There have been continued questions about trading the pick. Dunleavy was asked whether the Clippers had told teams to quit calling.
"You can never say never about anything," he said. "I don't know who the players are in this league who may fit that category. Obviously, if the word 'LeBron' was spoken by anybody, the door would open, clearly.
"Most of the time a pick like this, 99.9% of the time you would keep it."
This was also an opportunity to get to know Griffin off the court for the Clippers. Griffin mused that they took him to the best steak place in Los Angeles but he, no longer a meat eater, opted for the salmon. He also politely answered many questions by saying, "Sir."
The meaning of going No. 1 on June 25 in the draft in New York had not quite hit Griffin.
"Not yet. It would mean a lot," he said. "It's something I've dreamed about since I was old enough to know what the NBA was. For it to be so close, it's kind of surreal."
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