Paul Griffin (basketball)

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Paul Griffin
Personal information
Born (1954-01-01) January 1, 1954 (age 69)
Shelby, Michigan
NationalityAmerican
Listed height6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)
Listed weight205 lb (93 kg)
Career information
High school Shelby (Shelby, Michigan)
College Western Michigan (1972–1976)
NBA draft 1976 / Round: 5 / Pick: 74th overall
Selected by the New Orleans Jazz
Playing career1976–1983
Position Power forward / Center
Number30
Career history
19761979 New Orleans Jazz
19791983 San Antonio Spurs
Career highlights and awards
  • First-team All-MAC (1976)
Career NBA statistics
Points 2,443 (5.1 ppg)
Rebounds 2,650 (5.5 rpg)
Assists 1,116 (2.3 apg)
Stats   OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg at NBA.com
Stats   OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg at Basketball-Reference.com

Paul Arthur Griffin (born January 20, 1954) is an American former professional basketball player in the National Basketball Association (NBA).

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Education and professional career

Paul Griffin attended Shelby High School in Shelby, Michigan, a small town in western Michigan near Lake Michigan. Griffin was the integral part on back-to-back class C Boys' Basketball State Championships in 1971 and 1972.

Griffin attended Western Michigan University from 1972 to 1976, leading the Broncos to their first NCAA basketball tournament berth in 1976 and an appearance in the Sweet Sixteen. He finished his career as WMU's all-time leading rebounder.

Griffin was selected by the New Orleans Jazz in the fifth round of the 1976 NBA draft, where he spent three seasons. He was acquired by the San Antonio Spurs for the 1979–80 season and remained there until the end of his NBA career in 1983. During the 1980s, Griffin and his Spurs teammates George Johnson, Dave Corzine, Kevin Restani, Mark Olberding and Reggie Johnson earned the nickname "The Bruise Brothers" for their physical style of play. [1]

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References

  1. "San Antonio Spurs History". NBA.com .