Malcolm Griffin (basketball)
| Kolossos Rodou | |
|---|---|
| Position | Point guard |
| League | Greek Basket League |
| Personal information | |
| Born |
August 10, 1991 Chicago, Illinois |
| Nationality | American |
| Listed height | 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) |
| Listed weight | 209 lb (95 kg) |
| Career information | |
| High school |
Hyde Park Career Academy (Chicago, Illinois) |
| College |
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| NBA draft | 2014 / Undrafted |
| Playing career | 2014–present |
| Career history | |
| 2014–2015 | Wydad Athletic Club Casablanca |
| 2015 | Champaign Swarm |
| 2015–2016 | Fath US de Rabat |
| 2016 | AS Salé |
| 2016–2017 | Liepājas Lauvas |
| 2017–present | Kolossos Rodou |
| Career highlights and awards | |
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Malcolm Xavier Griffin (born August 10, 1991) is an American professional basketball player for Kolossos Rodou of the Greek Basket League. Standing at 1.93 m (6'4"), he plays the Point guard position. After two years at Toledo and two years at Fresno Pacific Griffin entered the 2014 NBA draft but was not selected in the draft's two rounds.
High school career
Griffin played high school basketball at Hyde Park Career Academy at Chicago, Illinois.[1] He led his team to a 27-5 mark as a senior and averaging 17 points, seven assists and five rebounds per game. Griffin also earned South MVP honors in the Chicago Classic All-Star Game, scoring 28 points in just 13 minutes of action.
College career
After graduating from high school, Griffin attended Toledo, where he stayed until 2011. As a freshman, he averaged 7.1 points, 3.2 rebounds and 2.9 assists per game. As a sophomore, he started 28 games for the Rockets, averaging 12.0 points, 4.0 assists, 2.6 rebounds and 1.4 steals per game while scoring in double figures against two ranked opponents, Illinois and Temple. He scored a career-high 31 points against Northern Illinois and had back-to-back 25-point games against Ball State and Bowling Green. The next two years, Griffin played at Fresno Pacific.[2] As a Junior, he played in 30 games, making 29 starts for the Sunbirds, earning 1st team NCCAA All-American and 1st team All-PacWest honors. He finished fourth in the league in scoring and led the PacWest in assists. As a senior he was a 1st team All-American and All-Conference once again, leading the Pacific West Conference in points, assists and steals.
Professional career
After going undrafted in the 2014 NBA draft, Griffin joined Wydad Athletic Club Casablanca at Morocco.[3] The same season, he also played for Champaign Swarm of the Midwest Professional Basketball Association. The following season, he returned to Morocco and played with Fath US de Rabat.
The next year, Griffin joined AS Salé at Tunisia.[4] On December, he left the team in order to join Liepājas Lauvas of the Latvian League.[5]
On August 3, 2017, Griffin joined Kolossos Rodou of the Greek Basket League.[6]
References
- ↑ "Fenso Pacific Bio". Retrieved April 3, 2017.
- ↑ "FPU signs National JUCO Player of the Year, NCAA D1 transfer". fpuathletics.com. June 21, 2012. Retrieved July 7, 2017.
- ↑ "Mireles To Morocco". bobbeedenise.com. October 19, 2014. Retrieved July 10, 2017.
- ↑ "Malcolm Griffin joined A.S.S for the ACC in Tunisia". probasketballoverseas.com. November 20, 2016. Retrieved July 11, 2017.
- ↑ "Liepaja/Triobet adds Griffin to their roster, ex ASS Sale". Sims-basketball.com. December 4, 2016. Retrieved July 10, 2017.
- ↑ "Malcolm Griffin inks with Kolossos Rhodes". sportando.com. August 3, 2017. Retrieved August 6, 2017.