{"id":78272,"date":"2014-04-18T12:58:04","date_gmt":"2014-04-18T12:58:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bilcomprd.wpengine.com\/?p=78272"},"modified":"2023-06-13T12:53:16","modified_gmt":"2023-06-13T19:53:16","slug":"blake-griffin-rolling-stone","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ballislife.com\/blake-griffin-rolling-stone\/","title":{"rendered":"Awesome Blake Griffin interview about weed, hair grooming, farting, Creed & beating up Justin Bieber"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Doc Rivers isn't the only person that thinks \"The endorser\" is also the runner-up for MVP.  The problem is Doc doesn't have a ballot and neither do I.  Oh well, what I do have is a subscription (I hate digital magazines) to Rolling Stone Magazine - a mag known for great interviews with athletes and their recent interview with the insanely athletic Blake Griffin by Rob Tannenbaum (also without a ballot) is one of the best they have ever had.<\/p>\n

Blake Griffin\u2019s full \u2018Rolling Stone\u2019 interview.<\/h3>\n

I don\u2019t ever see any NBA players with chest hair or back hair. Are guys going to the salon?
\n<\/strong>You know, that\u2019s a good question. I\u2019ve definitely seen some back hair. It\u2019s always a little gross when you\u2019re guarding someone and you can see, like, hair coming from underneath his jersey. One of the hairiest guys I\u2019ve ever played with or against \u2013 and if I name him, because we joke about it all the time \u2013 is Chris Kaman. He owns it, though. I think he\u2019s given up trying to groom.<\/p>\n

On a scale of one to 10, where one is a newborn baby and 10 is a werewolf, where is Kaman?
\n<\/strong>If there\u2019s no upkeep, no manscaping or anything like that, he\u2019s maybe an eight-and-a-half. He\u2019s not on the Clippers anymore, but I had to guard him in practice. And I had to change next to him in the locker room. Obviously, everybody\u2019s walking around with their shirts off, so it was tough to concentrate at times. But I managed.<\/p>\n

I\u2019m going to count backwards from ten, and I want you to name some products that you don\u2019t<\/em> represent on TV. Ready? Go.
\n<\/strong>Oh, man. Gatorade, uhh, Nike, Adidas, Reebok, uhh, Under Armour, Right Guard\u2026<\/p>\n

Time\u2019s up. In 10 seconds, you could name only six?
\n<\/strong>[Laughs<\/em>] I think I got a late start, but whatever.<\/p>\n

If you\u2019re at home and one of your commercials comes on, do you watch it?
\n<\/strong>I normally change the channel, and if other people are in the room, I change it as fast as possible. If I can\u2019t change it, I try to distract them. You know how when you hear yourself talk or leave a voice mail, it bothers you? That\u2019s how it is for me. I\u2019m not a fan of seeing myself on TV.<\/p>\n

Your ads are hilariously deadpan. Where\u2019d you get that style?
\n<\/strong>I\u2019ve always had a very dry sense of humor, and I\u2019ve pretty much grown up on Will Ferrell, first onSaturday Night Live<\/em>, then Old School<\/em> and Wedding Crashers<\/em>.<\/p>\n

Seems like maybe you modeled your basketball game on him, too.
\n<\/strong>The first step was getting my hair cut like Will. Once I got that down, I just slowly dissected his game and his look.<\/p>\n