Former Celtic on verge of being named Tom Thibodeau’s assistant

Yo, Adrian!Adrian Griffin will join fellow former Celtic Tom Thibodeau’s staff in Chicago. (Journal Times)Now, two years later, Griffin has beaten the odds again. Monday, he was on the verge of being hired as a bench coach for new Bulls coach Tom Thibodeau.At 36, Griffin will become one of the youngest bench coaches in the NBA.“I am very fortunate,” Griffin said. “I was just a player two years ago and now I’m a coach. It’s very competitive to make an NBA team as a player, but it’s even more competitive to become an NBA coach. There are only a few of them (usually five) on each team.“God has been good to me.”Those who don’t remember Griffin from his Celtics days are probably trying to forget some of the worst years in Celtics history. But Griffin was somebody to root for.He began his professional basketball career by being undrafted after graduating Seton Hall. He then spent three years playing in Italy and the CBA, toiling ...