As different as the two are based on their styles of play, the top two picks of the 2009 NBA draft now have something in common: they’re both on the injured list to start their rookie seasons. In typical Clipper fashion, Blake Griffin hurt his knee cap in the final preseason game of the year. Hasheem Thabeet meanwhile had been coming off the bench sparingly, posting four points and 11 rebounds in seven games — numbers he would have achieved comfortably in one game at UConn. Well Thabeet’s development has already taken a setback as his teammate Zach Randolph collided with him on Tuesday night, giving him a broken jaw. Here’s the Hasheem Thabeet broken jaw video (it happens at the :27 mark):

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