I've not been as unimpressed with Shaq as most on this board because for the most part he's done his job which is avoid deep plays along the boundary. I was never expecting Sherman 2.0. But I think he's been at least as good as Thurmond and Maxwell were at this stage with better durability. I think people ignore availability too much in player evaluations. If you play every day as a decent player, that's far more valuable than being around a quarter of the time as an elite player.
I appreciate that Griffin stays off the injury report, doesn't get burned deep much and is a willing tackler. I'd love for him to play like he did on Monday on a consistent basis but I don't think he's been "terrible" this year as some people have claimed.