Adrian Griffin

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Adrian Griffin

Griffin in 2007
Oklahoma City Thunder
Position	Assistant coach
League	NBA
Personal information
Born	(1974-07-04) July 4, 1974 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)
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
Continental Basketball Association MVP (1999) 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 NBA.com
Stats at Basketball-Reference.com
Medals Men’s basketball Representing United States FIBA Americas Championship 1997 Montevideo Team competition

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.

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.

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 under Tom Thibodeau. He left the Bulls in July 2011 to focus on family affairs. However, he returned to the team a few months later.

Along with working in the NBA, in 2014 Griffin accepted< the offer to work with the USA coaching staff that helped win the Gold Medal in the 2014 FIBA World Cup.

On June 26, 2015, he was hired by the Orlando Magic to be their top assistant coach.

On June 9, 2016, it was reported first by Marc Stein of ESPN that Adrian Griffin would join the staff of the Oklahoma City Thunder, replacing Monty Williams, who "would not be able to continue with the club in his coaching role next season due to family reasons."

NBA career statistics

Legend

GP	Games played	GS	Games started	MPG	Minutes per game
FG%	Field goal percentage	3P%	3-point field goal percentage	FT%	Free throw percentage
RPG	Rebounds per game	APG	Assists per game	SPG	Steals per game
BPG	Blocks per game	PPG	Points per game	Bold	Career high

Regular season

Year	Team	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG
1999–00	Boston	72	47	26.8	.424	.281	.753	5.2	2.5	1.6	.2	6.7
2000–01	Boston	44	0	8.6	.340	.346	.750	2.0	.6	.4	.1	2.1
2001–02	Dallas	58	34	23.8	.499	.296	.837	3.9	1.8	1.3	.2	7.2
2002–03	Dallas	74	48	18.6	.433	.250	.844	3.6	1.4	1.0	.1	4.4
2003–04	Houston	19	1	7.0	.278	.500	.000	1.0	.5	.4	.1	.6
2004–05	Chicago	69	1	9.7	.360	.222	.750	2.1	.8	.6	.1	2.2
2005–06	Dallas	52	45	23.9	.480	.000	.774	4.4	1.7	1.0	.2	4.6
2006–07	Chicago	54	1	10.8	.473	.000	.789	2.0	1.1	.6	.1	2.5
2007–08	Chicago	22	2	10.1	.400	.000	.429	1.7	1.0	.6	.1	2.3
2007–08	Seattle	13	0	6.5	.375	.000	1.000	1.7	.4	.4	.1	1.1
Career		477	179	16.8	.438	.278	.763	3.2	1.4	.9	.1	4.0

Playoffs

Year	Team	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG
2002	Dallas	4	1	14.3	.588	.000	.000	2.3	1.0	.5	.2	5.0
2003	Dallas	15	2	8.7	.415	.333	1.000	2.9	.5	.3	.0	2.5
2005	Chicago	5	0	17.2	.517	.000	.800	4.0	1.8	1.0	.0	6.8
2006	Dallas	20	8	17.5	.542	.000	.875	3.6	1.2	.8	.1	3.6
2007	Chicago	4	0	2.3	.000	.000	.000	.3	.0	.2	.0	.0
Career		48	11	13.2	.487	.200	.765	3.0	.9	.6	.1	3.4

External links

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