Paul Arthur Griffin (born January 20, 1954) is an American former professional
basketball
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player in the
National Basketball Association
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(NBA).
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
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from 1972 to 1976, leading the
Broncos
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to their first
NCAA basketball tournament berth in
1976
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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
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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
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Biography
A Chicago-area native who went to John Hersey High School in Arlington Heights and DePaul Un ...
,
Kevin Restani,
Mark Olberding and
Reggie Johnson earned the nickname "
The Bruise Brothers" for their physical style of play.
See also
*
1975–76 Western Michigan Broncos men's basketball team
References
External links
NBA stats@ basketballreference.com
1954 births
Living people
American men's basketball players
Basketball players from Michigan
New Orleans Jazz draft picks
New Orleans Jazz players
People from Oceana County, Michigan
San Antonio Spurs players
Small forwards
Western Michigan Broncos men's basketball players
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