• Where Awkward Happens: Reading The Body Language Of NBA Draft Picks

    By Tommy Craggs, 4:00 PM on Fri Jun 26 2009, 32,445 views

    The David Stern handshake is a newly drafted player's baptism into the NBA. It is also, often as not, hilariously awkward. We asked body language maven Patti Wood to analyze some of these moments from yesterday's Draft.

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    By Tommy Craggs
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    Where Awkward Happens: Reading The Body Language Of NBA Draft Picks

    Blake Griffin, No. 1

    Patti says: "He's not even really wanting to shake hands with the commissioner. He's not turning his body or extending his arm out. The commissioner has to do all the work. It ends up looking like Blake Griffin is holding a baseball bat rather than shaking a hand."

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