After just two years as a player in the National Basketball Association, former Atlanta Hawks forward, Adrian Griffin Jr , who was traded to the Houston Rockets in June, is calling it quits to follow

Former first-round draft pick AJ Griffin revealed that he chose to leave the NBA after just two seasons in order to become a full-time minister."I'm not sure how long this video is going to be, but to bring it all down in a short summary: I gave up basketball to follow Jesus,

Money and fame are not everything, at least for AJ Griffin. The 21-year-old former Duke man, chosen with the No. 16 call at the 2022 Draft, has decided to leave the NBA (and basketball) at just 21 years old. News that has left many stunned.

The son of former Milwaukee Bucks head coach Adrian Griffin, A.J. Griffin – a former five-star recruit who played one season at Duke – was the No. 16 overall pick by the Hawks in 2022. He spent two total seasons with Atlanta, averaging 7.5 points and 1.9 rebounds per game overall before deciding to step away from basketball.

Griffin had appeared in five games for the Houston club during Summer League this year and also participated in voluntary workouts.

A former first-round NBA draft pick says he's leaving the sport to become a minister. On Sunday (September 29), AJ Griffin, who was selected 16th overall in the 2022 NBA Draft by the Atlanta Hawks, announced that he was quitting basketball "to follow Jesus.

God almost certainly uses stories to give us hope amid the world's creeping darkness. In a video posted to YouTube on Sunday, former NBA first-round pick AJ Griffin, who turned 21 last month, explained why he has chosen to walk away from a lucrative career in professional sports and pursue a new calling as a full-time Christian minister.

Rockets guard/forward AJ Griffin explained his decision to retire from the NBA, saying he wants “to follow Jesus” and enter the ministry. Griffin, 21, was the No.