New Blake Griffin interview just hit the streets. Talks Sterling

[Tony D'Amato]

http://www.gq.com/entertainment/sports/201410/blake-griffin?printable=true

“I was one of the guys—and I don’t know, I might catch flak for this—I was one of the guys who didn’t want to do anything. I didn’t want to give this one incident the power that it doesn’t deserve. You know what I mean? And coincidentally, I had just, for the first time, watched the Jackie Robinson movie and watched how he dealt with it, even though obviously it’s a movie. And I’ve actually read Hank Aaron books and a lot of things. I just felt like the best way to respond to something like that is just to go out and do what we do and not let it affect us. Because we’re the ones that get affected, not anybody else. So that’s why I took that position. But I completely understood why guys did want to do something. I was just kind of one of the ones that was like, ‘Let’s just play basketball.’”

 

[jadillac]

I have nothing bad to say about Blake.

 

[JahBuhLun]

He's half white, so I understand 50% of his reluctance.

 

[Detroit Wave]

be a halfcac with no pride brehs

 

[Tony D'Amato]

be a halfcac with no pride brehs

Shut your mouth.

He's right, #BirdGang still cheering for KKKooper

 

[Tony D'Amato]

What was it that Klay Thompson said before the playoff series? That you were a "bull in a china shop"?Bull in a china shop, yeah. But the thing about that is, it depends on who you are. If you're the bull, being a bull in a china shop is not a bad thing. If you're the china, it's a bad thing. So I want to be the bull. I don't want to be the china.


@Blackthoughts yall china breh

 

[Big Boss]

 

[G.O.A.T Squad Spokesman]

What was it that Klay Thompson said before the playoff series? That you were a "bull in a china shop"?Bull in a china shop, yeah. But the thing about that is, it depends on who you are. If you're the bull, being a bull in a china shop is not a bad thing. If you're the china, it's a bad thing. So I want to be the bull. I don't want to be the china.


@Blackthoughts yall china breh

If that's the case y'all should've beat us in 4 games without our starting center.

 

[Big Boss]

What was your impression of him?
The second time I met him... He throws a white party in Malibu every single year, so everyone has to wear white or you can't come. I get there, and this dude is wearing all black. The only person at this party. He throws a white party, he wears all black. And as soon as I get there, he comes to the front, we talk for a second, and he's like, "Come on, I want to introduce you to everyone." Grabs my hand and starts walking me through the party while we're holding hands, and just introduces me to everybody.


Is it true that he would bring women in to the locker room to watch players shower?
He would bring them in the locker room. Guys would be in there. The showers are kind of elsewhere. I don't think they would really go back there. But he would bring people in the locker room while we were just in towels. One year he came in and led a "hip hip hooray" chant and held my arm up in the air. Then he went to another teammate and did the same thing. Guys just started scattering as fast as possible. [laughs]

 

[Pdiddy]

I think that the whole Donald Sterling situation has jeopardized everyone's private life. Cacs can recover...most nikkas cant. Look at how John Rocker has made his way back into the limelight,

 

[superunknown23]

Donald Sterling bringing women to the locker room to watch "those beautiful black bodies" shower is just so fukked up.
If Doug Christie was playing there, imagine what his crazy wife would do

 

[Rev]

And I’ve actually read Hank Aaron books and a lot of things.

i bet you this fukking guy is talking about them short books i used to see in the libary in 4th grade. i read all them books - mickey mantle, roy campanella, jackie robinson, hank aaron, etc.

 

[TooLazyToMakeUp1]

What was your impression of him?
The second time I met him... He throws a white party in Malibu every single year, so everyone has to wear white or you can't come. I get there, and this dude is wearing all black. The only person at this party. He throws a white party, he wears all black. And as soon as I get there, he comes to the front, we talk for a second, and he's like, "Come on, I want to introduce you to everyone." Grabs my hand and starts walking me through the party while we're holding hands, and just introduces me to everybody.


Is it true that he would bring women in to the locker room to watch players shower?
He would bring them in the locker room. Guys would be in there. The showers are kind of elsewhere. I don't think they would really go back there. But he would bring people in the locker room while we were just in towels. One year he came in and led a "hip hip hooray" chant and held my arm up in the air. Then he went to another teammate and did the same thing. Guys just started scattering as fast as possible. [laughs]

These muthafukkas have no type of dignity

That's why I was when people were expecting them to stand up for themselves. Bunch of house nikkas

 

[TheNig]

What was it that Klay Thompson said before the playoff series? That you were a "bull in a china shop"?Bull in a china shop, yeah. But the thing about that is, it depends on who you are. If you're the bull, being a bull in a china shop is not a bad thing. If you're the china, it's a bad thing. So I want to be the bull. I don't want to be the china.


@Blackthoughts yall china breh

Not sure why I was thinking about basketball last night but I was...

All I know is if CP3 get out the fukkin way, Blake will be MVP.

 

[Walt]

One year he came in and led a "hip hip hooray" chant and held my arm up in the air. Then he went to another teammate and did the same thing. Guys just started scattering as fast as possible. [laughs]

*double checks to see if I made up this interview and sold it to GQ*