Laser Eye Surgery

it's a little bit of fuzziness.

Close, distance," Griffin said, gazing across at the team's practice gym.

"I can't wear glasses because it bothers my face, and I can't wear contacts because it bothers my eyes.

So laser surgery is probably the best thing for me." The Wolves wanted Griffin to fix it before this season but, like any other NBA team, they can't mandate procedures or prescription lenses.

No matter how badly Griffin might need them.

"I've always had bad eyes," he said.

"I've always needed glasses.

I wore 'em in, like, the fourth grade.

My mom made me wear them.

Other than that, that's it." Refrain, for the moment, from making cracks about Griffin's cockeyed three-point shooting (12-for-69, 17.4 percent) or how he can't find his way into coach Dwane Casey's rotation.

Focus, instead, on the eye-crossing season Griffin has had overall, from valuable role player to out-of-place starting center to milk-carton candidate through four months.

After a solid October, Griffin slipped into the reserve role he held in 2004-05 and averaged 4.5 points, 6.1 rebounds and 2.20 blocked shots as the team went 13-12.

On Dec.

28, the 23-year-old natural forward took over from Michael Olowokandi as the Wolves' starting center.

That night, he scored 22 points with 12 rebounds and, over 21 starts, averaged 6.3 points, 6.3 r...

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