Paul Graham (basketball player)

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Paul Graham
Personal information
Born (1967-11-28) November 28, 1967 (age 56)
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Listed height6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)
Listed weight200 lb (91 kg)
Career information
High school Benjamin Franklin
(Philadelphia, Pennsylvania)
College Ohio (1985–1989)
NBA draft 1989: undrafted
Playing career1990–2004
Position Small forward / shooting guard
Number25
Career history
1990 Goldfields Giants
1990–1991 Albany Patroons
19911994 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
2000San Carlos
2000–2001 Chalon
2001–2002 BK Skonto
2002 Pennsylvania ValleyDawgs
2004Delaware Destroyers
Career highlights and awards
Stats   OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg at NBA.com
Stats   OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg at Basketball-Reference.com

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 per game in 110 career contests. [1]

After college, Graham moved to Australia in 1990 and joined the Goldfields Giants of the Western Australian State League. He played in 10 games for the Giants before departing mid-season to return to the U.S. for an NBA tryout. In his final game for the Giants, he scored a league-record 82 points in a 155–134 win over the Willetton Tigers. [2] Over his 10-game stint, he averaged 43.3 points, [3] 5.9 rebounds, 3.7 assists, 2.7 steals and 1.7 blocks per game.

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 1991-94. In 179 games for the Hawks, he averaged 8.4 points, 2.4 rebounds, 2.0 assists and 1.0 steal in 18.7 minutes per game. [4]

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.

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References

  1. Paul Graham Stats
  2. "Giants Throwback Thursday – Third Edition". Archived from the original on 2015-07-07. Retrieved 2016-01-06.
  3. SKYWEST BASKETBALL LEAGUE: MEN – All time Players
  4. Paul Graham NBA Stats