Paul Griffin 
#45 PF | 6-9, 243lbs | Nuggets | Experience: 7 years
Born: 1/20/1954 (30) | College: Western Michigan

 Attributes
  INS JPS FT 3PS HND PAS ORB DRB PSD PRD STL BLK QKN STR JMP STA  
 Current: 39 21 55 0 48 37 66 57 45 46 68 49 46 55 79 79  
 Potential: D D C F C D B C C C B C          
 Health: Good
 Status: Active Roster

 Contract
  1983  1984  1985  1986  1987  1988  1989  1990 
 Value: $67,978  $0  $0  $0  $0  $0  $0  $0 
 Option: None  None  None  None  None  None  None  None 
 Bird Years: 0                

 Season Averages
 Season LGE TEAM G GS MIN PTS ORB DRB AST TO A/T STL BLK PF FG% FT% 3P%  
 1983 NPSBL DEN 57 0 9.1 4.1 0.7 1.6 0.8 0.6 1.35 0.1 0.1 1.5 .549 .684 .000  
 1982 NPSBL WAS 15 0 2.8 0.5 0.4 0.3 0.1 0.2 0.67 0.1 0.2 0.3 .333 .500 .000  
 1981 NPSBL POR 66 0 5.0 1.8 0.3 0.8 0.4 0.2 1.71 0.2 0.1 0.8 .609 .650 .000  
 1980 NPSBL POR 82 0 17.1 5.6 1.1 2.2 1.5 1.5 0.98 0.5 0.2 2.8 .522 .705 .000  
 1979 NPSBL SAS 82 0 22.1 6.3 1.9 3.5 3.0 1.6 1.91 1.0 0.6 3.7 .553 .725 .000  
 1978 NPSBL NOJ 77 0 18.2 3.9 1.6 3.4 1.8 1.5 1.18 0.7 0.5 2.6 .475 .619 .000  
 1977 NPSBL NOJ 82 0 22.6 5.3 1.9 4.3 2.1 1.8 1.15 1.1 0.5 2.8 .447 .713 .000  
 1976 NPSBL NOJ 81 0 20.3 5.2 2.1 4.0 2.1 0.0 167.00 0.6 0.5 3.0 .547 .721 .000  
 Career     542 0 16.6 4.6 1.4 2.9 1.7 1.1 1.61 0.6 0.4 2.5 .514 .697 .000  

 Shooting Averages
 Season LGE TEAM FGM FGA FG% FTM FTA FT% INM INA IN% JSM JSA JS% 3PM 3PA 3P%  
 1983 NPSBL DEN 1.6 2.8 .549 0.9 1.4 .684 1.3 2.0 .643 0.3 0.9 .340 0.0 0.0 .000  
 1982 NPSBL WAS 0.2 0.6 .333 0.1 0.1 .500 0.1 0.3 .400 0.1 0.3 .250 0.0 0.0 .000  
 1981 NPSBL POR 0.6 1.0 .609 0.6 0.9 .650 0.5 0.6 .789 0.1 0.4 .346 0.0 0.0 .000  
 1980 NPSBL POR 2.0 3.8 .522 1.6 2.3 .705 1.7 2.6 .645 0.3 1.1 .245 0.0 0.0 .000  
 1979 NPSBL SAS 2.1 3.8 .553 2.1 2.9 .725 0.0 0.0 .000 0.0 0.0 .000 0.0 0.0 .000  
 1978 NPSBL NOJ 1.4 2.9 .475 1.2 1.9 .619 0.0 0.0 .000 0.0 0.0 .000 0.0 0.0 .000  
 1977 NPSBL NOJ 2.0 4.4 .447 1.4 1.9 .713 0.0 0.0 .000 0.0 0.0 .000 0.0 0.0 .000  
 1976 NPSBL NOJ 1.7 3.2 .547 1.8 2.5 .721 0.0 0.0 .000 0.0 0.0 .000 0.0 0.0 .000  
 Career     1.6 3.1 .514 1.4 2.0 .697 0.5 0.7 .656 0.1 0.3 .287 0.0 0.0 .000  

