query: who does blake griffin play for in the nba?

title: Blake Griffin

text: Blake Griffin Blake Austin Griffin (born March 16, 1989) is an American professional basketball player for the Detroit Pistons 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 Los Angeles Clippers in the 2009 NBA draft, and has since been a five-time NBA All-Star and a four-time All-NBA selection. Griffin won four high school state titles at Oklahoma Christian School under his father, head coach Tommy Griffin. Griffin played two seasons of college ball

title: Blake Griffin

text: reason. I don't know what that reason is, only God knows. I just have to wait and let His plan unveil." Blake Griffin Blake Austin Griffin (born March 16, 1989) is an American professional basketball player for the Detroit Pistons 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 Los Angeles Clippers in the 2009 NBA draft, and has since been a five-time NBA All-Star and a four-time All-NBA selection. Griffin won four high

title: Blake Griffin

text: game and 10.9 rebounds per game. He and teammate Chris Paul helped lead the Los Angeles Clippers to a 40–26 record and made the playoffs for the first time since 2006. In the first round of the 2012 NBA Playoffs, Griffin helped the Clippers eliminate the Memphis Grizzlies in seven games. However, the Los Angeles Clippers were quickly swept by the San Antonio Spurs in the next round. Afterwards, Griffin was named to the All-NBA Second Team for the first time in his career. Before the 2012–13 NBA season, on July 10, 2012, Griffin signed a contract extension reportedly worth

title: Blake Griffin

text: and declared for the NBA draft after his sophomore year. A press conference announcing his decision was aired nationally on ESPNews. He was selected as the first overall pick by the Los Angeles Clippers in the 2009 NBA draft. Griffin played for the Clippers' Summer League Team and was named Summer League MVP. In their final preseason game, he injured his kneecap as he landed after a dunk. The day before the 2009–10 season started, it was confirmed that Griffin had a stress fracture in his left knee, delaying his NBA debut for seven weeks. After resting the stress fracture

title: Tommy Griffin (basketball)

text: later in the NCAA basketball leagues for University of Oklahoma Sooners basketball program. Taylor was the 48th overall pick of the 2009 NBA draft. He joined the Phoenix Suns for the 2009 NBA Summer League. After a short stay there, Taylor played in NBA D-League and later on in Italian professional league. His younger brother Blake was selected first overall by the Los Angeles Clippers in the 2009 NBA draft, and has since played for the Clippers and been an NBA All-Star and All-NBA selection for several years. Tommy Griffin (basketball) Tommy Griffin is an American basketball player and later

title: Blake Griffin

text: $95 million for 5 years. The deal will keep him under contract until the end of the 2017–18 season. He was also selected to compete for Team USA in the 2012 London Summer Olympics, but was removed after he injured his knee during a practice. Griffin was again voted by the fans as a starter for the 2013 NBA All-Star Game. On March 6, 2013, Griffin recorded his third career triple-double by scoring 23 points, grabbing 11 rebounds, and dishing out 11 assists to lead the Los Angeles Clippers to victory over the Milwaukee Bucks. Griffin finished the season averaging

title: Blake Griffin

text: career-high 24.1 points per game. He was voted as a starter in the NBA All-Star Game, making it his fourth consecutive All-Star appearance and third consecutive start. From January 20 to March 26, Griffin recorded 20+ points in a franchise-record 31 straight games. On April 2, 2014, Griffin and Chris Paul led the Los Angeles Clippers to a 112–108 win over the Phoenix Suns to clinch their second franchise division title. The next day, Griffin recorded his fourth career triple-double with 25 points, 10 rebounds and 11 assists in a 107–113 loss to the Dallas Mavericks. The Los Angeles Clippers

title: Blake Griffin

text: 18.0 points per game and 8.3 rebounds per game in 32.5 minutes per game. He and Chris Paul led the Los Angeles Clippers to a 56–26 record as the Clippers won their first Pacific Division title in franchise history. The Clippers went on to lose to the Memphis Grizzlies in six games in the first round. Griffin was named to the All-NBA Second Team once again. After a disappointing first round exit in the playoffs, the Los Angeles Clippers sought new leadership and hired head coach Doc Rivers. In his first season with Rivers at the helm, Griffin averaged a

title: NBA 2K13

text: NBA 2K13 NBA 2K13 is a basketball video game developed by Visual Concepts and published by 2K Sports. It was released on October 2, 2012 in North America for the Xbox 360, PlayStation Portable, PlayStation 3, Microsoft Windows and Wii. A version for the Wii U was also released as a launch title in North America, and in December for the PAL region. Kevin Durant of the Oklahoma City Thunder, Blake Griffin of the Los Angeles Clippers and Derrick Rose of the Chicago Bulls are the cover athletes. "NBA 2K13" is the successor to "NBA 2K12" and was succeeded by

title: 2009 NBA draft

text: 2009 NBA draft The 2009 NBA draft was held on June 25, 2009, at the WaMu Theatre at Madison Square Garden in New York City. In this draft, the National Basketball Association (NBA) teams took turns selecting amateur U.S. college basketball players and other eligible players, including international players. The Los Angeles Clippers, who won the draft lottery on May 19, 2009, used their first overall draft pick to draft Blake Griffin from University of Oklahoma. However, he missed the entire 2009–10 season due to surgery on his broken left kneecap, which he injured during the pre-season. Tanzanian-born Hasheem Thabeet

title: Blake Ahearn

text: games, Blake signed with the Erie Bayhawks in the NBA Development League. On draft day Blake was traded to the Reno Bighorns. Blake attended training camp with the Los Angeles Clippers during the first part of the D-League season. He then returned to the Bighorns. During the 2011–12 season Blake led the NBA-D League in scoring at 23.8 points per game He was selected to play in the D-League All-Star Game and had 21 points and 8 assists during the game. Blake also set the NBA and NBA D-League mark of 110 consecutive free throws during his season in Reno.

title: 2009–10 NBA season

text: 2009–10 NBA season The 2009–10 NBA season was the 64th season of the National Basketball Association (NBA). The 1,230-game regular season (82 games for each of the 30 teams) began on Tuesday, October 27, 2009, and ended on Wednesday, April 14, 2010. The 2009 NBA draft was held on June 25, 2009, and Blake Griffin was selected first overall by the Los Angeles Clippers. The Dallas Mavericks hosted the 59th Annual All-Star Game at Cowboys Stadium in Arlington, Texas, on February 14, 2010. For the second time in NBA history, all eight Western Conference playoff teams won at least 50

title: NBA 2K13

text: Team modes "uninspired and lazy" while GamesRadar lamented the absence of the Jordan and Greatest challenges modes from previous installments. NBA 2K13 NBA 2K13 is a basketball video game developed by Visual Concepts and published by 2K Sports. It was released on October 2, 2012 in North America for the Xbox 360, PlayStation Portable, PlayStation 3, Microsoft Windows and Wii. A version for the Wii U was also released as a launch title in North America, and in December for the PAL region. Kevin Durant of the Oklahoma City Thunder, Blake Griffin of the Los Angeles Clippers and Derrick Rose

