Hello again

Hey Clipsnation,

Been a while since I posted in this neck of the woods. I've been off with the Lakers for the last couple months. But I wanted to weigh in on Saturday's open workout for Blake Griffin.

If you've been around the NBA a while, the fact that Griffin's workout is open is pretty unbelievable. Last year, for example, the Clippers had a clandestine workout with O.J. Mayo, and some closed workouts for other potential picks with their No. 7 overall choice (Eric Gordon).

But it's pretty easy to read between the lines here. The Clippers are taking Blake Griffin. No need to be coy here. They're not going to do something weird, they're not going to screw this up, they're taking Blake Griffin and don't mind who knows it. ... Particularly their fan base, which needed some good news after a 19-win season.

The scheduling of the workout is no coincidence either. Not only is the workout open to the media, there will be a shuttle running from the Lakers practice facility ready to take any curious local or national media in town for the NBA Finals over to the Clippers pristine new facility in Playa Vista.

For appearances' sake, no one within the organization will absolutely confirm that Griffin is the choice, unlike the NFL the NBA doesn't really like it when teams choose a player before the draft, but short of the Bulls offering up Derek Rose or the Hornets making Chris Paul available, it think it's pretty fair to assume the Clippers will be picking the athletic power forward from Oklahoma.