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Forward · San Antonio Spurs

Paul Griffin

Age 72 · USA · 206 cm (6'9") · 93 kg · Born Jan 20, 1954 · Western Michigan

5.0 PPG 5.4 RPG 2.4 APG 399 games 6 seasons

Career snapshot

6seasons
399games
2,014career pts
11.1PER (avg)
Most-played franchise: San Antonio Spurs · 240 games · 1979-80–1982-83

Position rank · 1982-83

#79PPG rank
#49PER rank
#40WS rank
Among 83 Forward players (min. 41 games)

Career highs (single season)

PPG 6.3 1979-80 · SAS
RPG 6.2 1977-78 · UTA
APG 3.0 1979-80 · SAS
PER 13.8 1980-81 · SAS
WS 4.9 1980-81 · SAS

Draft

1976
Round 5 · Pick 74
from Western Michigan

Career by team

San Antonio Spurs
1979-80 – 1982-83 · 4 seasons
5.3 PPG 5.2 RPG 2.6 APG
240 games
Utah Jazz
1977-78 – 1978-79 · 2 seasons
4.6 PPG 5.7 RPG 2.0 APG
159 games

Stats by season

SeasonTeamGGSMIN PTSREBASTSTLBLK FG%3P%FT%PERWS
1977-78 UTA 82 0 22.6 5.3 6.2 2.1 1.1 0.5 44.7 0.0 71.3 — —
1978-79 UTA 77 0 18.2 3.9 5.1 1.8 0.7 0.5 47.5 0.0 61.9 — —
1979-80 SAS 82 0 22.1 6.3 5.3 3.0 1.0 0.6 55.3 0.0 72.5 13.2 4.4
1980-81 SAS 82 0 23.5 6.1 6.2 3.0 0.9 0.5 51.1 0.0 67.2 13.8 4.9
1981-82 SAS 23 0 20.0 3.8 4.1 2.3 0.9 0.3 48.5 0.0 64.9 8.5 0.4
1982-83 SAS 53 0 18.0 3.3 4.1 1.6 0.6 0.5 51.7 0.0 69.7 8.9 1.4

Transfers & team changes

Derived from season-by-season team membership.

Date Move
Jul 1979 Utah Jazz San Antonio Spurs

All entries are season change.

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Born on January 20

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About Paul Griffin

Paul Arthur Griffin is an American former professional basketball player in the National Basketball Association (NBA).