NBA Draft: Clippers have had eye on Blake Griffin

 
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Published: May 21, 2009

LOS ANGELES — The Los Angeles Clippers didn’t need time after the draft lottery to decide who to take with the No. 1 pick.

They settled on Oklahoma ’s Blake Griffin long ago.

"I’d say we made the decision June 2008,” assistant general manager Neil Olshey said Wednesday at the team’s practice facility in Playa Vista . "When he decided to go back to Oklahoma, tha...


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