• Eddie Griffin
• #41
• Forward

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2001-2002:
Named to the got milk? NBA All-Rookie Second Team after averaging 8.8 points with 5.7 rebounds and a team-leading 1.84 blocks in 73 games (24 starts) … became the first rookie in NBA history and stands as just one of six players all-time to average more than one blocked shot and one 3-pointer made per game in a season ... ranked first on the Rockets in blocked shots to become the first rookie to lead Houston in blocks since Hakeem Olajuwon did so during the 1984-85 season … among NBA rookies, ranked ninth in scoring average, second in rebounding average, and third in blocks per game … compiled seven double-doubles to tie for third among rookies … ranked second in his rookie class and on the Rockets with 90 3-pointers made … ranked fifth on the team in both scoring and rebounding average … ranked 13th in the NBA with 1.84 blocked shots per game and ninth in blocked shot efficiency with 3.39 per 48 minutes … stood with Ben Wallace and Andrei Kirilenko as the only NBA players to register more blocked shots than personal fouls ... scored in double figures 32 times, reaching 20 points three times … led Houston in points three times and rebounds 10 times … averaged 14.1 points, 8.2 rebounds and 2.76 blocks over a 25-game stretch from Dec. 20-Feb. 16 … set career highs with 25 points and 13 rebounds for his first career double-double on Dec. 20 vs. the Lakers … also scored 25 points on Jan. 12 vs. Denver … also grabbed 13 rebounds on Dec. 26 vs. Phoenix and on Dec. 28 at Golden State … set career highs and tied NBA rookie season highs with seven blocked shots on Jan. 31 at Dallas and five 3-pointers made on Feb. 16 vs. Orlando … recorded at least three blocked shots 26 times, reaching five blocks on eight occasions … delivered a career-high four assists vs. Milwaukee on Dec. 22 ... averaged 12.7 points, 7.7 rebounds and 2.33 blocks in 24 starts.

As a Collegian:
Earned Honorable Mention All-America honors from The Associated Press as a freshman at Seton Hall ... led Seton Hall with averages of 17.8 points, 10.8 rebounds and 4.4 blocks … voted Freshman of the Year by both the United States Basketball Writers Association and The Sporting News … earned selection to the All-Big East Second Team and became the first player in school history to be named Big East Rookie of the Year … ranked second in the nation in blocked shots and fifth in rebounding during his only season at Seton Hall ... set a single-season school record with 133 blocks … became the first player to ever win Big East Rookie of the Week honors for the first four weeks of the season ... posted 21 double-doubles on the season, including the first triple-double in school history vs. Norfolk State on Dec. 4, 2000 … scored a season-high 26 points and set a single-game freshman school record with 21 rebounds vs. St. Peter’s on Nov. 27, 2000 ... tied his season high in scoring vs. Wagner on Dec. 22, 2000.