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Blakey poo we see you shining. Blake Griffin Covers GQ Magazine’s October Issue GQ just put Blake Griffin on the cover of their first ever age issue… and we’ve got some choice quotes for you below via GQ.com : On Playing For “Racist” Donald Sterling: Were you aware of Donald Sterling’s reputation then? When the draft lottery came out and the Clippers said they were gonna draft me, I went to Google to find out more about the Clippers, because I didn’t know a lot. And I was like, “Okay, team owned by Donald Sterling.” So then I typed in “Donald Sterling” in Google, and the first thing that pops up is “Donald Sterling racist.” And I was like, “Whoa!” So obviously I explored that, read a whole bunch of articles, read the deposition at one of his court cases. Which was awesome, if you ever have time to read some of the depositions. [laughs] I’ve only seen the highlights. Did you see the one where he’s talking about being in the back of the limo? You gotta just type in “Donald Sterling deposition.” [ Later I do, and this is what comes up, from a 2003 suit, regarding a sexual companion: “Well, I fool around sometimes. I do. When a girl seduces me and tells me how much she wants to suck on me and take my shoes off and licks my feet and touches me. When I’m in a limousine, she takes off all her clothes. The limo driver said, ‘What is going on?’ And she started sucking me on the way to Mr. Koon’s house. And I thank her. I thank her for making me feel good.” ] I’ll let you read it, because I don’t want to do it—I don’t want to do it injustice. And then, at the very end…just read it. [ The response: “Sir, the question was, is this your handwriting?”] So I was aware, but not until right before I got drafted. After you get drafted, and you’re reading this stuff—is there any recourse for a player in your situation? No. Not at all. I mean, what was I gonna do? And for five years with the team, it was fine. Nothing came out. Nothing happened. I never really saw him that much. I saw him right when I first got drafted. I had to go to a couple of events that he does, which was awful. Is it true that he would bring women in to the locker room to watch players shower? He would bring them in the locker room. Guys would be in there. The showers are kind of elsewhere. I don’t think they would really go back there. But he would bring people in the locker room while we were just in towels. One year he came in and led a “hip hip hooray” chant and held my arm up in the air. Then he went to another teammate and did the same thing. Guys just started scattering as fast as possible. [laughs] Would you guys commiserate about working for someone like that? No, we really didn’t. Guys would tell different stories about their interactions with him. And then when all this came out… We heard that it was gonna come out the day before it came out—our coach told us—and this is during the playoffs. We were up in San Francisco, in a team meeting. And because we didn’t know exactly what was said, we were just kind of like, “Oh, okay, well, whatever.” And then I remember waking up Saturday morning to, like, twenty texts. This is 7 a.m. And then, throughout the day, just bombarded with texts about it. I ended up turning my phone off, because we were trying to focus. Did you listen to the tape? Oh yeah. [laughs] I listened to it like the first thing in the morning when I woke up, searched for it and listened to it from beginning to end, and then listened to the second one. How did you feel, listening? It was unfortunate. I mean, for me, like I said, the first thing I ever Googled about the man, the first thing that popped up was “racist.” So I was aware. I hate to say this, and it might sound ignorant, but I wasn’t surprised that all this came up. Not necessarily the manner in which it was said, or the exact things, but like I said: This was my first impression of him. Hit the flip for Blake’s views on religion, dating and his experiences as a new dad. Photo Credit: GQ/SebastianKim

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Ginger Boo Blake Griffin Talks To GQ Magazine About Donald Sterling’s Racist Ways, Fatherhood And How Hard It Is To Find A “Decent, Good Girl” In L.A.