title: Sports Show with Norm Macdonald

text: as Saturday Night Live's Weekend Update news anchor, but now covering topical and controversial sports-related stories with his signature smirk and absurdist dry spin, according to "Washington Times"' Craig Sanger. The show's segments consist of topical sports humor, wacky field segments, and long form comedic rants. During the premiere episode, Los Angeles Clippers players DeAndre Jordan and Blake Griffin were featured in a sketch called "Blake Like Me." The sketch also featured Macdonald, who hired a makeup artist to disguise him as Blake Griffin so he could go undercover in the NBA. Macdonald's undercover-Griffin then joins his teammate Jordan on

title: Steve Blake

text: Portland Trail Blazers as a coaching intern. Steve Blake Steven Hanson Blake (born February 26, 1980) is an American former professional basketball player and currently coaching intern of the Portland Trail Blazers. After winning the 2002 NCAA Championship with Maryland, Blake was selected by the Washington Wizards with the 38th overall pick in the 2003 NBA draft. Over his 13-year NBA career, Blake had stints with the Wizards, Milwaukee Bucks, Denver Nuggets, Los Angeles Clippers, Los Angeles Lakers, Golden State Warriors, Detroit Pistons, and had three different stints with the Portland Trail Blazers. Blake spent his freshman and sophomore year

title: Steve Blake

text: Steve Blake Steven Hanson Blake (born February 26, 1980) is an American former professional basketball player and currently coaching intern of the Portland Trail Blazers. After winning the 2002 NCAA Championship with Maryland, Blake was selected by the Washington Wizards with the 38th overall pick in the 2003 NBA draft. Over his 13-year NBA career, Blake had stints with the Wizards, Milwaukee Bucks, Denver Nuggets, Los Angeles Clippers, Los Angeles Lakers, Golden State Warriors, Detroit Pistons, and had three different stints with the Portland Trail Blazers. Blake spent his freshman and sophomore year at Miami Killian High School and then

title: Blake Griffin

text: charity auction on AutoTrader.com with proceeds benefiting Stand Up to Cancer. Stand Up to Cancer also has a fund-raising site called "Team Blake" in honor of Griffin's close friend Wilson Holloway, who died after a three-year fight with Hodgkin's lymphoma. Griffin is a Christian. He spoke of his faith in relation to his rookie season injuries saying, "I was just excited about the opportunity to play in the NBA. I was ready to go but everything came crashing down, so to speak, but these things happen. It was frustrating, but at the same time, I know everything happens for a

title: Taylor Griffin

text: won the D-League championship with the Warriors. He was selected to play on the NBA D-League Select team during the 2015 NBA Summer League in Las Vegas, NV. On August 13, 2015, Griffin signed with Pallacanestro Trapani of the Italian Serie A2. Taylor Griffin Taylor Griffin (born April 18, 1986) is an American professional basketball player who last played for Pallacanestro Trapani of the Italian Serie A2. He played college basketball at the University of Oklahoma and is the older brother of Detroit Pistons All-Star forward Blake Griffin. Taylor Griffin was born on April 18, 1986, in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma,

title: Blake Griffin

text: He was also the only unanimous selection to the NBA All-Rookie First Team. Following his phenomenal rookie season, "Sports Illustrated" listed Griffin as one of the "NBA's 15 Greatest Rookies of All Time". Griffin was voted to play as a starter for the first time in the 2012 NBA All-Star Game along with new teammate Chris Paul. He was also selected to participate in the inaugural Rising Stars Challenge in which teams were a mix of the top rookies and sophomores. Griffin was selected first by Team Shaq. Griffin averaged another double-double on the lockout-shortened season with 20.7 points per

title: Blake Griffin

text: who is of Afro-Haitian descent, and Gail Griffin, who is white. 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. In

title: Blake Griffin

text: 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,

title: Blake Griffin

text: Cummings comedy "The Female Brain"; of his performance, critic Christy Lemire wrote, "Griffin especially impresses with his deadpan delivery and timing. He may have a whole ‘nother career waiting for him if this whole NBA thing doesn’t work out.". In 2011, Panini America signed Griffin to an exclusive long-term deal that will feature his autographs and memorabilia in their products. Griffin was on the cover of "NCAA Basketball 10" and was also on the cover of NBA 2K13 alongside fellow NBA stars Kevin Durant and Derrick Rose. He has appeared regularly in commercials for Kia Motors, Subway, Vizio, and GameFly.

title: Blake Cooper Griffin

text: with NPR to develop a 'listening kit' which examined the topic of bullying in depth. Blake Cooper Griffin Blake Cooper Griffin is an American actor. He is best known for his roles on USA's "Necessary Roughness", AMC's "Preacher," and as the star of "Beerfest: Thirst for Victory," CW Seed's first original film. His notable film work includes D. J. Caruso's "Standing Up", Helen Hunt's "Ride", "Life of a King" with Cuba Gooding Jr., and "Love Is all You Need?" portraying the role of Bill Bradley. Griffin was born in Columbia, South Carolina. He has one sister. Griffin is a graduate

title: Blake Cooper Griffin

text: Blake Cooper Griffin Blake Cooper Griffin is an American actor. He is best known for his roles on USA's "Necessary Roughness", AMC's "Preacher," and as the star of "Beerfest: Thirst for Victory," CW Seed's first original film. His notable film work includes D. J. Caruso's "Standing Up", Helen Hunt's "Ride", "Life of a King" with Cuba Gooding Jr., and "Love Is all You Need?" portraying the role of Bill Bradley. Griffin was born in Columbia, South Carolina. He has one sister. Griffin is a graduate of the prestigious School of Drama at the North Carolina School of the Arts. Once

title: Blake Griffin

text: with Griffin averaging 13.6 points per game. He was later named to the Little All-City All-State team in what was his final high school season with his brother. Taylor went on to accept a scholarship to play college basketball for the Oklahoma Sooners. During the summer of 2005, Blake was a member of the Athletes First AAU team, where he played against Kevin Durant and Ty Lawson's AAU team, the DC Blue Devils. During Griffin's junior season, the Oklahoma Christian basketball team was moved down to Class 2A from Class 3A. As he began his third season with the Saints,

title: Blake Griffin

text: overtime win over the Charlotte Hornets. On April 1 against the Los Angeles Lakers, Griffin reached 10,000 career points. He became the second player in franchise history to reach that mark, joining Randy Smith, who scored 10,467 of his club-record 12,735 points when the team was known as the Buffalo Braves. On April 22, 2017, Griffin was ruled out for the remainder of the 2017 NBA Playoffs with an injury to the plantar plate of his right big toe suffered during the Clippers' 111–106 win over the Utah Jazz in Game 3 of their Western Conference First Round Playoff series

