Blake Griffin Shines During Weekend Visit to Panini America Jam Session Booth
NEW ORLEANS — It was easy to find Los Angeles Clippers superstar Blake Griffin on Saturday afternoon inside the packed 2014 NBA All-Star Jam Session. All you had to do was follow the massive media contingent that was fixed on his every move. By the time Griffin entered the Panini America booth at about 1:30 p.m. (with a trail of cameras in hot pursuit), the buzz reverberating throughout the Ernest N. Morial Convention Center was palpable.
Griffin, on hand to help Panini America engage new collectors and NBA fans with a special Jam Session-style break of the new 2013-14 Gold Standard Basketball, took a seat in the middle of the Panini America booth and spent 30 minutes engaging fans, meeting Panini VIPs and offering his best King Midas impersonation by turning every memory he touched into gold.
One by one, Griffin helped Jam Session Box Wars winners open their packs of Gold Standard Basketball, offering insight, commentary and his trademark sense of humor as he flipped through the cards. Between the cool cards themselves and the fact that Griffin was the one opening them, fans young and old alike seemed to be genuinely blown away by the experience.
When he was through opening their boxes, Griffin posed for pictures with and signed autographs for each winner — and then he was nice enough to do a quick interview for The Knight’s Lance. The following must-see video and gallery detail all of the action. Enjoy, and stay tuned for more coverage of the 2014 NBA All-Star Jam Session.
First the video . . .
Now, the gallery . . .
The Knight's Lance 
Very cool of him to take time out for the kids & the interview was great Tracy. Really want his autograph. Going to send on of these Pinnacle cards I won to him, hope he does a TTM for me.
Lifetime experience for our boys!!!! We cannot thank the Panini staff for making this happen. My boys were card lovers before but now they are Panini lovers for life. Thanks again to all who were so nice to us this weekend!!!
Awesome, Belinda. Great meeting you guys. Thanks for being a part of it.
I hope he signed my 2012-13 Timeless Treasures “Treasured Ink” redemption while he was there.
1. I have a great idea for a giveaway and/or redemption for a future high end product: win a case break with an athlete, videoed and posted on the blog. It can be a low end break with a local player of your choice to keep costs down but it would still be awesome.
2. Is that green/purple rated rookies shirt going to be available for sale at some point?
3. Great job by Blake with the kids and interview.
Thanks Tracy!