Overview
- On the Friends Keep Secrets podcast this week, Blake Griffin recounted a 2012 mandatory session with a newly hired Los Angeles Clippers sports psychologist that ended with an accidental voicemail to a coach summarizing their private talk.
- Griffin said the voicemail was the clear evidence the clinician had told team staff about his session and that discovery led him to stop using team psychologists for most of his playing career.
- He clarified his distrust applied to team-hired providers only and that he has seen a private therapist in recent years.
- Mental-health professionals quoted in coverage said clinicians employed by teams often have reporting obligations to management and that players should receive clear, informed-consent explanations about confidentiality limits before sessions.
- The episode recalls changes since 2019 when the NBA formalized league mental-health standards and may prompt renewed attention to how teams disclose reporting lines and privacy rules to players.