title: Blake Griffin

text: for several weeks, tests revealed that his knee was not recovering properly. In January 2010, Griffin had surgery on his broken left kneecap causing him to miss the remainder of the 2009–10 season. Since he missed the entire 2009–10 season, Griffin was still considered a rookie during the 2010–11 season. In his NBA debut, against the Portland Trail Blazers, Griffin registered 20 points and 14 rebounds. He set a franchise record for most consecutive double-doubles with 23 in a home game against the Golden State Warriors. His streak of consecutive double-doubles, which ended at 27 games on January 19 in

title: Blake Griffin

text: loss to the Milwaukee Bucks. Standing at and weighing , Griffin plays mostly as a power forward. In his rookie year, he averaged 22.5 points, 12.1 rebounds, and 3.8 assists per game, becoming just the 20th rookie in NBA history to average at least 20 points and 10 rebounds a game in the shot clock era. He is an exceptional athlete which results in numerous highlight dunks. Rob Mahoney, in a January 2011 post in the "New York Times" basketball blog, singled out Griffin's playmaking abilities stating, "The overtly dominant aspects of Griffin's play have made him one of the

title: Blake Griffin

text: finished with a franchise-best record of 57–25 and earned the third seed in the Western Conference playoffs. They would be matched up with the Golden State Warriors in the first round. On April 21, 2014, Griffin scored a playoff career-high 35 points in a win over Golden State. The Clippers would eventually beat the Warriors in 7 games in the midst of the Donald Sterling controversy. They would then lose to the Oklahoma City Thunder in the conference semi-finals. Griffin was named to the All-NBA Second Team for the third straight year, whilst also finishing the season third in the

title: Blake Griffin

text: NBA player to score 50 points during the 2018–19 NBA season. Griffin's point total was the seventh-highest in Pistons history and he became the fifth different player to score 50 for Detroit. On December 15, he scored 27 points in a 113–104 win over the Boston Celtics. He had at least 20 points for the ninth straight game, becoming the first Detroit player to do that since Richard Hamilton in 2008–09. Griffin also surpassed the 12,000-point mark for his career. Two days later, he had 19 points, 11 assists and 10 rebounds, but also had 10 turnovers, in a 107–104

title: Blake Griffin

text: MVP voting. After the controversial remarks from former Clippers owner Donald Sterling, NBA commissioner Adam Silver banned Sterling from the league for life and forced him to sell the Clippers. Former Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer later bought the Clippers for $2 billion, the largest amount paid for a franchise in NBA history. On December 8, 2014, Griffin scored a season-high 45 points on 14-of-24 shooting, including a game-winning three-pointer as time expired, as the Clippers beat the Phoenix Suns in overtime, 121–120. This was Griffin's first career game-winning buzzer beater. It gave the Clippers their eighth straight win. On February

title: Blake Griffin

text: a win against the Minnesota Timberwolves, was the longest rookie double-double streak since 1968. On November 11, 2010, Griffin scored a then career-high 44 points against the New York Knicks and on January 17, 2011 against the Indiana Pacers, he scored a then career-high 47 points and set a Clippers franchise record for most points by a rookie. He became the first rookie to have two 40+ point games in his rookie season since Allen Iverson during the 1996–97 season. Griffin was voted to the 2011 NBA All-Star Game by coaches as a reserve on the Western Conference squad, becoming

title: Blake Griffin

text: first heard of him through his brother, Taylor. That spring, Capel saw him play for the first time and was quickly impressed. Capel liked the fact that Griffin had not yet become a household name among recruiters and felt he was exactly the player he needed to rebuild the Oklahoma men's basketball program with. Griffin had been considering Duke, Kansas, North Carolina and Texas, but his brother eventually sold him on joining Oklahoma when he raved about the direction of the Sooners and the chance to play together again for his home state. Griffin committed to Oklahoma before the start

title: Taylor Griffin

text: Taylor Griffin Taylor Griffin (born April 18, 1986) is an American professional basketball player who last played for Pallacanestro Trapani of the Italian Serie A2. He played college basketball at the University of Oklahoma and is the older brother of Detroit Pistons All-Star forward Blake Griffin. Taylor Griffin was born on April 18, 1986, in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, to Tommy Griffin, who is of Haitian descent, and to Gail Griffin, who is white. His father was a basketball center and track standout at NAIA Northwestern Oklahoma State University. Griffin and his younger brother, Blake Griffin, were home-schooled by their mother

title: Paul Griffin (basketball)

text: New Orleans Jazz in the fifth round of the 1976 NBA draft, where he spent three seasons. He was acquired by the San Antonio Spurs for the 1979–80 season and remained there until the end of his NBA career in 1983. During the 1980s, Griffin and his Spurs teammates George Johnson, Dave Corzine, Kevin Restani, Mark Olberding and Reggie Johnson earned the nickname "The Bruise Brothers" for their physical style of play. Paul Griffin (basketball) Paul Arthur Griffin (born January 20, 1954) is a retired American professional basketball player in the National Basketball Association (NBA). Paul Griffin attended Shelby High

title: Blake Griffin

text: Oklahoma State Cowboys, but was back on the court a week after the injury with 14 points and 8 rebounds in a win versus Missouri. Griffin was a first-team all-district pick by the USBWA and NABC, and was named to the Big 12 All-Rookie Team and to the first-team All-Big 12 selection by league coaches and Associated Press. He became the first Sooner to make the conference All-Rookie team since Wayman Tisdale in 1983 for the Big Eight Conference. He was expected to be a lottery pick in the 2008 NBA draft but decided to return to college to give

title: David Griffin (basketball)

text: David Griffin (basketball) David Griffin (born November 16, 1973) is an American professional basketball executive who most recently was the general manager for the Cleveland Cavaliers of the National Basketball Association (NBA). Griffin's Cavaliers won the NBA championship in 2016 and reached the NBA Finals in three consecutive seasons under his watch. Griffin currently works an an analyst for NBA TV. Griffin started as a tournament director for the NIKE Desert Classic pre-draft camp. He was also an assistant coach at Scottsdale Community College. Later, he worked as part of the basketball press information team during the 1996 Olympic Games

title: Taylor Griffin

text: from first grade until Taylor was in the tenth grade and Blake was in eighth. The Griffin brothers are bi-racial, their father being Haitian and their mother being Caucasian. Blake and Taylor Griffin played at Oklahoma Christian School under their father, who was the head coach. The brothers played together during the 2003–04 and 2004–05 high school seasons, winning two Oklahoma 2A state high school basketball championships. Considered a three-star recruit by Rivals.com, Griffin was listed as the No. 34 power forward and the No. 141 player in the nation in 2005. With his brother Blake, Taylor Griffin helped lead

title: Blake Griffin

text: he was quickly developing as a player, as he led them to a third straight state championship. He scored 22 points, grabbed 9 rebounds, and recorded 6 blocks in the finals as Oklahoma Christian defeated Washington High School, 57–40. He was named the state tournament MVP, and the Saints finished the season 27–1, with Griffin averaging 21.7 points, 12.5 rebounds, and 4.9 assists. For his efforts, he was named "The Oklahoman" Player of the Year and to the "Tulsa World" Boys All-State First Team. His play attracted the attention of the new basketball head coach for Oklahoma, Jeff Capel, who

