LINK: ESPN.com - Blake Griffin's evolution has been fast (February 18, 2011)

By Ramona Shelburne

It's 1:45 in the afternoon and Blake Griffin should be anywhere but here. In less than 48 hours he'll be on a charter flight to Atlanta, beginning an eight-game, 13-day trip. In less than 24 hours, he's due back at the Los Angeles Clippers' practice facility for morning shootaround before a game against the Chicago Bulls.

This is the last free afternoon he'll have for nearly a month and he has agreed to spend about two hours of it doing a video shoot for ESPN, a photo shoot for Slam Magazine and an interview with the French newspaper L'Equipe.

His teammates are long gone home for the day. Even the Clippers' coaches have scattered. Blake Griffin is staring into a camera, looking over his shoulder at a gym that used to be empty at this hour.

He's the reason the bright lights and camera crews are here. He's also trying to get through this quickly so he can enjoy what's left of the afternoon. So it's head down, eyes glowering, chin up, whatever the photographer wants...

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