Of course, no one has to be lying about this; Seth Davis could have misunderstood Capel -- the quote by itself is fairly ambiguous, would be nice to have the context -- or maybe Blake just didn't tell anyone about it. I don't know. Just ideas for why people wouldn't necessarily be deliberately lying about this.
That said, the article is pretty clear. Seth Davis makes it very obvious that the reader should think Capel was talking about Blake Griffin. I am at a loss as to what possible motive Seth Davis would have for lying or misleading people on the subject.
On the other hand, I can see why Blake's camp wouldn't want a story about him refusing to talk to his college coach during the season for a month to be made public.
I've e-mailed Seth Davis for clarification; will report back what he says.