title: Blake Griffin

text: season's greatest delights, but his game clearly stretches beyond the scoring and rebounding columns...his passing aptitude should serve as a reminder of the substance in his game. The dunks are great, but it's his multiple-layered impact that has paved his early road to stardom." Griffin has a son named Ford Wilson Cameron-Griffin and a daughter named Finley Elaine Griffin with his long-time girlfriend Brynn Cameron, who is the sister of former NFL tight end Jordan Cameron. As of October 2017, Griffin is reportedly dating TV personality and model Kendall Jenner. Griffin made his acting debut in 2018 in the Whitney

title: The Dark Griffin

text: The Dark Griffin The Dark Griffin is a 2009 fantasy novel by K.J. Taylor, the first in the Fallen Moon series, followed by "The Griffin's Flight". The land of Cymria is ruled by those humans who can communicate with, and work with, the griffins, with both rogue humans and wild griffins treated poorly. For Arren Cardockson, the main protagonist, who has risen to his position because a griffin chose him, his background means that he does not have access to justice. For the black griffin, his inability to communicate with humans means he does not understand the human world. Each

title: Milwaukee Does

text: Milwaukee Does The Milwaukee Does were a team in the short-lived Women's Professional Basketball League. Based in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, their name was a play on that of the NBA Milwaukee Bucks. The Does played in the first two of the WPBL's three seasons, 1978–1979 and 1979–1980, before disbanding. The team played its home games at the Milwaukee Arena and were coached for part of the 1979–1980 season by Larry Costello, who had coached the Bucks from their inception, including an NBA championship in 1971. The league played its first game on December 9, 1978, between the hometown Does and the

title: Tommy Griffin (basketball)

text: Tommy Griffin (basketball) Tommy Griffin is an American basketball player and later basketball coach. He was a basketball center, and a track standout at the NAIA league's Northwestern Oklahoma State University. He has coached Oklahoma Christian School basketball program for many years. Residing in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, Griffin, of Afro-Haitian descent married Gail Griffin, who is white with red hair. Their children Taylor Griffin (born April 18, 1986) and Blake Griffin (born March 16, 1989) are well-known professional basketball players. Both played at Oklahoma Christian School under their father, who was the head coach in the school's basketball program and

title: Derrick Griffin

text: Derrick Griffin Derrick Griffin (born September 3, 1993) is an American basketball player for the South Bay Lakers of the NBA G League. He played basketball and football for Texas Southern. Griffing was third ranked wide receiver in the nation in 2013, and signed with Miami but did not play due to academics. As a redshirt freshman wide receiver, he led the SWAC in touchdown catches with 11 and was named to the 2015 All-SWAC Football Team. He then suited up for the basketball team. Griffin averaged 13.5 points-per-game, 11.3 rebounds-per-game, and 2.3 blocks per game as the only SWAC

title: NBA 2K

text: initially released in October 2012 for PlayStation 3, PlayStation Portable, Xbox 360, Nintendo Wii, iOS, Android, and Microsoft Windows. A version for Wii U was released as a launch title in November 2012. The game's cover features Blake Griffin, Kevin Durant, and Derrick Rose. Jay Z is credited as executive producer of the game; among other things, he curated the soundtrack, which consists of 24 songs. "NBA 2K14" was initially released in October and November 2013 for PlayStation 4, PlayStation 3, Xbox One, Xbox 360, Microsoft Windows, iOS, and Android. LeBron James serves as cover athlete; he also curated the

title: Blake Griffin

text: Rockets in seven games. On November 25, 2015, Griffin recorded season highs with 40 points and 12 rebounds in a loss to the Utah Jazz, with the Clippers dropping to 7–8 after starting the season 4–0. On December 26, he was ruled out indefinitely with a partially torn left quadriceps. While expected to return to action on January 26, Griffin was instead ruled out for an estimated four to six weeks due to a right hand injury he sustained on January 23 from hitting a member of the team's equipment staff, who was also his friend, during an argument at

title: 2016 NBA Finals

text: the sixth consecutive NBA Finals appearance for LeBron James, the most for any player not part of the 1960s Boston Celtics, and the fifth for James Jones (who technically qualified for the 2011 NBA Finals along with James, but did not play). Despite holding the best record in the Eastern Conference at 30–11 midway through the season on January 22, 2016, the Cavaliers fired head coach David Blatt. Associate head coach Tyronn Lue was then promoted to replace Blatt. General Manager David Griffin cited "a lack of fit with our personnel and our vision" as the reason for Blatt's firing.

title: 2014 NBA All-Star Game

text: of the Oklahoma City Thunder, were selected as the East and West head coach, respectively. Kobe Bryant was unable to participate due to injury. Kyrie Irving scored 31 points and had 14 assists and was named the NBA All-Star Game Most Valuable Player (MVP) to help the East stop a three-game losing streak and win 163–155 in the second highest-scoring game in All-Star history. Carmelo Anthony added 30 points for the East and made a record eight three-pointers, one of 11 All-Star records that were broken in the game. The West was led by Kevin Durant and Blake Griffin, who

title: Marty Blake

text: Blake became manager of the Hawks in 1954, when the team was based in Milwaukee. From 1954 to 1970, Blake guided the team to seven division titles and one NBA championship (1958). One of Blake's most notable player acquisitions for the Hawks was Lenny Wilkens, a point guard from Providence College whom Blake had watched in the 1960 National Invitation Tournament. Blake selected Wilkens with the seventh pick of the 1960 NBA Draft, and Wilkens went on to have a Hall of Fame career as a player and a coach. At the 1970 NBA Draft, Blake became the first general

title: Cell Mates (play)

text: by Faber and Faber. The play was revived at the Hampstead Theatre in December 2017, in a new production directed by Edward Hall and starring Geoffrey Streatfeild as George Blake. The play concerns George Blake, who has been convicted for spying for the Russians and sentenced to forty-two years imprisonment, and a fellow prisoner, Sean Bourke. Bourke helps Blake escape to Moscow, after which Blake does not want to let Bourke leave Moscow to return to his native Ireland. In 1995, Stephen Fry famously walked out of the play near the start of its West End run, after his performance

title: Marty Blake

text: scouting service, Marty Blake and Associates. When the ABA-NBA merger occurred in 1976, Blake was named NBA Director of Scouting Services. Blake and his associates were credited with discovering such players as Jack Sikma, Terry Porter, Dennis Rodman, Scottie Pippen, Tim Hardaway, Ben Wallace, Karl Malone, and Joe Dumars. Official NBA publications referred to Blake as the "Godfather of the NBA Draft" because of his ability to identify skilled players at smaller colleges. In 2005, Blake received the Bunn Lifetime Achievement Award from the Basketball Hall of Fame, the hall's most prestigious honor outside of enshrinement. He once maintained a

