Blake Griffin

Location: United States

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Homeschooled by his mother until he was in eighth grade, this player's passion for sport started at home. His father, Tommy, was a basketball centre who played at Northwestern Oklahoma State University. Excelling in baseball and football, our player trained at the gym that belonged to the father of future NFL quarterback Sam Bradford. He attended Oklahoma Christian school, where he was coached by his father. In 2003 and 2004, he and his team won two state basketball championships. Rated as the third-best power forward in the country by HoopScoop, he chose to represent the Oklahoma Sooners in college. Time went fast, and in college, he was one of the highest-rated and most decorated recruits that Oklahoma ever had. He played two seasons before entering the 2009 NBA draft. Our player was selected by the Clippers as the first overall pick. Unfortunately, an injury kept him away from the 2009-10 season, but he came back strong in 2011 when he won the NBA Slam Dunk Contest and the NBA Rookie of the Year award. This power forward spent nine years with the Los Angeles Clippers before being traded to the Detroit Pistons in January 2018. A six-time NBA All-Star, this player appeared in his last game for the Pistons on the 15th of February 2021 and was signed by the Brooklyn Nets on the 8th of March 2021.