Blake Griffin: biography, career, statistics

Blake Griffin is one of the best striker forwards in the National Basketball Association. He is on the list of the most talented young players in the league. In the university years, Griffin was able to compete on an equal footing with professionals. Therefore it is not surprising that the leading sports publications of the country regularly celebrated his game in the student's championship.

Griffin Blake: Biography

A future basketball player was born in Oklahoma City on March 16, 1989. The first mentor of Blake was his father, who persuaded his son to choose this particular sport.

Good physical data - an increase of 208 cm and a weight of 114 kg - allowed Blake to resist any opponent on the site. And the player had such dimensions already during performances for the school team.

Blake Griffin did not have a problem with the choice of a higher education institution, since he was already waiting for a lot of interested sports agents who represented the most famous colleges. However, the young basketball player did not succumb to temptations and decided not to use fame yet.

His career, Blake Griffin continued in the university team of his native city. Thanks to the successful play of young talent, his club "Oklahoma Suners" finished the first season in the university league with 23 victories and 12 defeats. The following year the team's game improved, and Griffin Blake was awarded the title of the most promising striker of the student's championship of the country.

The real success to the player came after the game "Oklahoma" against the student team from Texas. In the match, which was held on February 14, 2009, Griffin managed to write down 40 points and a record 23 rebounds on his account. Thus, the choice of the most valuable player, who in the future must necessarily be in one of the best teams of the NBA, was a foregone conclusion.

Starting a career in the NBA

In the summer of 2009, at the annual draft of young players in the big leagues, Blake Griffin was selected by the Los Angeles Clippers team. However, during almost the whole debut season in the NBA, the prospective striker had to sit on the bench of the reserve. Blame it all - a serious knee injury, obtained at off-season gatherings.

After a long rehabilitation, Griffin was lucky enough to be on the site as part of the new team in the first season. To fully demonstrate their talents, Blake succeeded in the last few games of the year. And, despite the consequences of injury, with each fight his results only improved. So, for three final matches of the season, the forward brought to the piggy bank "Clippers" on average 16.7 points, performed 9.7 rebounds per game. At the same time, the accuracy of hits Griffin along the rival's ring was about 75%.

Player stats in NBA

During the entire period of his performance in the highest American basketball league, Blake Griffin secured the following indicators:

• The total number of matches played - 375 (all in the starting lineup);
• The number of points earned per game - an average of 21.5;
• The percentage of hits on the enemy ring was 52.3;
• The number of assists during the match is 4.0;
• The number of rebounds - an average of 9.7 for a duel.

Personal life

Even in his student years, Blake Griffin met with a basketball player from the team of the Californian college Brynn Cameron. The pair did not break off after the move to Los Angeles. From the former athlete, Blake has a son named Ford Wilson Cameron Griffin.

Public initiatives

Becoming one of the most successful young players in the NBA, Griffin decided to engage in social activities. Under the auspices of a basketball player, the social action "Danki for dollars" started. According to her conditions, for each slam-dunk performed during the season, Blake had to donate $ 100 for the treatment of obese children. Later, other basketball players were involved in the initiative.