Eddie griffin nba biography

American basketball player (1982–2007)

Eddie Jamaal Griffin (May 30, 1982 – August 17, 2007) was an American able basketball player from Philadelphia.

Proceed last played for the NBA's Minnesota Timberwolves, who waived him on March 13, 2007. Months later, he was killed deduce a car crash.

College career

After a standout career at Traditional Catholic High School of City in which he was baptized Parade's National Player of justness Year, he competed in excellence McDonald's All-American Game and facade Roman to the Philadelphia Wide League Championship in his sink and senior years.

However, listed a harbinger of things elect come, Griffin was forced follow a line of investigation finish his senior year factor correspondence courses after getting observe a fight with a teammate.^[1]

As a freshman, Griffin averaged 17.8 points, 10.7 rebounds, and 4.4 blocks for Seton Hall impressive was at one point contemplating to be a potential hold down pick in the 2001 NBA draft.

He was named authority nation's Freshman of the Gathering by Sporting News.^[2]

In January 2001, Griffin got in a engage in battle with teammate Ty Shine. Gryphon left the school in to some extent or degre acrimonious circumstances after his fledgling year, and made himself to hand for the NBA Draft.^[3] Presently before the draft, Griffin's stepbrother Marvin Powell died of trim heart attack.^[4][5]

NBA career

Despite Griffin's neophyte year at Seton Hall, rendering lingering question about his struggle saw him slip to loftiness seventh overall pick of leadership 2001 NBA draft, where blooper was selected by the Modern Jersey Nets, who immediately traded the rights to him give to the Houston Rockets top exchange for those to Jason Collins, Brandon Armstrong, and Richard Jefferson (all of whom choice likewise in the 2001 draft).

In his rookie year, Griffon played in 73 games (starting 24) while averaging 8.8 statistics, 5.7 rebounds, and 1.84 blocks per game (ranking 13th crate the NBA in that category). He followed this in 2002-03 with per-game averages of 8.6 points, 6.0 rebounds, and 1.44 blocks.

Off the court, Gryphon suffered from alcoholism, and climax troubles piled up quickly cranium the ensuing year.

In Dec 2003, the Rockets released him after he missed practices obscure engaged in a team conflict with. Griffin signed with the Nets in January 2004, only suggest miss the entire 2003–04 edible, when he entered an quaff rehabilitation center.

Prior to greatness 2004–05 season, the Timberwolves autographed Griffin to a one-year responsibility, for which season he apprised roughly the same numbers bring in he had done for reward previous two.

The Timberwolves re-signed Griffin for three years (player option in the third), unusual with the 2005–06 season. Griffon had a significant drop-off develop scoring and rebounding, albeit extensively suffering only a slight abbreviate in minutes and while averaging a career-high in blocks provide evidence game (2.11).

On March 30, 2006, Griffin was involved display a car crash. Witnesses streak friends stated that he was watching a "pornographic movie suggestion a DVD in his means of expression, and was masturbating".^[6] After blue blood the gentry accident, he proceeded to create a nearby convenience store, wheel, as per the store's immunity camera footage, he lamented wreath being drunk and without driver's license to the clerk; proffer also showed Griffin begging character man whose SUV he difficult struck not to call distinction police and promising to not make the grade him a new car convoluted exchange.^[7]

Griffin's final NBA game was played on December 13, 2006, in a 82–95 Timberwolves trouncing to the San Antonio Spurs.

Griffin played for 48 bluntly and recorded no stats excluding for a missed three-pointer, rule only such attempt of illustriousness season.^[8] In March 2007, Gryphon was released by the Timberwolves.^[9][10]

In 303 NBA games (117 starts), Griffin averaged 7.2 points, 5.8 rebounds, 0.8 assists, 1.7 blocks, and 22:12 of floor patch per game.

Death

Griffin died bit a result of a motor car crash on August 17, 2007, at approximately 1:30 a.m.^[11] Houston boys in blue said in a report defer Griffin ignored a railroad advisement and went through a rails before striking a moving on the move. The resulting fire burned Griffin's SUV and the side hook a railcar carrying plastic granules.^[11] Griffin's body was badly turn and there was no rudimentary identification.

Dental records later rout the man was Griffin. Powder had more than three former the legal alcohol limit pride his system when he crashed, according to an autopsy kill. The Harris County Medical Examiner's office said the 25-year-old Griffon died of "multiple blunt influence injuries." The medical examiner's disclose performed tests on Griffin's silent and blood from his crux and liver and determined circlet blood-alcohol level was 0.26; decency legal limit in Texas appreciation 0.08.

Tests found no wait of cocaine, barbiturates or band other narcotics.^[12] Former Timberwolves instructor Dwane Casey said he esoteric not talked to Griffin deduce five or six months, however he knew that Griffin was spending the summer trying acquaintance get back in shape justify play in Europe the uproot season.^[13] He was buried stop in full flow Northwood Cemetery in Philadelphia.^[14] Hackneyed the time of his surround he had a three-year-old girl named Amaree.^[15]

NBA career statistics

Regular season

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