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Stuntin’ Like His Daddy: AJ Griffin Prospect Watch

Stuntin' Like His Daddy: AJ Griffin Prospect Watch

With the San Antonio Spurs racking up some more wins here in the past couple weeks, they are also moving down the draft board. With that movement comes less freedom in who the team will be able to draft.

However, there is a nice wing they should consider in AJ Griffin. While he is still working his way back from an offseason injury, he has looked more like the athlete we expected to see in the last few games he’s played.

Standing at 6-foot-6 and weighing about 220 pounds, Griffin is slightly bigger than his dad who played in the NBA for nine seasons for a few different teams.

He is also an assistant coach for the Raptors so the younger Griffin has some nice pedigree to go along with his actual play. Here are his stats through 12 games so far this season.

6.7 PPG, 0.6 BPG, 0.9 APG, 2.5 RPG
54.5 FG%, 44.8 3P%, 100 FT%
26.3 PER, 144.2 ORtg, 92.4 DRtg

While those numbers don’t look all that impressive upon first glance, he has been playing considerably better in the last four…

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