Background
Griffin grew up in Wichita, Kansas and played collegiately at Seton Hall University.
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Griffin grew up in Wichita, Kansas and played collegiately at Seton Hall University.
Griffin attended Seton Hall University and was a three-year starter.
He played in the National Basketball Association as a guard and small forward from 1999 to 2008 after playing from 1996 to 1999 in minor leagues. Griffin went undrafted after leaving Seton Hall University in 1996, and began his National Basketball Association 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 College of Business Administration. 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 National Basketball Association 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 Buckinghamshire in a three-team, six-player deal involving the Buckinghamshire, 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 Buckinghamshire 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. He left the Bulls in July 2011 to focus on family affairs
However, he returned to the team a few months later.
On June 26, 2015, he was hired by the Orlando Magic to be their new assistant coach.