Blake Griffin
Griffin with the Clippers in 2013
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| No. 32 – Los Angeles Clippers | |
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| Position | Power forward |
| League | NBA |
| Personal information | |
| Born |
March 16, 1989 Oklahoma City, Oklahoma |
| Nationality | American |
| Listed height | 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) |
| Listed weight | 251 lb (114 kg) |
| Career information | |
| High school |
Oklahoma Christian (Edmond, Oklahoma) |
| College | Oklahoma (2007–2009) |
| NBA draft | 2009 / Round: 1 / Pick: 1st overall |
| Selected by the Los Angeles Clippers | |
| Playing career | 2009–present |
| Career history | |
| 2009–present | Los Angeles Clippers |
| Career highlights and awards | |
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| Stats at NBA.com | |
| Stats at Basketball-Reference.com | |
Blake Austin Griffin (born March 16, 1989) is an American professional basketball player for the Los Angeles Clippers of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He played college basketball for the Oklahoma Sooners, when he was named the Consensus National Player of the Year as a sophomore. Griffin was selected first overall by the Clippers in the 2009 NBA draft, and has since been a five-time NBA All-Star and a four-time All-NBA selection.
Griffin had a renowned high school career at Oklahoma Christian School, winning state titles each of his four years under his father, head coach Tommy Griffin. Griffin played two seasons of college ball for the Sooners before entering the 2009 NBA draft, when he was selected by the Clippers. During the final pre-season game of 2009, he broke his left kneecap, had surgery, and missed the entire 2009–10 season. Griffin made his NBA debut as a rookie the following season, in which he was selected as an All-Star, won the NBA Slam Dunk Contest, and was named the NBA Rookie of the Year. In 2011, Sports Illustrated called him one of the NBA's 15 Greatest Rookies of All Time.
Griffin was born on March 16, 1989, in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, to Tommy Griffin, who is of Afro-Haitian descent, and Gail Griffin, who is Caucasian. As a result, Griffin is bi-racial. His father was a basketball center and track standout at Northwestern Oklahoma State University. Griffin and his older brother, Taylor Griffin, were home-schooled by their mother from first grade until Taylor was in the tenth grade and Blake was in eighth. Growing up, Griffin was good friends with future NFL quarterback Sam Bradford. Bradford's father owned a gym where Blake and Taylor played basketball. Before deciding to focus on basketball, Griffin also played baseball as a first baseman and football as a wide receiver, safety, and tight end.
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