 Season Totals
 Season G GS MIN FGM FGA FTM FTA 3PM 3PA PTS OREB REB AST STL TO STL BLK PF +/- 
 1983 57 0 520 89 162 54 79 0 0 232 40 132 46 7 34 7 8 83 -35 
 1982 15 0 42 3 9 1 2 0 0 7 6 11 2 1 3 1 3 4 -8 
 1981 66 0 333 39 64 39 60 0 0 117 21 71 24 11 14 11 7 50 96 
 1980 82 0 1401 163 312 134 190 0 1 460 91 271 121 45 123 45 16 227 71 
 1979 82 0 1812 173 313 174 240 0 0 520 154 438 250 81 131 81 53 306 0 
 1978 77 0 1398 106 223 91 147 0 0 303 126 391 138 54 117 54 36 198 0 
 1977 82 0 1853 160 358 112 157 0 0 432 157 510 172 88 150 88 45 228 0 
 1976 81 0 1645 140 256 145 201 0 0 425 167 495 167 50 0 50 43 241 0 
 Career 542 0 9004 873 1697 750 1076 0 1 2496 762 2319 920 337 572 337 211 1337 124 

 Efficiency
 Season LGE TEAM TS% PPS AST TO USG ORR DRR RR PER VA EWA +/- OEFF DEFF  
 1983 NPSBL DEN .589 1.43 16.6 12.3 18.6 7.7 20.4 13.6 15.3 29.2 1.0 -0.6 106.0 111.7  
 1982 NPSBL WAS .400 0.78 13.3 20.0 13.1 20.7 13.5 16.7 8.3 -2.0 -0.1 -0.5 102.1 116.5  
 1981 NPSBL POR .644 1.83 18.8 10.9 12.8 8.0 16.2 12.4 15.2 18.3 0.6 1.5 111.7 106.5  
 1980 NPSBL POR .581 1.47 18.9 19.2 15.3 7.8 13.7 10.9 11.3 14.6 0.5 0.9 105.2 104.3  
 1979 NPSBL SAS .621 1.66 31.3 16.4 0.0 - - - 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 - -  
 1978 NPSBL NOJ .528 1.36 25.4 21.5 0.0 - - - 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 - -  
 1977 NPSBL NOJ .506 1.21 23.0 20.0 0.0 - - - 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 - -  
 1976 NPSBL NOJ .616 1.66 32.7 0.0 0.0 - - - 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 - -  
 Career     .575 1.47 25.1 15.6 4.0 8.0 15.5 11.9 14.6 60.2 2.0 0.2 106.3 106.5  

 Playoff Averages
 Season LGE TEAM G GS MIN PTS ORB DRB AST TO A/T STL BLK PF FG% FT% 3P%  
 1982 NPSBL WAS 4 0 3.0 0.0 0.3 0.0 0.3 0.0 1.00 0.5 0.3 0.3 .000 .000 .000  
 1981 NPSBL POR 5 0 4.4 1.6 0.2 0.8 0.6 0.0 3.00 0.0 0.2 0.4 .429 .333 .000  
 1980 NPSBL POR 20 0 17.9 6.8 1.2 2.7 1.3 2.0 0.65 0.3 0.3 3.4 .500 .700 .000  
 Career     29 0 13.5 5.0 0.9 2.0 1.0 1.4 0.75 0.2 0.3 2.4 .495 .667 .000  

