Basketball has never been Mickey Mouse for Griffin
Published: 6/25/2009 7:22 AM
Last Modified: 6/25/2009 7:22 AM
This is why I think Blake Griffin will overcome whatever shortcomings he has on defense and with his 15-foot jumper to become an NBA mainstay over the coming years...
It's a story told by Dallas Caldwell, headmaster at Griffin's Oklahoma Christian School, to Dime Magazine, dating back to the time Griffin took a senior class trip to Disney World:
"The kids were going to theme parks during the day and they’re up late at night too, so they usually don’t get up until about 9 o’clock the next morning to hit the parks again. I’m the older guy, so I’m up at 7 a.m. to grab some coffee, read the paper.
"I’m sitting out on the ledge at the hotel, and I look up and see a figure come running down the road. It’s a big figure. It’s Blake Griffin coming in from a three-mile run at 7 a.m.
"I’m saying, ‘Blake, you’re on vacation — it’s May!’ And he said, ‘Yeah, well you know Coach gave me a regiment and I want to work on some things…’ That was always what he said, ‘I want to work on some things.’
"Then he goes over to an open court area at the hotel to do agility drills."
-- Guerin Emig
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Guerin Emig
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