He was later named to the Little All-City All-State team in what was his final high school season with his brother. The team finished the season with a 24–2 record, with Griffin averaging 13.6 points per game. 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 nine rebounds.
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. They played together during the 2003––05 high school seasons, winning two state basketball championships. In 2003, Griffin followed his brother to Oklahoma Christian School, where they played under their father, head coach Tommy Griffin. Before deciding to focus on basketball, Griffin also played baseball as a first baseman and football as a wide receiver, safety, and tight end. Bradford's father owned a gym where Blake and Taylor played basketball. Growing up, Griffin was good friends with future NFL quarterback Sam Bradford. 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. His father was a basketball center and track standout at Northwestern Oklahoma State University. Griffin was born in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, to Tommy Griffin, who is of Afro-Haitian descent, and Gail Griffin, who is white.
In 2011, Sports Illustrated called him one of the NBA's 15 Greatest Rookies of All Time. 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. During the final pre-season game of 2009, he broke his left kneecap, had surgery, and missed the entire 2009–10 season. Griffin played two seasons of college basketball for the Sooners before entering the 2009 NBA draft, when he was selected by the Clippers. Griffin won four high school state titles at Oklahoma Christian School under his father, head coach Tommy Griffin. In September 2022, Griffin signed with the Boston Celtics. In March 2021, Griffin signed with the Brooklyn Nets. In January 2018, Griffin was traded to the Detroit Pistons and played for them until 2021. Griffin was selected first overall by the Los Angeles Clippers in the 2009 NBA draft, and has since been a six-time NBA All-Star and a five-time All-NBA selection. He played college basketball for the Oklahoma Sooners, when he was named the consensus national college player of the year as a sophomore.
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