title: Blake Griffin

text: Griffin was charged with misdemeanor battery as a result of an October 2014 Las Vegas encounter. He allegedly seized a cell phone from its owner (Daniel Schuman), grabbed the owner's neck twice and slapped him, after the owner took a picture of a group of Clippers players. The charges were dismissed in March 2015 for lack of evidence. Griffin started a fundraiser called "Dunking for Dollars", in which he donates $100 to fight childhood obesity for every dunk he makes during the season. The Kia sedan that Griffin jumped over to win the Slam Dunk Contest was donated for a

title: Chris Paul

text: Blake Griffin later commenting, "It put us on the map." Early in Paul's debut season, the team developed a reputation for their fast-paced offense and spectacular alley-oop dunks, usually from Paul to Griffin or DeAndre Jordan, earning them the nickname "Lob City". Paul finished the year averaging 19.8 points, 9.1 assists, and 2.5 steals per game, becoming the first Clipper to be named to the All-NBA First Team since the franchise moved to Los Angeles in the 1980s. Behind his play and the emergence of Griffin as an All-NBA performer, Los Angeles qualified for the playoffs, losing to the San

title: Adrian Griffin

text: Adrian Griffin Adrian Darnell Griffin (born July 4, 1974) is an American retired professional basketball player and currently is the top assistant coach for the Toronto Raptors of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He played in the NBA as a guard and small forward from 1999 to 2008. Griffin grew up in Wichita, Kansas and played collegiately at Seton Hall University. Griffin attended Seton Hall University and was a three-year starter. As a senior, he averaged 16.2 points, 8.3 rebounds, and 3.1 assists per game, and won All-Big East second team honors. In 2010, Griffin was inducted into the Seton

title: 2011 NBA All-Star Game

text: team of standout second-year players ('Sophomores'). The game was divided into two twenty-minute halves, similar to college basketball. The participating players were chosen by voting among the league's assistant coaches. The Rookie team included five of the top ten picks from the 2010 NBA Draft: DeMarcus Cousins, Derrick Favors, Wesley Johnson, Greg Monroe and John Wall. 2009 first overall pick Blake Griffin, who missed the due to injury, was also selected to the rookie team. The Sophomores team featured six players from the previous Rookie Challenge game: DeJuan Blair, Stephen Curry, Tyreke Evans, Taj Gibson, James Harden and Brandon Jennings.

title: Blake Griffin

text: in Game 4, Griffin recorded a playoff career-high 19 rebounds and with 20 points helped the Clippers even the series at 2–2. In the series' Game 7 victory on May 2 that moved the Clippers into the second round, Griffin recorded his second career playoff triple-double with 24 points, 13 rebounds, and 10 assists. Two days later in Game 1 of the Clippers' semi-final match-up against the Houston Rockets, Griffin recorded 26 points, 14 rebounds and 13 assists for his second straight triple-double to lift the Clippers to a 117–101 victory. The Clippers ended up losing the series to the

title: Ryan Blake (tennis)

text: ATP Tour were all in doubles, at Schenectady in 1993, then Atlanta in both 1997 and 2000. With his appointment as Director of Scouting for the NBA he followed in the footsteps of his father Marty Blake, former general manager of the Atlanta Hawks and himself an NBA scouting director. Married with two children, Blake currently lives near Atlanta. He is a drummer in the band "The Other White Meat". Ryan Blake (tennis) Ryan Blake (born February 4, 1966) is the Director of Scouting for the National Basketball Association (NBA) and a former professional tennis player from the United States.

title: Eligibility for the NBA draft

text: Eligibility for the NBA draft The NBA draft is an annual event in which the 30 franchises in the National Basketball Association select new players for their teams. Eligibility rules for prospective players have changed several times during the history of the league. No player may sign with the NBA until they are 19 years or older. The rule has produced one-and-done players that play college basketball for one year before declaring for the draft. In the earliest days of the NBA, three players entered the NBA without having played in college (although one of them did not enter the

title: Blake Cooper Griffin

text: vocal surrogate for former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton's presidential campaign. Griffin travelled to several battleground states, giving speeches at campaign rallies in support of Clinton. The actor also appeared at various fundraisers and was among the celebrity hosts at the Los Angeles launch of Millennials for Hillary. In 2017, Griffin gave the keynote speech outside of the Georgia State Capitol building at a rally designed to push back against Congressional efforts to repeal the Affordable Care Act. Griffin has lent considerable charitable efforts to various anti-bullying causes, routinely appearing at events as a show of support. Griffin even collaborated

title: Blake Griffin

text: the first rookie to play in the All-Star game since Yao Ming in 2003 and the first rookie voted to the game by coaches since Tim Duncan in 1998. He also participated in the 2011 Rookie Challenge and won the Sprite Slam Dunk Contest during the All-Star break. On March 23, 2011, in a double overtime win over the Washington Wizards, Griffin recorded his first career triple-double with 33 points, 17 rebounds, and 10 assists. He recorded his second triple-double with 31 points, 10 rebounds, and 10 assists in the final game of the season against the Memphis Grizzlies. During

title: PLDT HOME: The Last Home Stand

text: Chandler and Brandon Jennings were confirmed to be part of the event. They also announced that Paul Pierce had pulled out of the event. The event was organized by East-West Private LLC, a US-based events organizing company, who had been responsible for bringing in Kobe Bryant and Kevin Durant, among others, to play in an exhibition game in the Philippines in 2011, entitled Smart Ultimate All-Star Weekend, while an NBA lockout was ongoing. Hours before the start of the first exhibition game on July 22, the organizers confirmed that Blake Griffin and Paul George had backed out of the event.

title: Blake Ahearn

text: for Erie BayHawks in the NBA Development League. On August 1, Ahearn signed a contract with the Italian team Teramo Basket but he was waived after a few games. On December 29, he re-signed with the Erie BayHawks. Blake started the 2011–12 season participating for the United States Basketball Team in the 2011 Pan American Games. The United States won the Bronze medal with a win over the Dominican Republic in the Medal Rounds. Blake was second on the team in scoring, averaging 10 points per game, including a team-high 21 points vs Brazil in round robin play. After the

title: Blake Griffin

text: of 504 rebounds were the most in a season by an NCAA Division I player since Indiana State's Larry Bird had 505 in 1978–79 and his rebounding average of 14.4 was the highest since Wake Forest's Tim Duncan averaged 14.7 in 1996–97. For his sophomore year performance, Griffin swept all six of the national player of the year awards. He was a unanimous choice by voters in all nine geographical districts for the Oscar Robertson Trophy and was named Associated Press College Basketball Player of the Year, receiving 66 of the 71 national media panel members' votes. Griffin was announced

title: NBA in the Zone

text: play much more quickly than most basketball games. They gave it an 8.5 out of 10. NBA in the Zone NBA in the Zone (also known in Japan as "NBA Power Dunkers" and in Australia & Europe as "NBA Pro") is a series of basketball video games released by Konami for the PlayStation and Nintendo 64 video game consoles. Konami followed up the "In The Zone" series with the release of "NBA Starting Five" for the Xbox and PlayStation 2. The series started out with two releases on the PlayStation, including the original "NBA In the Zone". After the release

