High school and college career
Griffin attended Maynard Evans High School in Orlando, Florida, before transferring to Boone High School for his senior year after being cut multiple times from the basketball team at Evans. [1]
Griffin played his first year of college basketball for Hiwassee College, where he averaged 16 points, six rebounds and two blocks per game in 2008–09. After Hiwassee lost its accreditation in 2009, [1] he transferred to Garden City Community College where he averaged 8.1 points, 6.5 rebounds, and 1.6 blocks in 32 games in 2009–10. [2]
In 2010, Griffin transferred to Campbell University. In his junior season, he scored in double figures 20 times, had five double-digit rebounding nights and set a school single-season Division I era (since 1977–78) record with 61 blocked shots. In 29 games (22 starts), he averaged 13.2 points, 6.9 rebounds, 1.0 assists, 1.7 steals and 2.1 blocks in 28.1 minutes per game. [2] [3]
As a senior in 2011–12, Griffin was named to the All-Big South Conference first team. In his two-year career at Campbell, he finished with the school's highest career field goal percentage (.559) and ranks third on the school's all-time blocks list with 134 rejections. In 31 games, he averaged 15.7 points, 8.6 rebounds, 1.5 assists and 2.4 blocks in 30.3 minutes per game. [3]
Professional career
2014–15 season
In July 2014, Griffin joined the Dallas Mavericks for the 2014 NBA Summer League. [11] [12] On July 18, he signed with the Mavericks, [13] but was later waived on October 21 after appearing in two preseason games. [14] On November 3, 2014, he was acquired by the Texas Legends of the NBA Development League as an affiliate player of the Mavericks. [15] On February 4, 2015, he was named to the Futures All-Star team for the 2015 NBA D-League All-Star Game. [16] In 49 games for Texas in 2014–15, he averaged 19.0 points, 6.6 rebounds, 1.9 assists, 1.3 steals and 2.4 blocks per game. [17]
On April 15, 2015, Griffin returned to Leones de Ponce, signing with them for the rest of the 2015 BSN season. [18] In 14 games for Leones, he averaged 10.1 points, 3.8 rebounds, 1.3 assists and 1.0 blocks per game.
2017–18 season
On July 3, 2017, Griffin signed with Pallacanestro Cantù of the Serie A. [27] Prior to joining Cantù, he played for the Utah Jazz's Summer League team in both Utah and Las Vegas. [28] [29] After impressing during the Summer League, he opted out of his deal with Cantù [30] and signed a two-way contract with the Jazz on July 20, 2017. [31] [32] He played 19 games for the Utah's G League affiliate, the Salt Lake City Stars, before being waived by the Jazz on December 21, 2017. He did not appear in a game for the Jazz during his time with them. [33]
On January 26, 2018, Griffin returned to Israel for a second stint, signing with Hapoel Eilat for the rest of the season. [34] On February 4, 2018, he made his debut in a 72–84 loss to Hapoel Jerusalem, recording 13 points and 8 rebounds off the bench. [35] On June 3, 2018, Griffin recorded a season-high 30 points, shooting 10-of-13 from the field, along with 7 rebounds and 2 assists in an 81–87 playoff loss to Hapoel Holon. [36]
2018–19 season
On July 23, 2018, Griffin signed with the Italian club Pallacanestro Reggiana. [37] On December 13, he parted ways with Reggiana after appearing in six games. [38] On January 1, 2019, Griffin signed with the Polish team Stelmet Zielona Gora for the rest of the season. [39] However, on January 16, 2019, Griffin parted ways with Zielona Góra after appearing in two games. [40]
On January 17, 2019, Griffin returned to Israel for a third stint, signing with Ironi Nahariya for the rest of the season. [41] Two days later, he made his debut in a 93–103 loss to Ironi Nes Ziona, recording 17 points, eight rebounds and three blocks off the bench. [42]
2021–22 season
On August 23, 2021, Griffin signed a two-year deal with AEK Athens of the Greek Basket League and the Basketball Champions League. [47] In 15 league games, he averaged 10 points, 4.3 rebounds, 0.9 assists, 0.5 steals and 1 block, playing around 27 minutes per contest. His contract was terminated on July 1, 2022. [48]
