Blake Griffin Will Enter the NBA Draft

Blake Griffin has been picking up hardware for the past few weeks (the Naismith, AP and CBS Awards spring immediately to mind) and, considering that he announced his decision Tuesday to enter the NBA Draft, it's safe to say he's going to be getting a pretty substantial pay raise as well.

Griffin called choice a "tough decision," but the reality is grounded closer in what Oklahoma Jeff Capel meant when he called the decision a "no brainer."

The Oklahoma big man is a virtual lock for the No. 1 overall selection in the upcoming draft -- although there are some folks that currently disagree with that theory -- and stands to make millions and millions of dollars, regardless of who ends up winning the lottery.

And it's not like this decision was ever going to be shocking; nearly everyone knew heading into this year that Griffin had always planned to be a "one and done," primarily because there is simply too much money available to him at the pro level to consider coming back to school for another year.