Rashard Griffith

Infobox Euroleague Player
name = Rashard Griffith
nickname =


league = Euroleague
height_ft = 7
height_in = 0
weight_lb = 280
position = Center
birth_date = birth date and age|1974|10|8
birth_place = Chicago, Illinois
death_date =
death_place =
team = CSU Asesoft
jersey = 5
highschool =
college =
nationality = American
draft = 38^th overall
draft_team = Milwaukee Bucks
draft_year = 1995
career_start = 1995
career_end =
former_teams = Tofaş S.K. (1995-97, 1998-2000)
Maccabi Tel-Aviv (1997-98)
Kinder Bologna (2000-2002)
Saski Baskonia (2002-03)
Lottomatica Roma (2003-04)
awards = All-Euroleague Second Team 2000-01
Italian Cup MVP 2001

Rashard Nathan Griffith (born October 8, 1974) is an American basketball player. Griffith, a native of Chicago, Illinois, starred for the Wisconsin Badgers college basketball team. Griffith selected Wisconsin over several schools; against the advice of his mother. It is widely believed that Griffith was one of several Wisconsin athlete's enticed to attend Wisconsin after being promised illicit cash and gifts -- a clear violation of current NCAA regulations. Griffith's entire professional career has been spent in international play, primarily in Turkey, Spain, and Italy. He was drafted 38th overall by the Milwaukee Bucks in the 1995 NBA Draft. A powerful center, Griffith earned a spot on the All-Euroleague Second team in the Euroleague 2000-01 season while playing for Kinder Bologna alongside Manu Ginobili, Marko Jaric and Antoine Rigaudeau. Kinder Bologna won the Triple Crown in Basketball the same year. After his success in Europe, the Orlando Magic acquired Griffith's draft rights in a trade during the 2002 NBA Draft with the intent of adding him to their roster, [ [http://www.nba.com/magic/news/Magic_Acquire_Draft_Rights_to_-47894-66.html "Magic Acquire Draft Rights to Mario Kasun and Rashard Griffith"] , NBA.com] [ [http://www.nba.com/magic/news/PostDraft_Player_Press_Confer-48097-66.html Magic Post-Draft Player Press Conference, 6/27] , NBA.com] but to date Griffith has never played in the NBA.

Currently, Griffith plays for Romanian team CSU Asesoft Ploiesti. [ [http://www.csuasesoft.ro/home/team/player_view/?pl_key=99 ASESOFT Ploiesti] profile]

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External links

* [http://www.euroleague.net/competition/players/showplayer?seasoncode=E2001+++++&pcode=AKY Euroleague.net profile]
* [http://www.acb.com/jugador.php?id=B2A ACB.com profile]