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It's Good to Be Blake Griffin

Found June 24, 2009 on FanHouse:
PLAYERS: Blake Griffin
TEAMS: Oklahoma Sooners

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by Ariel HelwaniFiled under: NBA Draft, FanHouse ExclusiveIn the days leading up to Thursday's NBA Draft, Blake Griffin is being pulled in a million different directions. Such is the life of the projected No.1 pick overall. Tuesday evening, Griffin attended a party at the New Era flagship store in downtown Manhattan to celebrate the fact that he has been chosen to be on the cover of EA Sports' NCAA Basketball 10.FanHouse spoke to the former Oklahoma Sooners star about the game and making the transition to the NBA. The full video interview is below.It's Good to Be Blake Griffin originally appeared on Fanhouse NBA Blog on Wed, 24 Jun 2009 09:15:00 EDT . Please see our terms for use of feeds. Permalink | Email this | Linking Blogs | Comments
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