffin was younger and the organization had made a plan to choose him over Chris Paul.

As can be seen with various current teams in the league right now, franchises that want to rebuild get stuck due to bad contracts and a lack of draft picks. This trade has addressed both these issues for the Clippers. They receive a huge cap relief with Griffin's contract off their books and in return not only get young promising players but also a couple of draft picks, which are essential in team building in the current salary cap system of the league.