Atlanta Hawks trade former first-round pick to Houston Rockets

AJ Griffin just finished his second season in the NBA with the Atlanta Hawks.

The former Duke star appeared in just 20 games and finished the regular season averaging 2.4 points per game while shooting 29.0 percent from the field and 25.6 percent from three-point range.

THURSDAY, ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski it was reported that Griffin was traded to the Houston Rockets.

Via Wojnarowski: “ESPN Sources: Atlanta Hawks trade F AJ Griffin to the Houston Rockets for the 44th pick in Thursday’s NBA draft. Griffin, 20, was a 2022 first-round pick by Duke.”