| 26 October 2009
Barring a plague of locusts or a river of fire, Blake Griffin will be a Clipper tonight.
For their part, the Clips are already saying they'll take him. Blake is doing and saying all the right things and it appears as if he was even eager to get to LA before the draft lottery.
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The glamour of New York isn’t lost on the always straight-forward Griffin, and when asked, he doesn’t hide the appeal he finds in landing in a major media market like New York or Los Angeles.
“Definitely. I would love to play in a big city like that.”
Good for you, Blake, and congratulations, but … dude, the Clippers?!? Can you not pull a last-minute Kobe or Eli and just refuse to go? It’s assured that by being the #1 pick, you’ll go to a shitty team. But, there are shitty teams and there are the Clippers.
ESPN’s Bill Simmons wrote a great open letter to Blake, begging him to save his career and eschew the Clips.
One of my favorite nuggets:
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Summer 1981: Donald Sterling buys the Clippers from Levin for $12.5 million, embarks on a quest to turn them into the worst franchise ever … and succeeds. You’ll see him at home games, Blake. He’s the old guy who sits midcourt, dresses like a nightclub singer, surrounds himself with cougars, loves Koreans and enters the locker room once a year to scream at everyone. Keep your distance.
Yeah, that Donald Sterling.
Blake, consider your options. You have some.
