Clippers to Draft Griffin With First Pick?

USA Today, May 29, 2009 -- The Los Angeles Clippers didn't need time after the draft lottery to decide who to take with the No. 1 pick.

They settled on Blake Griffin long ago.

"I'd say we made the decision June 2008," assistant general manager Neil Olshey said Wednesday at the team's practice facility in Playa Vista. "When he decided to go back to Oklahoma, that if we got the No. 1 pick in '09, he'd be the guy."

On Wednesday, the Clippers strategically placed pictures of Griffin on their Web site to advertise ticket sales for next season. Team president Andy Roeser refused to say what Los Angeles would do with the pick Tuesday night, but Olshey wanted fans to understand the Clippers are committed to winning. Read more.