Click Attack's Top 10 people of the new generation.

                                                              #1 Blake Griffin

Blake Austin Griffin (born March 16, 1989) is an American professional basketball player for the Los Angeles Clippersof the National Basketball Association (NBA). Griffin had a renowned high school career at Oklahoma Christian School, winning state titles each of his four years under his father who was the head coach. He played college basketball for theUniversity of Oklahoma Sooners and was awarded numerous accolades in his second year including the Naismith College Player of the Year, Oscar Robertson Trophy and the John Wooden Award.^[2] After two seasons at Oklahoma, Griffin left college to enter the 2009 NBA Draft where he was selected first overall by the Clippers. In his rookie season, Griffin broke his left kneecap during the final preseason game and underwent season-ending surgery. He made his NBA debut as a rookie the following season and was selected to play in the All-Star Game and was the winner of the 2011Sprite Slam Dunk Contest.


Griffin was born on March 16, 1989 in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma to Tommy and Gail Griffin.^[1] His father was abasketball center and track standout at NAIA Northwestern Oklahoma State University.^[3] 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.^[4][5][6][7] Growing up, he was good friends with Sam Bradford of the St. Louis Rams and played on the same Athletes First AAU basketball team along with Xavier Henry of the Memphis Grizzlies.^[7][8] Griffin’s parents owned a trophy company that Bradford’s father would use and Bradford’s father owned a gym where Griffin and his brother Taylor played basketball.^[9] Apart from basketball, he also played first baseman in baseball, and football as a wide receiver,safety and a tight end.^[9][10]