6. Blake Griffin (2009):
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Even in one of the two most talent-laden NBA Drafts of this century, which ended up yielding Stephen Curry, James Harden, and DeMar DeRozan in the top 10 picks, Blake Griffin was the unchallenged #1 prospect heading into the 2009 NBA Draft.
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The best way to describe how NBA teams saw Griffin after his two years at the University of Oklahoma (the latter in which he won the Naismith college player of the year award) was a high-motor, high-character, rim-rocking freak of nature athlete who was like a hybrid of a brahma bull and a kangaroo, with a gallon of Red Bull intravenously dripped into his system.
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