Education
University of Wisconsin–Madison.
basketball player association football player
University of Wisconsin–Madison.
Griffith, a native of Chicago, Illinois, starred for the nationally ranked King Jaguars of the Chicago Public League, where he was part of a "twin towers," as King, coached by Landon Cox, had 7"2" Thomas Hamilton and the 7"0" Griffith. Griffith had been considered the top prep center in the country until he was outplayed by Rasheed Wallace at the prestigious Nike Camp in Indianapolis. Griffith selected Wisconsin over several schools.
Including University of Illinois, against the advice of his mother.
In only two seasons, Griffith set the Wisconsin individual record for most blocks in a career. Griffith held the individual block record until February 26, 2013, when he was surpassed by Jared Berggren.
After his sophomore year, Griffith turned pro, though his entire professional career has been spent in international play, primarily in Turkey, Spain, and Italy. He was drafted 38th overall by the Milwaukee Buckinghamshire in the 1995 National Basketball Association Draft.
A powerful center, Griffith earned a spot on the All-Euroleague Second team in the Euroleague 2000-2001 season while playing for Kinder Bologna alongside Manu Ginóbili, Marko Jaric and Antoine Rigaudeau.
After his success in Europe, the Orlando Magic acquired Griffith"s draft rights in a trade during the 2002 National Basketball Association Draft with the intent of adding him to their roster, but to date Griffith has never played in the National Basketball Association. Latest Griffith team was Romanian Christlich Soziale Union (Christian Social Union) Asesoft Ploiesti. In 2010, he retired.