Blake Griffin was born in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma when Tommy Griffin and Gail Griffin welcomed
a bouncing baby boy on March 16, 1989.
His dad was a basketball coach to played college ball at Northwestern.
Being homeschooled by his mom, Griffin and his brother Taylor had a tight relationship
with her.
As a kid, Blake was good friends with quarterback Sam Bradford whose father owned a gym where
he practiced basketball with his brother.
In his young days, Blake was torn between his love for basketball, football, and baseball.
Career
In high school, Griffin played at the iconic Oklahoma Christian school under his dad averaging
27 points, 15 rebounds, 5 assists, and 2.9 blocks in his senior year.
His remarkable talent to lead his school to four straight high school titles made him
ranked 13th best high school senior.
Blake stayed close to home an became an Oklahoma Sooner where he averaged 22.7 points, 14.4
rebounds, and 2.3 assists leading the Big 12 in scoring and nation in rebounding.
His incredible display earned him six national players of the year honors with different
associations and snagged the John Wooden player of the year.
Talk about stacking those records.
Griffin declared for the 2009 draft where he was selected as the 1st overall pick by
the LA Clippers.
His first action with the clippers was in the Summer league where he got the MVP.
After missing his entire rookie season as a result of injury, he went on to achieve
the most consecutive double-doubles for 27 games becoming the longest rookie double-double
streak since 1968.
Griffin set his franchise record for most points by a rookie with 46 points as he became
the first rookie to have two 40+ points games since Allen Iverson.
Griffin became the second player after Chris Paul to capture all the rookie of the month
award in a season and also the first unanimous rookie of the year winner since David Robinson.
Having a phenomenal rookie season, Griffin was named as one of the 15 greatest rookies
of all time by sports illustrated.
Talk about talent.
Griffin is the fastest player since Larry Bird to reach 9000 career points, 4000 rebounds,
and 1500 assists.
He is a 6-time All-Star and 5-time All-NBA selection with hopefully a little more left
in the tank.
Talk about setting limits.
Now we know a little about Griffin’s b-ball career.
Let’s get into how he makes his loot.
Contract
After being drafted by the Clippers, Blake signed a 4-year/$23 million contract.
Keeping up his dedication and competitive gene, Blake was offered a maximum rookie scale
contract worth a cool $94.5 million for 5 years.
This is an average salary of $19 million per year.
After leading his team to playoffs every year after his rookie season, Blake exercised an
early termination option to sign a 5years/$170 million contract.
An average salary of about $34 Million per year.
In 2018, the clippers traded Griffin and others to the Pistons for Tobias Harris, Avery Bradley,
Boban Marjanovic, and a 1st round and 2nd round pick.
Having an injury-plagued 4 year Pistons career, they applied for a $9.2 million disabled player
exception which was granted to provide them with extra spending power in the event of
an injury.
The Piston's then waived him by buying out his contract.
The buyout was about $13 million.
The Nets signed a rest-of-season contract with Blake before offering him a 1 year/ $2.64
million contract that ran out the end of 22 season.
As of this video Griffin is a free agent.
Let’s see how that plays out but we hope he can get another shot.
Endorsements
With Blake's incredible talent, he is stashing up some big named sponsors.
Griffin signed a deal that saw Panini America sell memorabilia with his autograph on.
This autograph rookie card went for $38,000.
Wow!
Blake also penned down a multi-year contract deal with the Nike Jordan brand in 2012 and
has been with them for a long time.
We like when he wears the Jordan Super.fly 5 and Super.fly 3s.
Go get yourself a pair.
He has also been on the cover of NCAA basketball 10 and NBA 2k13.
Griffin also has deals with big brands such as Kia Motors, Gamefly, AT&T, and Subway.
Blake is raining in that Doe baby.
Let’s see how he spends it.
House
After spending nine seasons with the Clippers, It's no surprise that Griffin has numerous
properties in LA.
Griffin owns a .65 acre property in a gated community set just off Sunset Boulevard in
Brentwood.
This mansion features a modern farmhouse-style with an open kitchen and family area filled
with warm, honey-colored hardwoods, plus a two-story detached guest house overlooking
a woodsy backyard area.
