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Monday, July 28, 2014 - 10:00pm

Blake Griffin decided not to play for Team USA in the World Cup this summer, which, in itself, is fine.

A lot of people were curious about the reason, but Griffin offered only a vague explanation.

Turns out, he had a more-specific reason.

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