<div class="quote_poster">Quote:</div><div class="quote_post">DALLAS (Nov. 28, 2005) ? The Dallas Mavericks announced today that they have signed free agent guard Adrian Griffin. Terms of the deal were undisclosed. Griffin returns to the Mavericks for the second time after playing in Dallas during the 2001-02 and 2002-03 seasons. The six-year pro spent last season with the Chicago Bulls. He played in 69 games and averaged 2.2 points, 2.1 rebounds, 1.4 assists and 1.00 steal in 9.7 minutes a game. Dallas originally signed Griffin as a free agent on July 27, 2001. In the two seasons with Dallas, he averaged 6.9 points, 7.5 rebounds and 1.06 assists in 188 games while starting 157. He was a part of the Mavericks team that went 60-22 and advanced to the Western Conference Finals. Griffin, who also played for Boston and Houston, spent three years in the CBA, the USBL and the Italian League after his college career at Seton Hall before playing in the NBA. He will wear No. 8 tonight but switch to No. 44 permanently. </div> I would of liked it if it were Casey Jacobsen or Darvin Ham but I'm not complaining. Welcome Back
Good defender who will probably bring the defense that was expected with Doug Christie, but I doubt he'll play any more than 10 minutes per game. Wasn't he a bit player during his last stint in Dallas too?
Every team who's had him liked him. On top of that, Avery Johnson tends to bring out the best in people. So, I like Griffin's upside with the Mavericks. At least he's scrappy if nothing else; sort of a Ryan Bowen, Rodney White hybrid.
<div class="quote_poster">Quoting Locke:</div><div class="quote_post">Good defender who will probably bring the defense that was expected with Doug Christie, but I doubt he'll play any more than 10 minutes per game. Wasn't he a bit player during his last stint in Dallas too?</div> He actually started for us and was our ONLY defender on the team, that's a pretty big role, when you got Dirk, Nash, Raef, and Finley on the same team.
