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Darrell Griffith
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Birthdate: 6/16/1958    
Height / Weight: 6' 4"  /  190 lbs. Position: G
College: Louisville

Basketball Historian Biography

A high-scoring player, Darrell Griffith starred at Louisville and made a stunning debut in the NBA

by winning 1980-1981 Rookie of the Year honors, averaging a robust 20.6 points per game (ppg). 

 

The high-scoring Darrell Griffin and NBA scoring champion Adrian Dantley provided Utah Jazz

fans with winning basketball starting in 1983-1984 after 4 seasons of sub-par play since

moving from New Orleans in 1979-80.

 

Darrell Griffin captured the attention of fans and media by setting National Basketball Association

records (NBA) with his hot shooting 3-point plays. In the 1983-84 season, Darrell Griffin set

records with a whooping 252 three-point attempts, sinking a record 91 for a record .361 percentage.

Then the next season set new records making 92 of 257 attempts in 3-point plays.

 

Darrell Griffin posted four seasons of over 20 ppg, including a career-best 22.6 in 1984-1985,

and helped the Utah Jazz make the NBA playoffs 6 times.

 

Darrell Griffin stats 16.2 ppg, 12,391 points in 765 games, 5,237 FGM, 11,305 FGA, .463 pct.

1,387 FTM, 1,961 FTA, 530 3-PM 1,596, A .332 PCT. 1,627 Assists, 2.1 apg, 2,519 rebounds,

3.3 rpg. and 931 steal.


Regular Season Statistics
Year Team G MIN FG FG% 3P 3P% FT FT% STL BLK TO Rebs AST PTS
80-81 UTA (NBA) 81 35.40 8.8-19.06 .464 0.1-0.6 .192 2.8-4.0 .716 1.3 0.5 2.9 3.6 2.4 20.63
81-82 UTA (NBA) 80 32.46 8.6-17.86 .482 0.2-0.7 .288 2.4-3.4 .697 1.2 0.4 2.4 3.8 2.3 19.78
82-83 UTA (NBA) 77 36.20 9.8-20.18 .484 0.5-1.7 .288 2.2-3.2 .679 1.8 0.4 3.3 3.9 3.5 22.20
83-84 UTA (NBA) 82 32.32 8.5-17.35 .490 1.1-3.1 .361 1.8-2.6 .696 1.4 0.3 3.0 4.1 3.5 19.95
84-85 UTA (NBA) 78 35.59 9.3-20.42 .457 1.2-3.3 .358 2.8-3.8 .725 1.7 0.4 3.2 4.4 3.1 22.62
86-87 UTA (NBA) 76 24.25 6.1-13.66 .446 0.9-2.6 .335 2.0-2.8 .703 1.3 0.4 1.8 3.0 1.7 15.03
87-88 UTA (NBA) 52 20.23 4.8-11.25 .429 0.5-2.0 .275 1.1-1.8 .641 1.0 0.1 1.3 2.4 1.8 11.33
88-89 UTA (NBA) 82 29.05 5.7-12.74 .446 0.7-2.4 .311 1.7-2.2 .780 1.0 0.3 1.7 4.0 1.6 13.84
89-90 UTA (NBA) 82 17.61 3.7-7.92 .464 1.0-2.6 .372 0.6-1.0 .654 0.8 0.2 0.9 2.0 0.8 8.94
90-91 UTA (NBA) 75 13.40 2.3-5.93 .391 0.6-1.8 .348 0.5-0.6 .756 0.6 0.1 0.6 1.2 0.5 5.73
10 years   765 27.98 6.8-14.8 .463 0.7-2.1 .332 1.8-2.6 .707 1.2 0.3 2.1 3.3 2.1 16.20



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