While their brethren on the other side of the city are still celebrating their championship, the Los Angeles Clippers are looking to be another kind of number one team. They want to keep their #1 pick in the first round of the draft. And they know which player they want to have. A young Oklahoman named Blake Griffin. They hope that this pick will bring them back into contention, like they were several years ago. Meanwhile, there is a little controversy about the announcement that they made about this, because there is a policy in place that teams should not announce their pick before the draft. It’s interesting because they have been dealing with Griffin in a very public way since before the playoffs even ended. This is a fairly clear breaking of the rule, so it will be interesting to see if there are any consequences. Either way, they’re really excited about this player, so keep an eye on him.

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