The Los Angeles Clippers seemed to have had a game plan with regards to Blake Griffin.
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"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."
Emphasis mine. Play poorly enough, manage your team into the ground long enough, and eventually even the Clippers can't screw up a number 1 pick. Further, I find it interesting that they had already figured out they wanted him in June of 2008. Call me crazy, but teams that are interested in becoming good the old fashioned way (i.e. by not winning the lottery, having lots of money, competent staff, etc) don't spend time a year away from a player's eligibility thinking about how they might be in position to draft him the next year.
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