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Adrian Griffin

Adrian Griffin
Adrian Griffin.jpg
Griffin in 2007
Oklahoma City Thunder
Position Assistant coach
League NBA
Personal information
Born (1974-07-04) July 4, 1974 (age 42)
Wichita, Kansas
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)
19992001 Boston Celtics
20012003 Dallas Mavericks
2003–2004 Houston Rockets
2004–2005 Chicago Bulls
2005–2006 Dallas Mavericks
20062008 Chicago Bulls
2008 Seattle SuperSonics
As coach:
20082010 Milwaukee Bucks (asst.)
20102015 Chicago Bulls (asst.)
20152016 Orlando Magic (asst.)
2016–present Oklahoma City Thunder (asst.)
Career highlights and awards
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

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.


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