Paul Graham (basketball player)
Personal information | |
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Born | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S. | November 28, 1967
Listed height | 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) |
Listed weight | 200 lb (91 kg) |
Career information | |
High school | Benjamin Franklin (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) |
College | Ohio (1985–1989) |
NBA draft | 1989: undrafted |
Playing career | 1990–2004 |
Position | Small forward / shooting guard |
Number | 25 |
Career history | |
1990 | Goldfields Giants |
1990–1991 | Albany Patroons |
1991–1994 | Atlanta Hawks |
1994–1995 | Rapid City Thrillers |
1995–1997 | Omaha Racers |
1997 | Mayagüez |
1997–1998 | Dijon |
1998 | Atlantic City Seagulls |
1998–1999 | Elitzur Givat Shmuel |
1999–2000 | Strasbourg IG |
2000 | San Carlos |
2000–2001 | Chalon |
2001–2002 | BK Skonto |
2002 | Pennsylvania ValleyDawgs |
2004 | Delaware Destroyers |
Career highlights and awards | |
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Stats at NBA.com | |
Stats at Basketball Reference |
Paul Graham (born November 28, 1967) is an American former professional basketball player. He played four years of college basketball for Ohio, where he averaged 19.7 points, 5.5 rebounds and 2.6 assists in 110 career games.[1]
After college, Graham moved to Australia in 1990 and joined the Goldfields Giants of the State Basketball League (SBL). He averaged 43.3 points in 10 games for the Giants[2] and scored 82 points in his final game.[3] It marked the equal highest single-game points total in SBL history.[4]
Upon his return to America, Graham joined the Albany Patroons of the Continental Basketball Association for the 1990–91 season. Following this stint, he had a three-year run with the NBA's Atlanta Hawks from 1991 to 1994. In 179 games for the Hawks, he averaged 8.4 points, 2.4 rebounds, 2.0 assists and 1.0 steals in 18.7 minutes per game.[5]
Between 1994 and 1997, Graham played in the Continental Basketball Association. From 1997, he embarked on an overseas career in places like Puerto Rico and France before returning to the U.S. in mid-1998. He later had stints in Israel, France, the Dominican Republic and Latvia before wrapping up his career with minor stints in the United States Basketball League and the Eastern Basketball Alliance.[citation needed]
References
[edit]- ^ Paul Graham Stats
- ^ "STATE BASKETBALL LEAGUE MEN PLAYER REGISTER". Basketball Western Australia. Archived from the original on July 18, 2005. Retrieved January 6, 2016.
- ^ "Giants Throwback Thursday – Third Edition". Goldfields Giants. May 21, 2015. Archived from the original on July 7, 2015. Retrieved January 6, 2016.
- ^ "STATE BASKETBALL LEAGUE MEN RECORD PERFORMANCES". Basketball Western Australia. Archived from the original on July 18, 2005. Retrieved June 1, 2024.
- ^ Paul Graham NBA Stats
External links
[edit]- Career statistics from NBA.com and Basketball Reference
- NBA.com profile Archived 2016-04-01 at the Wayback Machine
- 1967 births
- Living people
- Albany Patroons players
- American expatriate basketball people in Australia
- American expatriate basketball people in France
- American expatriate basketball people in Israel
- American expatriate basketball people in Latvia
- American expatriate basketball people in the Philippines
- American men's basketball players
- Atlanta Hawks players
- Atlantic City Seagulls players
- Basketball players from Philadelphia
- JDA Dijon Basket players
- Ohio Bobcats men's basketball players
- Omaha Racers players
- Philippine Basketball Association imports
- Pop Cola Panthers players
- Rapid City Thrillers players
- Shooting guards
- SIG Strasbourg players
- Small forwards
- Undrafted NBA players
- United States Basketball League players
- 20th-century American sportsmen