 Playoff Shooting
 Season LGE TEAM FGM FGA FG% FTM FTA FT% INM INA IN% JSM JSA JS% 3PM 3PA 3P%  
 1982 NPSBL WAS 0.0 0.0 .000 0.0 0.0 .000 0.0 0.0 .000 0.0 0.0 .000 0.0 0.0 .000  
 1981 NPSBL POR 0.6 1.4 .429 0.4 1.2 .333 0.2 0.6 .333 0.4 0.8 .500 0.0 0.0 .000  
 1980 NPSBL POR 2.4 4.7 .500 2.1 3.0 .700 2.1 3.2 .651 0.3 1.6 .194 0.0 0.0 .000  
 Career     1.7 3.5 .495 1.5 2.3 .667 1.4 2.3 .636 0.3 1.2 .229 0.0 0.0 .000  

 Playoff Totals
 Season G GS MIN FGM FGA FTM FTA 3PM 3PA PTS OREB REB AST STL TO STL BLK PF +/- 
 1982 4 0 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 2 0 2 1 1 2 
 1981 5 0 22 3 7 2 6 0 0 8 1 5 3 0 0 0 1 2 -16 
 1980 20 0 358 47 94 42 60 0 0 136 23 76 26 5 40 5 6 68 -28 
 Career 29 0 392 50 101 44 66 0 0 144 25 82 30 7 40 7 8 71 -42 

 Playoff Efficiency
 Season LGE TEAM TS% PPS AST TO USG ORR DRR RR PER VA EWA +/- OEFF DEFF  
 1982 NPSBL WAS .000 0.00 100.0 0.0 1.1 9.1 0.0 4.8 12.1 0.1 0.0 0.5 88.9 81.5  
 1981 NPSBL POR .400 1.14 23.1 0.0 18.4 5.6 14.8 11.1 12.1 0.2 0.0 -3.2 83.0 125.0  
 1980 NPSBL POR .567 1.45 14.0 21.5 18.2 7.3 15.6 11.7 8.3 -12.2 -0.4 -1.4 105.5 109.3  
 Career     .554 1.43 15.0 20.0 17.6 7.3 15.2 11.4 8.7 -11.8 -0.4 -1.4 103.7 109.3  

 Career Highs
 Type PTS OREB REB AST STL BLK TO FGM FGA FTM FTA 3PM 3PA  
 Season 14 5 12 4 1 1 4 7 11 5 8 0 0  
 Playoff 15 4 10 5 1 1 5 6 10 7 10 0 0  
 Career 20 5 12 5 4 2 5 9 11 7 10 0 1  

