Recently, I read Sex, Drugs, and Cocoa Puffs (which I highly recommend) and there was a passage in the book where Chuck Klosterman assails the concept of probability:
Life is chock-full of lies, but the biggest lie is math. That's particularly clear in the discipline of probability, a field of study that's completely and wholly fake. When push comes to shove--when you truly get down to the core essence of existence--there is only one mathematical possibility: Everything is 50-50. Either something will happen, or something will not.
If you are one of those people still holding out hope that University of Oklahoma basketball stud Blake Griffin will continue his career here in the Sooner state, I suggest you embrace Mr. Klosterman's philosophy. I, on the other hand, subscribe to math being all-powerful, and as a result, I am convinced that Blake Griffin in a Thunder uniform is a pipe dream.
Many people who post at OrangePower.com are probably cheering the inevitability of Griffin, who played his high school ball beneath the giant cross at LifeChurch before becoming a Sooner legend, being exported over state lines come Draft Night 2009. While I understand the sentiment, it is ridiculous. Anyone who wants the Thunder to thrive in this state, on the floor and off, should be praying that what minuscule hope remains of the ping pong balls falling our way are enough. The kid would be perfect in the blue and orange/red.
From a marketing standpoint, it's a (not intended as a pun) slam dunk. He already has a built in following from around the state that dwarfs the goodwill the Desmond Mason acquisition brought to the table. Please don't take that as a slam against OSU in the comparative sizes of the fan bases of the two major local schools, because actually I think there are more OSU basketball fans. However, Griffin's talent transcends the Bedlam rivalry. You don't have to like either school to want to watch Griffin play.