Adrian Griffin

Griffin in 2007.
No. 44, 7
Guard / Small forward
Personal information
Born	(1974-07-04) July 4, 1974 (age 38) Wichita, Kansas
Nationality	American
High school	Wichita East
Listed height	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)
Listed weight	217 lb (98 kg)
Career information
College	Seton Hall (1992–1996)
NBA Draft	1996 / Undrafted
Pro career	1996–2008
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–present	Chicago Bulls (asst.)
Career highlights and awards
Haggerty Award winner (1996)
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
Medals Men’s basketball Competitor for  United States FIBA Americas Championship Gold 1997 Montevideo Team competition

Adrian Darnell Griffin (born July 4, 1974) is a retired American professional basketball player and current assistant coach for the Chicago Bulls 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.

  College career

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.

  Professional career

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.

On February 21, 2008, Griffin was sent to the Seattle SuperSonics in an 11-player deal that involved players from the Chicago Bulls, Cleveland Cavaliers, and the SuperSonics.

On August 13, 2008, Griffin was traded to the Milwaukee Bucks in a three-team, six-player deal involving the Bucks, the Cleveland Cavaliers, and the Oklahoma City Thunder that also sent Milwaukee's Mo Williams to Cleveland, Cleveland's Joe Smith and Milwaukee's Desmond Mason to Oklahoma City, and Cleveland's Damon Jones and Oklahoma City's Luke Ridnour to Milwaukee.^[1]

On October 27, 2008, he was released by the Bucks to make room for free agent forward, Austin Croshere. Shortly after, he was hired by head coach Scott Skiles as an assistant, where he would work for the next two seasons. On September 9, 2010, he was announced as an assistant coach for the Chicago Bulls.^[2] He left the Bulls in July 2011 to focus on family affairs.^[3] However, he returned to the team a few months later.^[4]

  NBA career statistics

  Regular season

  Playoffs

  Notes

1. ^ Cavaliers Acquire Williams in Three-Team Trade, August 13th, 2008
2. ^ Transactions: 2010–11 NBA season
3. ^ Johnson, K.C. (July 8, 2011). "Bulls assistant walks away for more family time". Chicago Tribune. http://articles.chicagotribune.com/2011-07-08/sports/ct-spt-0709-bulls-chicago--20110709_1_tom-thibodeau-bulls-assistant-family-time. Retrieved February 20, 2012. 
4. ^ AFTER BRIEF HIATUS, GRIFFIN RETURNS TO BULLS' STAFF

  External links

• NBA.com – Adrian Grifin
• ESPN.com – Adrian Griffin