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    Blake Griffin and Chris Paul: Unauthorized Biographies
    Blake Griffin and Chris Paul: Unauthorized Biographies
    Blake Griffin and Chris Paul: Unauthorized Biographies
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    Blake Griffin and Chris Paul: Unauthorized Biographies

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    Blake Griffin and Chris Paul are international superstars on the rise. This book follows both men's lives from their humble beginnings to becoming two of the best basketball players in the world.

    In just a few short years, Blake Griffin has transcended the game of basketball. He has accomplished more in his first few seasons in the NBA than most players achieve in their careers. Most fans are aware of his amazing skills and fantastic dunks, but in order to truly understand Blake Griffin, you must first understand where he came from. This book explores Griffin’s upbringing, his high school and college careers, and details his breakthrough into the NBA, all the way through the onset of the 2012-13 season

    Chris Paul represents the point guard of the future. He’s an unbelievable scorer, a great defender, and a player who controls the game’s tempo. He creates opportunities for his teammates and challenges them, as well. LeBron James has called him the league’s best point guard “because he had eyes in the back of his head.” Paul’s unique abilities and interesting life story has fans wondering where his career will take him next. Inside, you will discover where it all started and learn why so many fans love Paul so much.

    From family to basketball to the future, all you need to know about Blake Griffin and Chris Paul is right here, right now, in the most up to date coverage of both men’s lives.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherPrice World Publishing
    Release dateMar 27, 2013
    ISBN9781619843363
    Blake Griffin and Chris Paul: Unauthorized Biographies

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      Blake Griffin and Chris Paul - Price World Publishing

      BLAKE GRIFFIN

      AND

      CHRIS PAUL

      Unauthorized Biographies

      Copyright © 2013 by Belmont & Belcourt Biographies

      All rights reserved. Neither this book nor any parts within it may be sold or reproduced in any form without permission.

      eISBN: 9781619843363

      Table of Contents

      BLAKE GRIFFIN

      Introduction

      The Basics

      Early years

      Childhood

      High school

      College career

      NBA career

      Los Angeles Clippers

      2009–10

      2010–11

      2011–12

      2012–13 season

      Player profile

      Endorsements

      Philanthropy

      Into the Stands

      Acting?

      Griffin and T.O

      Popularity Fall?

      Money Rising

      Career Development- Building a Superstar

      Post-Up Offense

      Finishing at the Rim

      Face-Up Offense

      Perimeter Shooting

      Defense and Rebounding

      Outlook

      Griffin is interviewed

      Conclusion

      Statistics

      CHRIS PAUL

      The Beginning

      High school

      College career

      NBA career

      New Orleans Hornets

      2005–06: Rookie stardom

      2006–07 season

      2007–08 season

      2008–09 season

      2009–10 season

      2010–11 season

      Los Angeles Clippers

      2011–12 season

      2012–13 season

      Fantasy Impact

      International

      Player Profile

      Personal life

      Giving Back

      Endorsements

      The Trade that wasn't

      The Future

      The story of Nathaniel Jones

      Closing

      BLAKE GRIFFIN

      It comes from my dad and my brother always being around the game. My dad has been a basketball coach for thirty-five plus years, so for as long as I can remember I’ve been around it. Being a coach’s son, I feel like I understand, through his eyes, through a coach’s eyes, what they want from a player. It’s not all about how many points you can score, it’s about helping make your teammates better, and helping, almost kind of control the game in a sense, where you have a large part in the outcome.

      -Blake Griffin

      Introduction

      Heralded as one the NBA’s most exciting young players, Blake Griffin has transcended the game of basketball and has accomplished more in his rookie season than what an average NBA player achieves in a career. These are no exaggerations or even stretching the truth. Blake Griffin has already proved that he is something more than average.

      No matter how easy he makes it look, and he often makes it look effortless, Blake’s ability did not just magically come together overnight. Blake’s parents, Tommy and Gail, instilled the value of hard work in their sons Blake and older brother Taylor from childhood when they were home-schooled as youngsters until high school. Tommy started with Blake as a toddler, working out with him and teaching him how to shoot baskets in the gym.

      After Taylor moved on to play basketball for Oklahoma, Blake gained invaluable experience playing pickup games against his brother’s college teammates. The result? State championships in his junior and senior years, making Blake a state champion in all four years of high school, an incredibly rare feat. Following his junior season, Blake declined scholarships to national powerhouses such as Duke and Kansas, opting instead to join his brother at Oklahoma University. In his second year at Oklahoma, Blake posted one of the most dominant seasons ever by a collegiate player and became a household name for his tremendous flair and ferocious slam-dunks. While leading Oklahoma to the Sweet 16, Griffin was rewarded for his outstanding play by being chosen as the Naismith, Wooden and Associated Press Player of the Year en route to being a consensus selection as National Player of the Year. Following a run where Blake lead the Oklahoma Sooners to the Sweet 16, Blake announced that he would enter the 2009 NBA Draft.

      Known as the Blake Griffin Sweepstakes, the Los Angeles Clippers, equipped with only a 17.7 percent chance of winning the rights of the number one overall pick in the 2009 NBA Draft, were revealed as the team that would have the rights to the first overall draft pick. Blake Griffin was so highly touted, where in a system where team’s work out potential draft picks for several weeks before making their choice on who to select, the Clippers were so confident that they would select Blake Griffin that Clippers team president Andy Roeser, who was representing the team at the time of the drawing, actually wore a pattern designed as the Clippers’ home jersey. Inside his sport-jacket was the number 1 emblazoned on one side, and the number 23, Blake’s college jersey number, sewn on the other. On June 25, 2009, the Los Angeles Clippers selected Blake Griffin as the number one overall pick.

      Blake began the 2009 NBA pre-season with a bang, racking up big numbers and even bigger highlight dunks. In the final pre-season game before his long awaited NBA debut, disaster struck as Blake suffered a knee injury that would cost him his rookie season. Blake spent the year with the team in his street clothes and his Dora the Explorer book bag. Blake, however, was not to be denied. After a year of grueling rehab and intense training, Blake finally launched his rookie campaign on October 27th, 2010 against the Portland Trail Blazers with a 20 point, 14 rebound performance. Every month since then has been an explosive leap after the next.

      Stats are one thing; praise

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