Blake Griffin played like an overall number one pick in his NBA debut. Granted it was a game in the Las Vegas Summer League, but he would’ve gotten crushed if he looked weak so props where props are due. After the game Griffin got on the Clippers‘ team bus and gave an interview to DeAndre Jordan.

It felt like a college game kinda. I don’t feel like it was that much different.

The game felt like a college game to Griffin because he put up numbers like he was still in school. Twenty-seven points, and 12 boards is beastin’, even if it was against a bunch of Fakers.

And it’s good to see Blake Griffin keeping “No Homo” alive. He used “Pause” ( || ) at the 1:27 mark of the video and cracked himself up. Gus Johnson is somewhere smiling.

If past performance is indicative of future results Blake Griffin is screwed. The Los Angeles Clippers are the Bermuda Triangle of NBA franchises, and their selection of Griffin with the overall number one pick in June’s NBA Draft guarantees Blake’s career will disappear. It might be injuries, it might be management, but something is gonna go wrong with his career. It’s physics.

Before Blake Griffin’s future was ruined by the Clipper Curse, the 6-foot-8-inch power forward battled 6-foot-4-inch guard Willie Warren in a dunk contest at an OU practice. I apologize in advance for the short, grainy videos.

Willie Warren dunks over 7-footer:

Blake Griffin dunks over 7-footer:

Willie Warren dunks over three people:

Blake Griffin dunks over five people:

It’s close but I say Willie Warren won. He’s four inches shorter, making his dunks look a little more impressive. Griffin shouldn’t hang his head about the loss. It’s not like the time he lost to Jared from Subway in H-O-R-S-E.

The Subway sandwich franchise has embraced the sports as fast-food restaurants tend to do. Except they’re not selling team oriented cups or value meals; they’re hiring the sports figures to push their products. We’ve seen pitchman Jared Fogle team up with Reggie Bush, and Michael Strahan, and Subway sponsors the Sports Guy’s podcast on ESPN.

Jared’s newest running mate is the 2009 number one overall pick Blake Griffin. I posted the video of Jared and Blake shooting it out S-U-B-W-A-Y style yesterday, but here’s the less New Yorkcentric remix.

Jared shoots better than I thought he could. He still shouldn’t be able to beat Blake Griffin in a shooting contest. Enjoy every second you can Mr. Griffin because as Bill Simmons lays out, you’re life is about to take on the Clipper Curse.

Blake Griffin will be the number one overall pick of the Los Angeles Clippers on Thursday, an honor that has only been bestowed upon Danny Manning and Michael Olowokandi.

Before joining the lovable, dysfunctional Clipper family, Griffin took on Jared Fogle in a game of S-U-B-W-A-Y at The Cage in New York.

According to Jared he beat Blake Griffin in the first game which is probably what led to Griffin dunking.. Against Jared from Subway.. Congratulations Clippers. Your draft pick can’t beat a former fat guy in Horse.

The Los Angeles Clippers won the NBA Draft Lottery Tuesday evening, a feat the franchise has accomplished three times since 1988. LA’s other team selected Danny Manning first overall in 1988, and Michael Olowokandi first in 1998. Is Blake Griffin going to be their 2009 selection?

The mock drafts have Blake Griffin going first overall. Too bad for him. Things don’t go well for people once they put on the red, white, and blue of the Clippers. Danny Manning was plagued by knee injuries, Olowokandi washed out of the league, and I don’t want to think about what happened to Shaun Livingston.

Good luck to young Mr. Griffin. He’s gonna need it.

When you’re the 15-seeded team being lead to the proverbial slaughter in a first round match-up with the two-seed, you pray for the best and hope God answers your begging with a Hampton over Iowa St. type victory.

If that doesn’t work, you can go out like Morgan State forward Ameer Ali who flipped Blake Griffin of Oklahoma and was then sent to the showers.

To quote Fenster “Isedhe’llflipyafareal”.. Blake Griffin responded the way he should.. 28 points, 13 rebounds, and a trip to the second round. At least Ali assured his team would be in every highlight reel from now through the end of the tourney.

Video Courtesy of The Hoop Doctors