Griffin dropped a hefty $19 million for this baby.
This crib is truly a piece of art.
Griffin also added a 1936 quasi-colonial style mansion next door neighborhood 5,900 square
feet of living space,dining rooms, a media room, a billiard room, a kitchen, and a family
room with a fireplace and large windows to his property portfolio.
Anyhow, Griffin dropped a whopping $5.9 million for this gorgeous mansion.
Griffin also joined the ranks of fellow NBA stars Chris Bosh and Vlad Divac as he owns
a starter house in nearby Pacific Palisades which he swooped in and bought for $9 million.
This home sits on three acres and totals 9,100 square feet with a gourmet kitchen, a home
theater with stadium seating, a gym and three fireplaces.
In 2019, Griffin also bought a $4 million modern farmhouse style residence in Manhattan
beach that is currently occupied by his ex-partner Brynn Cameron.
Anyways, that is 4 houses in the expensive LA area.
Quite a real estate portfolio.
Cars When you’ve got fancy handles and dunks,
you’ve got to have pretty sweet rides, right?
The exquisite cars in Griffin's collection are:
The most expensive car is his Rolls-Royce Wraith which houses a 6.6 liter V12 that churns
out a colossal 624 hp, devouring the 0 to 60 mph mark in 4.3 seconds.
This baby is worth a staggering $345,000
There is a Tesla Model S thats worth a cool $140,000.
He also has a GMC Denali.
This black beauty churns out a respectable 380 HP and This baby is worth a cool $50,000.
He also won a Kia Optima with his slam dunk contest winning dunk over that car.
He did donate that AutoTrader for auction to benefit cancer research.
Talk about keeping it fly.
Charity Griffin hasn’t only won the hearts of fans
with his fancy dunks but with his ultimate desire to give back to the community as he
started the Team Griffin Foundation aimed at encouraging youth athletics and academic
success.
His foundation has also been involved in numerous charities and causes like Dream center foundation,
Stand up to cancer, Aid still required, The National Mentoring Partnership, and many others.
Griffin also started a fundraiser called “ Dunking for Dollars,” where he donates $100 towards
obesity for every dunk made.
During the pandemic, Griffin pledged to donate $100,000 to the Little Caesars Arena staff
that stopped working due to the suspended 2019-20 NBA season.
JEWELRY Griffin's choice for jewelry as left people
speechless, as he as been seen in a hunk of metal that some greasy dude in a gang during
the 1950s would use to smash in windows.
Investments
Blake isn’t only an intelligent mind on the court but also off the court with his
numerous business investments.
Blake joined the ranks of Nick Young, Channing Frye, and Cavaliers assistant coach Lindsay
Gottlieb to invest in Lemon Perfect.
Griffin is also an investor for App Harvest and was part of a funding round that raised
$11 million.
With Blake’s injury-plagued career experience, he invested in Hyperice, a company dedicated
to producing sports injury healing products.
Blake may have a whole other career waiting for him outside the NBA has appeared in two
movies with his first appearance in Broad City and the second in The female brain.
Love Life
Griffin has definitely shot his shot when it comes to ladies.
Griffin dated Brynn Cameron, the sister of American football player Jordan Cameron in
an on and off relationship that lasted for over seven years giving birth to two lovely
kids, a son named Ford Wilson and a daughter named Finley Elaine.
The two lovebirds' relationship ended as a result of prenup disagreement.
In 2017, Blake and Kendall Jenner appeared to be a match made after being spotted leaving
a Travis Scott concert.
The two love birds enjoy each other's company and Jenner has been spotted sitting courtside
at Griffin's game.
After about a year they broke up and Jenner ended up with Devin Booker.
Blake is now dating Francesca Aiello.
She is a fashion model and has over 330k followers on Instagram.
She is successful in her own right and has her own bikini line called Frankies Bikinis.
She likes fishing, traveling, surfing and photography.
The couple have been off and on again but seem to be doing good at the moment.
Net Worth
Now is the time you have all been waiting for.
How much is Blake Griffin worth?
With everything going on in Blake’s life, he has a net worth of $110 million dollars.
Big Time Baller in the House!