title: Blake Cooper Griffin

text: graduating, he signed with an agent who convinced him to move Los Angeles to begin his career. Soon after moving to Los Angeles, he performed the role of The Prince, opposite Broadway actress Ashley Brown, in the world symphonic premiere of "Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs - A Symphonic Retelling," at the Walt Disney Concert Hall in Los Angeles, with the Hollywood Bowl Orchestra conducted by John Mauceri. In 2011, Griffin was cast as Trent Rogers on the USA Network drama "Necessary Roughness." In 2014, "Deadline Hollywood" announced that Griffin had joined the cast of the twenty-something ensemble drama

title: Blake Griffin

text: a restaurant in Toronto. The Clippers were sternly critical of Griffin, and indicated that further punitive action would follow. According to the Toronto Police Service, a police report was not filed. Griffin missed 45 games in total due to injury and suspension, returning to action for the Clippers on April 3 against the Washington Wizards. He played 24 minutes as a starter and recorded six points and five rebounds to help the Clippers clinch home-court advantage in the playoffs with a 114–109 win. He appeared in five of the Clippers' final seven games of the regular season, and managed to

title: Slam Dunk Contest

text: to allow up-and-coming star Blake Griffin to win and that runner-up JaVale McGee deserved to win. It was even disputed if Griffin even legitimately qualified for the finals since his final dunk got a perfect score but was basically a copy of DeMar DeRozan's first dunk with a lower degree of difficulty. Ben Maller of Fox Sports Radio reported that a media advisory sent out by the NBA over an hour before the 2011 Slam Dunk Contest began already referring to Blake Griffin as the winner. There have been 25 players crowned the best dunkers in the NBA. Nate Robinson

title: Blake Griffin

text: appear in the first four first-round playoff games against the Portland Trail Blazers before aggravating the left quad injury in Game 4, which ruled him out for the rest of the postseason. On November 5, 2016, Griffin scored a season-high 28 points in a 116–92 win over the San Antonio Spurs, helping the Clippers start the season 5–1. He helped them improve to a league-best 7–1 with 22 points and 13 rebounds against the Portland Trail Blazers on November 9. With his fifth rebound of the night, Griffin reached 4,000 in 417 career games, the second-fastest player since 1983–84 to

title: Blake Cooper Griffin

text: "Flipside" being executive produced by Mark Feuerstein in conjunction with Wind Dancer Films. He has appeared on many television shows including "Castle," "Jessie", "Castle, Greek, , Major Crimes, Mad Love, 90210, ", as well as the NBC television event "Game of Your Life", where Griffin starred opposite Leah Thompson. Griffin can be seen in the 2016 made-for-TV movie "Before You Say I Do". In 2016, Griffin was cast in an episode of "House of Lies"; the episode was directed by Helen Hunt. He was previously directed by Hunt in the feature film "Ride". Other major film roles include: Eric in

title: Blake Griffin

text: 8, 2015, he was ruled out for four to six weeks due to a staph infection in his right elbow. He returned to action on March 15 after missing 15 games to record 11 points and 11 rebounds in a 100–98 loss to the Houston Rockets. Griffin finished the regular season averaging 21.9 points, a career-low 7.6 rebounds, and a career-high 5.3 assists in 67 games. On April 22, Griffin recorded his first career playoff triple-double with 29 points, 12 rebounds and 11 assists in a first round game 2 series loss to the San Antonio Spurs. Four days later

title: Blake Cooper Griffin

text: "Standing Up" with Val Kilmer, J. Thomas Gaines in the chess drama "Life of a King," and Bill Bradley in "'Love is All You Need?" directed by K. Rocco Shields. The film also stars Tyler Blackburn, Emily Osment, Briana Evigan, and Jeremy Sisto. In 2018, Griffin starred in the CW Seed reboot of the Warner Bros film "Beerfest. Beerfest: Thirst for Victory" is inspired by the 2006 Broken Lizard/Warner Bros cult classic film; it the first original film from the network. Griffin portrays the character Scott. In 2016, Griffin joined several other Hollywood actors on the campaign trail as a

title: Eric Griffin (basketball)

text: blocks in 30.3 minutes per game. After going undrafted in the 2012 NBA draft, Griffin joined the Los Angeles Lakers for the 2012 NBA Summer League. On July 27, 2012, he signed with Fileni BPA Jesi of Italy for the 2012–13 season. In 28 games for Fileni, he averaged 17.5 points, 7.1 rebounds, 1.2 assists, 1.8 steals and 1.3 blocks per game. In July 2013, Griffin joined the Miami Heat for the 2013 NBA Summer League. On September 10, 2013, he signed with the Heat, but was later waived on October 26 after appearing in seven preseason games. In December

title: Eddie Griffin (basketball)

text: was forced to finish his senior year via correspondence courses after getting in a fight with a teammate. As a freshman, Griffin averaged 17.8 points, 10.7 rebounds and 4.4 blocks for Seton Hall, and was at one point thought to be a potential top pick in the 2001 NBA draft. He was named the nation's Freshman of the Year by The Sporting News. In January 2001, Griffin got in a fight with teammate Ty Shine. Griffin left the school in somewhat acrimonious circumstances after his freshman year, and made himself available for the NBA Draft. Shortly before the draft, Griffin's

title: 2009–10 Oklahoma Sooners men's basketball team

text: nine-game losing streak. All wins were subsequently vacated due to use of an ineligible player, Keith "Tiny" Gallon, who had received impermissible benefits.> On April 19, 2009, Willie Warren announced that he would forgo the NBA Draft and return of the 2009–10 season. In the offseason the Sooners lost seniors Omar Leary, Austin Johnson and Taylor Griffin and junior Blake Griffin. The younger Griffin was the number one pick in the 2009 NBA Draft while the elder Griffin was pick number 48. In the pre-season Big 12 coaches' poll, which is a poll of the current head coaches in the

title: David Griffin (basketball)

text: the Minnesota Timberwolves in a trade. In order to acquire Love, Griffin gave Wiggins and former 1st overall pick Anthony Bennett to the Wolves. As a result of these moves and many others, Griffin placed second in the NBA Executive of the Year Award voting for the 2014–15 season. Griffin and the Cavaliers won the 2016 NBA Finals after defeating the 73-win Golden State Warriors in seven games. Griffin's Cavaliers set offensive records in the 2017 playoffs, setting a playoff scoring efficiency record by scoring 120 points per 100 possessions, but ultimately lost in five games in the 2017 Finals

title: NBA in the Zone

text: play both a full season or playoffs to the series. It also featured the National Anthem (American and Canadian). "NBA In The Zone '98" (also known as "NBA Pro 98" in Australia and Europe) featured NBA rosters from the 1997-1998 NBA season. As in previous "In The Zone" games, players such as Michael Jordan are not in the game and likenesses with generic names take their places. The game retains the "Create a Player" and season/playoffs features of "NBA In The Zone 2". "NBA In The Zone 2000" was released in February 2000. The game features 29 NBA teams and

