Rod Griffin (basketball)

Rod Griffin (born June 18, 1956 in Fairmont, North Carolina) is a retired American professional basketball player. The 6'7" power forward spent four seasons playing at Wake Forest University, playing for the Wake Forest Demon Deacons. He was the 1977 ACC Player of the year. He was selected in the first round (17th pick overall) of the 1978 NBA Draft by the Denver Nuggets.

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1977 NCAA Men's Basketball Consensus All-Americans

First Team	Kent Benson Otis Birdsong Phil Ford Rickey Green Marques Johnson Bernard King

Second Team	Greg Ballard Bill Cartwright Rod Griffin Ernie Grunfeld Phil Hubbard Butch Lee Mychal Thompson

1978 NCAA Men's Basketball Consensus All-Americans

First Team	Larry Bird Phil Ford David Greenwood Butch Lee Mychal Thompson

Second Team	Ron Brewer Jack Givens Rod Griffin Rick Robey Freeman Williams

1978 NBA Draft

First round	Mychal Thompson Phil Ford Rick Robey Micheal Ray Richardson Purvis Short Larry Bird Ron Brewer Freeman Williams Reggie Theus Butch Lee James Hardy George Johnson Winford Boynes Roger Phegley Mike Mitchell Jack Givens Rod Griffin Dave Corzine Marty Byrnes Frankie Sanders Mike Evans Raymond Townsend

Second round	Terry Tyler Keith Herron Rick Wilson Ron Carter Wayne Radford Buster Matheney John Long Jeff Judkins Marvin Johnson John Rudd Harry Davis Greg Bunch Tommie Green Maurice Cheeks Terry Sykes Lew Massey James Lee Wayne Cooper Jerome Whitehead Keven McDonald Glenn Hagan Clemon Johnson

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