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Шаблон:Short description Шаблон:For Шаблон:Infobox basketball biography Adrian Darnell Griffin (born July 4, 1974) is an American professional basketball coach and former player who is the head coach for the Milwaukee Bucks of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He played in the NBA as a shooting guard and small forward from 1999 to 2008. 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. In 2010, Griffin was inducted into the Seton Hall Athletics Hall of Fame.[1]

Professional career

Griffin was not selected in the 1996 NBA draft. He spent the first three years of his career in the American minor leagues and in Italy (playing 8 games for Cordivari Roseto from July to October 1998). Griffin was selected to the All-Rookie First Team in 1997 while playing for the Connecticut Pride of the Continental Basketball Association.[2] He was selected to the All-CBA First Team and All-Defensive Team with the Pride in 1998.[2] Griffin led the Pride to the CBA championship in the 1998–99 season as he was named the Finals Most Valuable Player.[2] He was also selected as the CBA Most Valuable Player and earned All-CBA First Team and All-Defensive Team honors.[2]

Griffin began his National Basketball Association (NBA) career in 1999–2000 with the Boston Celtics. As a rookie, his averages were 7 points, 5.2 rebounds and 1.61 steals per game.

Over six seasons, he played for the Boston 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.

After one season with the Mavericks, Griffin signed a three-year deal with the Chicago Bulls on July 17, 2006.[3]

On February 21, 2008, Griffin was traded 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.[4]

Coaching career

Shortly after his playing career ended, he was hired by Milwaukee Bucks head coach Scott Skiles as an assistant, where he would work for the next two seasons.

On September 8, 2010, he became an assistant coach for the Chicago Bulls under Tom Thibodeau, where he coached for five years.[5]

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. This team featured many NBA stars including: Stephen Curry, James Harden, and Kyrie Irving.

On June 26, 2015, he was hired by the Orlando Magic to be their top assistant coach.[6]

On July 1, 2016, Griffin was hired by the Oklahoma City Thunder as an assistant coach.[7]

On July 25, 2018, Griffin was hired by the Toronto Raptors as an assistant coach.[8] Griffin was an instrumental piece of the Raptors 2019 championship run, where they defeated the Golden State Warriors in 6 games of the 2019 NBA Finals, yielding Griffin his first championship ring. On April 10, 2022, Griffin served as the acting head coach for the Raptors' final game of the 2021–22 regular season against the Knicks.[9]

On June 5, 2023, Griffin was named head coach of the Milwaukee Bucks.[10]

Personal life

Griffin is a Christian.[11] His father worked for Boeing in Wichita, Kansas, while also working as a pastor in a local church.[12]

Griffin has completed his bachelor's and master's degrees from Seton Hall.[13] He earned his Ph.D. in Organizational Leadership at Concordia University Chicago in January 2022. His doctoral dissertation was titled "How Active NBA Assistant Coaches Experience Stress, Stressors, Coping Strategies, and Interventions in a Competitive Sports Environment."[14][15] Griffin's son Adrian Jr. was a five-star recruit in the class of 2021 and was drafted 16th overall to the Atlanta Hawks in 2022. Griffin's other son, Alan, played his first two college seasons at Illinois before transferring to Syracuse to continue his collegiate career. His daughter, Aubrey, plays for UConn.Шаблон:Citation needed

Controversy

In August 2020, Griffin was publicly accused of domestic abuse by his former wife, Audrey Sterling.[16] The Raptors did not take any action against Griffin or conduct any investigation in regards to the allegations.[17][18][19] Griffin filed a defamation suit against Sterling in 2021, which was settled in 2022.[20][21]

NBA career statistics

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Regular season

Шаблон:NBA player statistics start |- | align="left" | Шаблон:Nbay | align="left" | Boston | 72 || 47 || 26.8 || .424 || .281 || .753 || 5.2 || 2.5 || 1.6 || .2 || 6.7 |- | align="left" | Шаблон:Nbay | align="left" | Boston | 44 || 0 || 8.6 || .340 || .346 || .750 || 2.0 || .6 || .4 || .1 || 2.1 |- | align="left" | Шаблон:Nbay | align="left" | Dallas | 58 || 34 || 23.8 || .499 || .296 || .837 || 3.9 || 1.8 || 1.3 || .2 || 7.2 |- | align="left" | Шаблон:Nbay | align="left" | Dallas | 74 || 48 || 18.6 || .433 || .250 || .844 || 3.6 || 1.4 || 1.0 || .1 || 4.4 |- | align="left" | Шаблон:Nbay | align="left" | Houston | 19 || 1 || 7.0 || .278 || .500 || .000 || 1.0 || .5 || .4 || .1 || .6 |- | align="left" | Шаблон:Nbay | align="left" | Chicago | 69 || 1 || 9.7 || .360 || .222 || .750 || 2.1 || .8 || .6 || .1 || 2.2 |- | align="left" | Шаблон:Nbay | align="left" | Dallas | 52 || 45 || 23.9 || .480 || .000 || .774 || 4.4 || 1.7 || 1.0 || .2 || 4.6 |- | align="left" | Шаблон:Nbay | align="left" | Chicago | 54 || 1 || 10.8 || .473 || .000 || .789 || 2.0 || 1.1 || .6 || .1 || 2.5 |- | align="left" | Шаблон:Nbay | align="left" | Chicago | 22 || 2 || 10.1 || .400 || .000 || .429 || 1.7 || 1.0 || .6 || .1 || 2.3 |- | align="left" | Шаблон:Nbay | align="left" | Seattle | 13 || 0 || 6.5 || .375 || .000 || 1.000 || 1.7 || .4 || .4 || .1 || 1.1 |- class="sortbottom" | style="text-align:center;" colspan="2"| Career | 477 || 179 || 16.8 || .438 || .278 || .763 || 3.2 || 1.4 || .9 || .1 || 4.0 Шаблон:S-end

Playoffs

Шаблон:NBA player statistics start |- | align="left" | 2002 | align="left" | Dallas | 4 || 1 || 14.3 || .588 || .000 || .000 || 2.3 || 1.0 || .5 || .2 || 5.0 |- | align="left" | 2003 | align="left" | Dallas | 15 || 2 || 8.7 || .415 || .333 || 1.000 || 2.9 || .5 || .3 || .0 || 2.5 |- | align="left" | 2005 | align="left" | Chicago | 5 || 0 || 17.2 || .517 || .000 || .800 || 4.0 || 1.8 || 1.0 || .0 || 6.8 |- | align="left" | 2006 | align="left" | Dallas | 20 || 8 || 17.5 || .542 || .000 || .875 || 3.6 || 1.2 || .8 || .1 || 3.6 |- | align="left" | 2007 | align="left" | Chicago | 4 || 0 || 2.3 || .000 || .000 || .000 || .3 || .0 || .2 || .0 || .0 |- class="sortbottom" | style="text-align:center;" colspan="2"| Career | 48 || 11 || 13.2 || .487 || .200 || .765 || 3.0 || .9 || .6 || .1 || 3.4 Шаблон:S-end

References

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External links

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