D'Alessandro Hails Griffin

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      Observations as the NBA season begins
      NOVEMBER 4, 1999      

      Dave D'Alessandro
      The Sporting News <snips>
      Observations, laments, and miscellaneous fulminations: 
      
      Player of the half-week: Adrian Griffin, who you probably never heard of. 
      He's a long-armed, 6-5 swingman for Boston, a surprise roster stick 
      despite his winning MVP in the CBA last year. Rick Pitino started him in 
      the season opener, and Griffin produced a Pippenesque line -- 28 minutes, 
      14 points, seven assists, two steals -- while holding Vince Carter to 12 
      points. Fluke, right? In the second game, Griffin gets nine points, eight 
      boards, five assists, and four steals and holds Juwan Howard to a dozen in 
      the Celtics' win over Washington. It's always a nice NBA story when a 
      survivor gets his 15 minutes of fame, and now it's twice as nice.