 Game Logs
 Date Opp W/L MIN FGM FGA FTM FTA 3PM 3PA PTS ORB REB AST TO STL BLK PF +/-
 10/18 GSW W 27 5 9 0 2 0 0 10 2 5 1 1 2 0 5 12
 10/21 DAL W 23 1 2 1 2 0 0 3 3 6 1 4 1 0 4 1
 10/22 POR W 22 4 5 2 4 0 0 10 1 5 0 1 2 0 4 29
 10/25 BOS L 37 5 8 6 8 0 0 16 1 6 1 2 2 1 2 0
 10/27 NYK L 37 6 11 2 2 0 0 14 5 9 5 1 1 0 4 -9
 10/29 SDC L 19 1 4 0 0 0 0 2 0 3 0 2 0 0 4 -23
 11/1 HOU W 4 2 2 0 0 0 0 4 0 2 0 1 0 0 1 6
 11/2 POR L 5 1 1 2 2 0 0 4 1 2 0 1 0 0 1 -1
 11/5 CLE L 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -2
 11/12 KCK L 15 2 4 0 0 0 0 4 2 4 3 0 0 1 4 -15
 11/16 SAS W 2 1 2 1 2 0 0 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 5
 11/23 CLE L 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 1 1 0 0 1 0
 11/28 KCK W 5 1 2 1 2 0 0 3 2 4 2 0 0 0 0 6
 12/1 LAL L 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
 12/4 UTA W 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 -2
 12/6 DAL L 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
 12/8 HOU W 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 4
 12/12 GSW L 3 2 2 0 0 0 0 4 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0
 12/17 CHI L 17 2 4 5 6 0 0 9 1 3 1 2 0 1 2 -2
 12/20 POR L 16 4 4 2 2 0 0 10 3 3 0 0 0 1 4 -12
 12/28 MIL L 7 0 2 2 2 0 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 -2
 12/30 WAS W 8 1 3 0 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 -8
 1/4 SDC L 19 3 7 2 2 0 0 8 1 3 3 4 1 0 4 -6
 1/5 GSW L 20 3 9 1 2 0 0 7 1 3 2 0 0 0 6 16
 1/9 KCK L 24 3 5 4 8 0 0 10 1 4 3 2 0 0 2 9
 1/10 NJN L 20 7 11 0 0 0 0 14 1 5 1 0 1 0 4 11
 1/13 DET W 33 5 10 4 6 0 0 14 5 12 1 3 0 0 4 22
 1/15 SAS L 24 3 6 1 2 0 0 7 1 6 4 2 0 0 5 -10
 1/16 BOS W 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -4
 1/20 HOU W 8 7 9 0 0 0 0 14 1 3 0 0 0 0 2 11
 1/21 POR L 8 4 4 2 4 0 0 10 1 4 0 0 1 0 1 -8
 1/24 ATL L 6 3 3 0 0 0 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 9
 1/25 LAL L 9 0 0 2 4 0 0 2 1 3 1 0 0 1 3 -1
 1/27 HOU W 4 1 2 0 0 0 0 2 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 -6
 1/28 GSW L 20 4 5 0 0 0 0 8 1 3 1 1 0 0 1 -10
 2/2 SEA L 6 1 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 -1
 2/5 DET W 10 0 3 1 2 0 0 1 1 4 2 0 0 0 1 3
 2/6 PHX W 8 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 4
 2/8 PHX W 6 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 1
 2/14 GSW W 22 1 3 0 0 0 0 2 2 4 4 3 0 0 3 11
 2/16 WAS L 10 1 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 0 1 4 0
 2/20 UTA L 14 4 6 1 1 0 0 9 2 3 2 3 1 0 4 -13
 2/25 HOU L 17 2 4 1 2 0 0 5 2 4 0 4 0 0 3 -11
 2/26 KCK W 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 -2
 3/2 PHX W 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 -4
 3/7 GSW L 8 0 3 2 2 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 -5
 3/8 SAS W 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 -7
 3/12 SEA L 6 0 0 4 4 0 0 4 0 2 1 0 0 0 1 -4
 3/13 SEA W 7 1 1 4 4 0 0 6 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 4
 3/17 KCK L 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 3 1 0 0 0 2 2
 3/18 SEA L 13 4 7 2 4 0 0 10 2 4 0 0 0 0 0 -8
 3/21 PHI W 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3
 3/22 DAL W 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 -3
 3/26 CHI L 9 1 3 0 0 0 0 2 0 3 0 1 0 1 1 -8
 3/31 SDC W 9 1 4 1 2 0 0 3 0 3 0 1 0 0 2 -8
 4/1 IND W 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
 4/5 NYK L 5 3 3 0 0 0 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3
 4/7 UTA W 9 0 1 2 2 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 -9
 4/12 SDC L 9 2 2 0 2 0 0 4 1 2 1 0 1 1 3 -7
 4/14 DAL L 10 0 2 4 4 0 0 4 1 4 2 0 0 0 2 1
 4/15 SAS W 5 2 4 2 2 0 0 6 1 2 1 0 1 0 1 -7
 4/17 POR W 5 3 3 0 0 0 0 6 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 7
 4/19 UTA L 19 1 3 1 2 0 0 3 1 5 1 3 0 0 2 13

 Awards & Achievements
 Season Award

 Transactions
 Date Action
 10/8/1981 Drafted by Portland with pick #4 of round 8 of the creation draft.
 10/19/1982 Signed by the Bullets for $49,980 over one year.
 8/1/1983 Signed with the Nuggets for $67,978 over one year.

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