Education
He attended Heinrich-Schliemann-Oberschule and competed for the club team Alba Berlin.
He attended Heinrich-Schliemann-Oberschule and competed for the club team Alba Berlin.
Standing at 6 ft 7 in (201 m), he plays at the shooting guard and small forward positions. He also represented German national basketball team in the international competitions. He played collegiately for the University of Connecticut Huskies men"s basketball team
Giffey was born on June 9, 1991 in Berlin.
He is the son of Frank and Christine Giffey. Giffey committed to play basketball at the University of Connecticut under coach Jim Calhoun.
After winning the tournament, he said, “lieutenant was such an emotional time for me, that this university, this team, became such a big part of my heart and became so close to me that it never crossed my mind to leave this place. I always felt it was about being a student-athlete at UConn.
On the season, he averaged 2.2 points and 1.4 rebounds in 9.9 minutes per game.
As a sophomore, Giffey averaged 2.6 points and 1.5 rebounds per game. He missed the first game of the season after hyper extending his elbow in the preseason. As a junior, he averaged 4.9 points and 3.6 rebounds per game.
He injured his knee in a game against Cincinnati on March 3, 2013 and missed the remainder of the season.
In the semifinal game of the 2014 American Athletic Conference Men"s Basketball Tournament Giffey scored a career-high 24 points, including six three-pointers, to help Connecticut defeat Memphis 72-53 on March 14, 2014. Following graduation, Giffey played on the 2014 Memphis Grizzlies summer league team and then the Utah Jazz summer league team
On July 15, 2014, the German team Alba Berlin announced that they had signed him for three seasons.