Darrell Griffith

Darrell Steven Griffith ( born June 16, 1958 in Louisville, Kentucky ) is a retired American professional basketball player. Between 1980 and 1991 he played in the NBA for the Utah Jazz. Because of its spectacular style of play Griffith was also named Dr. Dunkenstein.

Griffith was drafted by the Utah Jazz in the second place in the NBA Draft 1980. He should replace Pete Maravich, who had previously left the team. After an impressive rookie season, he won the NBA Rookie of the Year Award as the best newcomer of the NBA and was elected to the NBA All - Rookie Team. Together with Adrian Dantley made ​​Griffith one of the dangerous offensive duo in the NBA. 1984 reached the Jazz for the first time in team history the play-offs.

With the arrival of young stars Karl Malone and John Stockton sank his statistical values ​​. Nevertheless, Griffith remained an important part of the Jazz rotation and had the rise of jazz for regular play-off participants a large proportion. 1991 Griffith ended his career, after he had only been sporadically used. For his services the Utah Jazz retired his jersey number 35.