Former seventh overall draft pick, Eddie Griffin, was waived on Tuesday.

Griffin has battled alcohol problems since coming out of Seton Hall. He was suspended by the league for five games in January for violating the anti-drug program.

?It was time for both parties ? Eddie and the Timberwolves ? to move on,? Wolves vice president of basketball operations Kevin McHale said in a statement. ?It just didn't work out for Eddie here in Minnesota."