title: 2012 NBA All-Star Game

text: who earned his fourteenth consecutive All-Star Game selection with 1,555,479 votes. Chris Paul, Kevin Durant, Blake Griffin, and Andrew Bynum completed the Western Conference starting positions. Bryant, Paul and Durant were starters for the previous year's Western Conference team. Griffin became an All-Star Game starter for the first time after he was selected as a reserve in last year's game. Bynum received 1,051,945 votes to earn his first All-Star Game selection and a starting position at center. Bryant/Bynum and Paul/Griffin became the first two pair of teammates who were voted to start for one conference since the 1997 game. The

title: George C. Griffin

text: institute by Blake R. Van Leer, Griffin was given the duties of "the coordination of religious affairs, the YMCA, the infirmary, and campus director of health." Griffin earned a Master's degree in industrial management in 1957. Griffin was a popular speaker and wrote a book entitled "Griffin, you are a great disappointment to me". The title is from the following anecdote: Griffin received numerous awards and honors. Most notably, several places and events were named after him, including the "Student Galleria" (which consists of the Student Services Building, the Ferst Center for the Arts and the plaza connecting them) and

title: Blake Griffin

text: record but fell short in the first game of the Big 12 Tournament to Oklahoma State. In the NCAA tournament, Oklahoma was seeded No. 2 in the South Region with a 27–5 record. In a second-round win over the Michigan Wolverines, Griffin scored 33 points and grabbed 17 rebounds and became just the second player in the 2000s (decade) with at least 30 points and 15 rebounds in an NCAA tournament game. The Sooners ended up losing to the North Carolina Tar Heels in the South Regional final. Griffin averaged 22.7 points, 14.4 rebounds and 2.3 assists per game during

title: Jonathan Blake

text: 33 games played, posting eight double-doubles including a win over Texas College in which he scored a career-high 29 points while pulling down 13 rebounds. Blake was selected by the Canton Charge, the NBA Development League affiliate team of the Cleveland Cavaliers with the second pick of the eighth round (113th overall pick) of the 2011 NBA D-League Draft. Jonathan Blake Jonathan Blake (born October 6, 1987) is an American professional basketball player. Blake played high school basketball at Cypress Springs High School, where he was named to the First-Team in District 17-5A and earned a McDonald's All-American Honorable Mention.

title: 2011 NBA All-Star Game

text: due to injury, the commissioner will select a replacement. Kobe Bryant of the Los Angeles Lakers topped the All-Star Ballots with 2,380,016 votes, which earned him a starting position in the Western Conference team. Carmelo Anthony, Kevin Durant, Chris Paul and Yao Ming completed the Western Conference starting position. Anthony, Duncan and Bryant are all starters for the previous year's Western Conference team. The Western Conference reserves feature 3 first-time selections, rookie Blake Griffin, Kevin Love, and Russell Westbrook. Griffin is the first rookie since Yao Ming to play in the All-Star game. The Eastern Conference leading vote-getter is Dwight

title: Blake Griffin

text: previous night. He returned to action earlier than expected on December 29 against the Lakers, scoring a game-high 24 points in a 121–106 win. On January 22, 2018, he had a triple-double with 32 points, 12 rebounds and a career-high 12 assists in a 126–118 loss to the Minnesota Timberwolves. Griffin notched his seventh career regular-season triple-double, and second of the season. It was his third 30-point game of the season, and he was one point shy of his season high. On January 29, 2018, Griffin, along with Willie Reed and Brice Johnson, was traded to the Detroit Pistons in

title: John Wall (basketball)

text: steals and only 1 turnover. Wall was the third youngest player to record a triple-double in NBA history. John Wall was named 2011 Rookie Game MVP during the 2011 All-Star Weekend. Wall was also named Eastern Conference Rookie of the Month from January–April and finished second in Rookie of the Year voting behind unanimous selection Blake Griffin and was named to the NBA All-Rookie First Team. Wall would play in and start all of the Wizards' 66 games during the 2011–12 lockout shortened season. He was selected to play in the NBA All-Star Weekend Rising Stars Challenge. He was drafted

title: Blake Griffin

text: 2003, Griffin followed his brother to Oklahoma Christian School, where they played under their father, head coach Tommy Griffin. They played together during the 2003–04 and 2004–05 high school seasons, winning two state basketball championships. In his freshman year, the Oklahoma Christian Saints posted a perfect 29–0 season and won the Class 3A boys state championship game at the State Fair Arena against Riverside Indian School, 55–50. In Griffin's sophomore year, the Saints repeated as Class 3A state champions, defeating Sequoyah-Tahlequah 51–34, where he scored 12 points and grabbed 9 rebounds. The team finished the season with a 24–2 record,

title: NBA Live 98

text: with a single button press. The game also made various graphical improvements, with new player models and faces modeled after actual player photographs. The PC version introduced support for 3D acceleration, utilizing 3dfx's Glide API. The PlayStation, PC and Saturn versions have Ernie Johnson as studio announcer and TNT/TBS color analyst Verne Lundquist doing play-by-play commentary (the Saturn version does not include play-by-play commentary). "NBA Live 98" is followed by "NBA Live 99". The game features rosters from the 1997–98 NBA season. New features include the "Total Control" system, that allows players to choose between a dunk or layup or

title: Griffin (The Invisible Man)

text: does he realize that he does not know how to reverse the process. Panicking, Griffin goes to the village of Iping and rents a room in the Lion's Head Inn, where he begins searching for a formula to reverse the invisibility. He makes himself appear visible by wrapping his head in bandages and wearing dark goggles. Curious locals, the maddening side effects of monocane, and frustration from multiple failed tests drive Griffin insane. After he assaults Jenny Hall and severely injures her husband, Herbert, Griffin is confronted by the police, but sheds his clothing to be invisible and eludes them.

title: Merv Griffin

text: "One in a Million" for ABC in 1967. Griffin scored a coup when "Tonight Show" host Jack Paar accidentally emerged onto the set of "Play Your Hunch" during a live broadcast, and Griffin got him to stay for a spontaneous interview. After Paar left "The Tonight Show", but before Johnny Carson took over (Carson was still hosting "Who Do You Trust?" for ABC), Griffin was one of the many guest hosts who presided over "Tonight" in the interim. Griffin was considered the most successful of the guest hosts, and was rewarded with his own daytime talk show on NBC in

title: NBA 2K6

text: mostly play NBA games with any real-world team, and may customize various aspects. Players play basketball games in a variety of modes, such as quick play, online, and Association. Unlike other games in the series, the soundtrack does not feature licensed music, and instead features songs made by various artists exclusively for the game. Cover athlete Shaquille O'Neal helped in the marketing and development aspects of the game. O'Neal, among other things, provided the motion capture for several of the in-game animations. "NBA 2K6" received positive reviews from critics upon release. Most positive comments were concerning the player designs, commentary,

title: Griffin (The Invisible Man)

