Griffin already a Clippers selling point

Scan the Clippers’ website and you’ll see Blake Griffin prominently displayed to help ticket sales for next season.

The NBA draft doesn’t start until June 25, but the Clippers have the No. 1 pick and don’t need to treat scouting reports as intelligence briefings.

“Clearly, we’re taking Blake Griffin,” Clippers General Manager and Coach Mike Dunleavy told The Times on Tuesday.

By marketing Griffin on the website, signs suggest the Clippers won’t use him as trade bait. But you never know. After all, they’re the Clippers.

If fans buy tickets before the Clippers trade Griffin, what would they be watching?

Just another Clippers game.

Trivia time

In the Lakers’ 1971-72 championship season, what was their largest margin of victory?

Not a good trick, this tweet

Lane Kiffin shouldn’t be surprised if the NCAA decides to “follow” his Twitter page, an easy way to make sure the Tennessee coach doesn’t break any recruiting rules.

The Volunteers self-reported a secondary recruiting violation after Kiffin tweeted about a recruit.

“I was so excited to hear that J.C. Copeland committed to play for the Vols today!” Kiffin recently wrote.

Athletic Director Mike Hamilton told the Knoxville News Sentinel that an assistant posted about Copeland, a junior at Troup County High in LaGrange, Ga., without consulting the compliance office.

Last month, GoVolsXtra wanted to know if Kiffin really wrote his own tweets. He replied, “yeah this is the real Lane Kiffin . . . “

Still no word if the NCAA has asked the real Lane Kiffin to please stand up.

Digging for gold

A Mets fan made a diving catch last week, not for a foul ball but to retrieve her gold tooth that fell into a Citi Field toilet.

The New York Post reported Wednesday the fan’s arm became stuck in the commode, and she required help from the plumbing company that installed all 646 toilets at Citi Field.

Said one plumber: “This kind of thing happens all the time -- usually with wedding rings or cell phones. . . . People have probably been getting their hands stuck in toilets as long as there have been toilets.”

Trivia answer

63 points. The Lakers defeated the Golden State Warriors, 162-99.

(Question and answer provided by reader David Mirisch of Encinitas.)

And finally

Sports Illustrated’s Damon Hack on the possible return of Brett Favre and Michael Vick to football: “The NFL gets to watch its latest off-season soap opera unfold. A diva who won’t leave the stage. An ex-con who wants back in.”

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mark.medina@latimes.com