Griffin in 2007
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Oklahoma City Thunder | |||||||||||||
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Position | Assistant coach | ||||||||||||
League | NBA | ||||||||||||
Personal information | |||||||||||||
Born |
Wichita, Kansas |
July 4, 1974 ||||||||||||
Nationality | American | ||||||||||||
Listed height | 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) | ||||||||||||
Listed weight | 217 lb (98 kg) | ||||||||||||
Career information | |||||||||||||
High school | Wichita East (Wichita, Kansas) | ||||||||||||
College | Seton Hall (1992–1996) | ||||||||||||
NBA draft | 1996 / Undrafted | ||||||||||||
Playing career | 1996–2008 | ||||||||||||
Position | Guard / Small forward | ||||||||||||
Number | 44, 7 | ||||||||||||
Coaching career | 2008–present | ||||||||||||
Career history | |||||||||||||
As player: | |||||||||||||
1996 | Long Island Surf (USBL) | ||||||||||||
1996–1998 | Connecticut Pride (CBA) | ||||||||||||
1998 | Atlantic City Seagulls (USBL) | ||||||||||||
1998 | Roseto Basket (Italy) | ||||||||||||
1998–1999 | Connecticut Pride (CBA) | ||||||||||||
1999 | Atlantic City Seagulls (USBL) | ||||||||||||
1999–2001 | Boston Celtics | ||||||||||||
2001–2003 | Dallas Mavericks | ||||||||||||
2003–2004 | Houston Rockets | ||||||||||||
2004–2005 | Chicago Bulls | ||||||||||||
2005–2006 | Dallas Mavericks | ||||||||||||
2006–2008 | Chicago Bulls | ||||||||||||
2008 | Seattle SuperSonics | ||||||||||||
As coach: | |||||||||||||
2008–2010 | Milwaukee Bucks (asst.) | ||||||||||||
2010–2015 | Chicago Bulls (asst.) | ||||||||||||
2015–2016 | Orlando Magic (asst.) | ||||||||||||
2016–present | Oklahoma City Thunder (asst.) | ||||||||||||
Career highlights and awards | |||||||||||||
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Career NBA statistics | |||||||||||||
Points | 1,919 (4.0 ppg) | ||||||||||||
Rebounds | 1,512 (3.2 rpg) | ||||||||||||
Assists | 653 (1.4 apg) | ||||||||||||
Stats at Basketball-Reference.com | |||||||||||||
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Adrian Darnell Griffin (born July 4, 1974) is an American retired professional basketball player and current assistant coach for the Oklahoma City Thunder of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He played in the NBA as a guard and small forward from 1999 to 2008 after playing from 1996 to 1999 in minor leagues. Griffin grew up in Wichita, Kansas and played collegiately at Seton Hall University.
Griffin attended Seton Hall University and was a three-year starter. As a senior, he averaged 16.2 points, 8.3 rebounds, and 3.1 assists per game, and won All-Big East second team honors.
Griffin went undrafted after leaving Seton Hall University in 1996, and began his NBA career in 1999–2000 with the Boston Celtics, having spent the previous three years in Italy (playing 8 games for Cordivari Roseto from July to October 1998) and the CBA. As a rookie, his averages were 7 points, 5.2 rebounds and 1.61 steals per game.
Over six seasons, he played for the Celtics, Dallas Mavericks, Houston Rockets and Chicago Bulls, averaging 4.4 points, 3.3 rebounds and one steal per game. A career highlight was becoming a starter for the Dallas Mavericks in the 2006 NBA Finals.
On July 16, 2006, Griffin's agent announced that he would be ending his second tenure with the Mavericks and beginning his second tenure with the Bulls. He signed a three-year contract with Chicago.