text: later uses the pseudonym Hawley Griffin (a reference to the League of Extraordinary Gentleman and the original Invisible Man), pretending to be a CIA agent from the South. In Jeff Lemire's "The Nobody" the Invisible Man is named "John Griffen". John Griffen goes through a similar episode as the Invisible Man's "Griffin" does. Both men hide out in an Inn in a small town, only to be driven out because of fear and curiosity. In Genndy Tartakovsky's 2012 Sony Pictures Animation film "Hotel Transylvania", Griffin the Invisible Man (voiced by David Spade) is one of the supporting character monsters who

title: Colin Griffin

text: Colin Griffin Colin Griffin (born 3 August 1982) is an Irish race walker who has competed in the Olympics. Griffin is a race walker who competed at the 2008 and 2012 Olympic Games in the 50k walk. Griffin spent a good number of years training in Limerick and Saluzzo, Italy. He coaches fellow Leitrim athlete and Olympian Laura Reynolds who now does MMA .He is director of The Altitude Centre Ireland, a company that specialises in altitude training and simulated altitude equipment. He returned home from an altitude training camp high in Sierra Nevada in Spain to win Athletics Ireland

title: Tommy Mason-Griffin

text: for Donar, in which he had 8 points and 6 assists. On October 30, 2016, Mason-Griffin was selected by the Maine Red Claws with the 108th pick of the 2016 NBA Development League draft. He was waived on November 9, before playing a game with the Red Claws. Tommy Mason-Griffin Thomas "Tommy" Mason-Griffin (born September 29, 1990) is an American former basketball player. Mason-Griffin usually played as point guard. He played college basketball for the Oklahoma Sooners. He signed with the German team ratiopharm Ulm for the 2011–2012 season. Due to injuries, he missed the complete 2012–13 season. Mason-Griffin wouldn't

title: Eligibility for the NBA draft

text: early for the NBA. While underclass draftees are too numerous to list, it can be noted that among the aforementioned 50 Greatest Players, 10 (not including Malone) left college early for the NBA. After Dawkins and Willoughby, no high school player went directly to the NBA for 20 years, although Lloyd Daniels and Shawn Kemp went to the NBA without having played college basketball (both had enrolled in college, but never played). That would change in 1995 with the arrival of future NBA MVP Kevin Garnett, who was selected fifth overall. The following year, another future MVP in Kobe Bryant

title: Blake Ahearn

text: Blake set the all-time career points record for the NBA Development league in 2012. On April 10th, the Utah Jazz signed Blake Ahearn to a 10-day contract. On April 20th, he was signed for the reminder of the season. In September 2012, Ahearn signed with the Indiana Pacers of the NBA. On October 22, 2012, Ahearn was waived by the Indiana Pacers. In December 2012, he signed with the Dongguan Leopards of the CBA. On August 12, 2013, Ahearn signed with Budivelnyk Kyiv. On December 18, 2014, Ahearn signed with Capitanes de Arecibo for the 2015 BSN season. However, he

title: Kelsey Griffin

text: (WNBL). Due to WNBA commitments, Griffin did not join the Spirit until six rounds into the season. Once cleared to play, she made an instant impact for Bendigo, averaging 16.5 points, 8.6 rebounds per game. Griffin was instrumental in Bendigo's WNBL championship victory, claiming grand final MVP honours after scoring 20 points and collecting 11 rebounds. Despite missing close to a third of the season, Griffin finished sixth overall in the WNBL's end of season league MVP voting. Kelsey Griffin Kelsey Michelle Griffin (born July 2, 1987) is an American-Australian professional women's basketball player who last played for the Connecticut

title: Malcolm Griffin (basketball)

text: Malcolm Griffin (basketball) Malcolm Xavier Griffin (born August 10, 1991) is an American professional basketball player for AEK Athens of the Greek League. Standing at 1.93 m (6'4"), he plays the point guard position. After two years at Toledo and two years at Fresno Pacific Griffin entered the 2014 NBA draft but was not selected in the draft's two rounds. Griffin played high school basketball at Hyde Park Career Academy at Chicago, Illinois. He led his team to a 27–5 mark as a senior and averaging 17 points, seven assists and five rebounds per game. Griffin also earned South MVP

title: Sid Griffin

text: with Parsons during his days with the International Submarine Band, the Byrds, the Flying Burrito Brothers and as a solo performer. Griffin's second book, "Bluegrass Guitar: Know the Players, Play the Music", appeared in 2005 (Backbeat Books) with Eric Thompson as co-author. This volume includes profiles on Mother Maybelle Carter, Doc Watson, Clarence White, Norman Blake, Tony Rice and Bryan Sutton, as well as chapters on equipment, techniques and an instructional CD. Griffin then published two volumes focusing on Bob Dylan. "Million Dollar Bash: Bob Dylan, The Band, and The Basement Tapes" appeared in 2007 (Jawbone Press), followed by "Shelter

title: Blake Hoffarber

text: and had summer workouts with the Minnesota Timberwolves, Milwaukee Bucks, and Washington Wizards, but due to the 2011 NBA Lockout, opted for Europe where he played for Fos Ouest Provence Basketball in the French professional league LNB Pro B. Hoffarber currently resides in Wayzata, MN, a suburb of Minneapolis, and is a Vice President at Marsh & McLennan Companies within their property & casualty insurance division. Blake Hoffarber Blake Hoffarber (born April 27, 1988) is a former college basketball player who played the shooting guard position on the University of Minnesota men's basketball team. The 6'4", 200 lbs Hoffarber is

title: Eddie Griffin (basketball)

text: re-signed Griffin for three years (player option in the third), starting with the 2005–06 season. Griffin had a relatively significant drop off in scoring and rebounding (while suffering only a slight drop in minutes per game), while averaging a career-high in blocks per game (2.11). In March 2006, Griffin was involved in a car accident in which he rammed his SUV into a parked car. This came shortly after a stop-off at a nearby convenience store where a security video tape caught Griffin professing his intoxication. In March 2007, Griffin was released by the Timberwolves. In 303 NBA games (117

title: Marty Blake

text: manager in NBA history to select a player from a foreign league by drafting Mexico's Manuel Raga in the 10th round. Blake followed that selection with Italy's Dino Meneghin in the 11th round. Neither player ever signed with the Hawks, since the team could not afford to buy out their contracts, but the draft selections set the stage for the later influx of global talent into the NBA. In 1970, Blake left the Hawks to become president of the Pittsburgh Condors, a team in the rival American Basketball Association. He spent one season with them before founding his own basketball

title: Eligibility for the NBA draft

text: in 1976, his career continued on its upward trajectory, ultimately earning him three NBA MVP awards, four appearances on the All-NBA First Team, 12 consecutive NBA All-Star Game appearances, an NBA title, a place among the 50 Greatest Players in NBA History, and enshrinement in the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame. In 1975, Darryl Dawkins and Bill Willoughby both went to the NBA from high school. Dawkins had a solid 14-year career in the NBA, while Willoughby was no more than a journeyman in eight NBA seasons. These players were greatly outnumbered by college underclassmen who chose to leave