Rare Photos of Blake Griffin

A 2-year-old Blake gets a boost from older brother Taylor (5) to reach a hoop at their home in Oklahoma. Clearly he wouldn't need help for long.

Blake (right) and Taylor in 1994, at ages 8 and 5. Multi-sport stars.

The brothers in 2004, at ages 17 and 14.

Griffin cuts through the lane for an easy basket at Nike Peach Jam in 2006.

Just chilling on the steps at Nike Peach Jam.

The Oklahoma Christian School product intimidates at the 2006 Nike All-American Camp in Indianapolis .

Griffin, doing his thing at Nike Peach Jam.

Griffin scored a perfect 50 on his first dunk (far left) and a 41 on his second dunk (center) to win the 2007 McDonald's All-American slam dunk competition. Shocker.

Teammates Blake and Taylor get loose before an Oklahoma practice.

Griffin and then Oklahoma women's star Courtney Paris pose (awkwardly) for SI's 2008 college basketball preview cover.

Round of hoops with Subway spokesman, Jared? Sure, why not?

Timofey Mozgov feels so much better about himself after seeing this.

Blake and Taylor, along with former Oklahoma player Cade Davis, chow down at a steakhouse.

Griffin channels his inner Clayton Kershaw.

You know the dunk well, but have you seen the composite of every frame? Pretty great, right?

An overhead view of one of Griffin's dunks during the 2011 All-Star Slam Dunk contest.

Blake Griffin, on a beach. Hello.

Griffin makes Subway 6-inch Cold Cut Combo and Meatball Marinara sandwiches like a champ. Apparently he was a frequent customer of this L.A. Subway restaurant during the lockout.

Griffin gets his 2011 Rookie of the Year trophy polished by a photographer.

All the info we have on this photo is from a tweet Griffin sent out in late August : Also, on a separate note I got to work with one of the cast members of the Twilight movies... Taylor Lautner!

Griffin watches a take on the monitor of camera during the first day of his internship with comedy website Funny Or Die during the lockout.