He then worked as a scout for the Phoenix Suns and later became the assistant general manager for the Suns. He was then hired as the vice president of basketball operations for the New Orleans Pelicans in 2010. In 2014, he was named the general manager of the Cleveland Cavaliers and was instrumental in the team's success, including winning the NBA championship in 2016.
David Griffin is an American professional basketball executive with a net worth of $4 million. He was born in Phoenix, Arizona in 1973 and began his career as a tournament director at the NIKE Desert Classic pre-draft camp. He then worked as a scout for the Phoenix Suns and later became the assistant general manager for the Suns. In 2010, he was hired as the vice president of basketball operations for the New Orleans Pelicans and in 2014, he was named the general manager of the Cleveland Cavaliers. Under his leadership, the Cavaliers won the NBA championship in 2016.
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💰David Griffin Net worth: $4 Million
Griffin worked as an assistant coach at Scottsdale community College and worked in the press information team for the 1996 Olympic Games. He was with the Phoenix Suns for 17 seasons starting as an intern and working his way up to senior vice president of basketball operations. Griffin joined the Cleveland Cavaliers as vice president of basketball operations in 2010. In 2014 he became the acting general manager and later that year he was named permanent, full-time general manager. Some of his big moves with Cleveland included bringing in coach David Blatt, drafting Andrew Wiggins, signing LeBron James, and trading for Kevin Love in addition to winning the 2016 NBA Finals and finishing second in the NBA Executive of the Year voting for 2014-15. Griffin left the Cavs in June 2017 after a contract agreement was not reached.
