Should Blake Griffin Enter the NBA Draft ?

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Should Blake Griffin Enter the NBA Draft ?

  • Yes

    Votes: 30 83.3%
  • No

    Votes: 6 16.7%

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Yes, he has nothing left to prove at this level.
 

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He is the best player in college and will go #1 so it's best for him to go now. If he waits and go later he could get injured or another player could come from nowhere to become #1.
 

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No reason to stay with all those guaranteed dollars waiting.
 

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Absolutely. He has all the tools already. No sense risking injury when he is a lock #1 draft choice. Huge signing bonus plus a long term multi-million dollar contract. He will be a franchise player that the team drafting him will build around him.
 

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I think this poll should be used for players like hardin and flynn who are on the bubble. Griffin looked better than Oden and Beasley in college, so it'll be scary to see him perform in the nba.
 

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13-0 on "Yes" now!
 
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Oklahoma's Griffin headed to NBA draft

NORMAN, Okla. (AP) - Oklahoma forward Blake Griffin will give up his final two years of eligibility and head to the NBA after a sophomore season that ended with him being recognized as college basketball's top player.


Griffin announced his decision Tuesday at a campus news conference alongside coach Jeff Capel, saying it was time to take his game to the next level.
Griffin helped the Sooners win 30 games in a season for only the fifth time in school history, shattering the school records for double-doubles and rebounds along the way.
"It's tough to walk away from something like this but at the same time, it's a big opportunity and I felt like I was ready for it this year," Griffin said.
After declaring last year that he would stay at Oklahoma for at least one more season, Griffin said he wanted to be able to contribute immediately in the NBA before he would turn pro.
For him to feel like he was "100 percent sure" that he was ready, he said he'd probably have to be in line to be the No. 1 pick in the draft. Griffin couldn't have done much more to make his case for that spot.


He was honored by The Associated Press and several other groups as college basketball's player of the year after leading the nation with 30 double-doubles and 14.4 rebounds per game while also averaging a Big 12-best 22.7 points. In the NCAA tournament, he was even better — averaging 28.5 points and 15 rebounds to lead the Sooners to the regional finals, where they lost to eventual national champion North Carolina.
"This is the right decision. In my mind, it's a no-brainer," Capel said. "It wasn't a decision to really debate because it's the right one, and it's the best thing for Blake."
Griffin got to spend two more seasons playing alongside his older brother, Taylor, after the two teamed up to win back-to-back state championships in high school. At Oklahoma, they helped rebuild a program that was on shaky ground because of NCAA sanctions left over from Kelvin Sampson's telephone recruiting scandal. Had Griffin decided to stay, it would have added another layer to Oklahoma's unprecedented feat of having the Heisman Trophy winner and the AP men's basketball player of the year in the same year. Sooners quarterback Sam Bradford already passed up the chance to make an early jump to the NFL after his sophomore season, and he and Griffin could have both returned for another year of college.
 

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I don't see him as a franchise player in the NBA, but he'll be a role player and his stock can't really get any higher so it's in his best interest to enter the draft.
 

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I don't see him as a franchise player in the NBA, but he'll be a role player and his stock can't really get any higher so it's in his best interest to enter the draft.

He may be a role player in his 1st year but he is better than most small fowards in the NBA now.
 

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Small forward? He seems like a power forward to me. Even if he is only 6'8

He is incredibly quick for his size. I think he can be Karl Malone all over again.
 

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No, he should stay at OU and consider jumping in front of a moving train.




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he reminds me of amare stoudamire. explosive, decent shot near the hoop, great leaping ability. i definently see 20-10 down the road
 

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