Greg Graham

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Greg Graham
Personal information
Born (1970-11-26) November 26, 1970 (age 52)
Indianapolis, Indiana
NationalityAmerican
Listed height6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)
Listed weight174 lb (79 kg)
Career information
High school Warren Central
(Indianapolis, Indiana)
College Indiana (1989–1993)
NBA draft 1993: 1st round, 17th overall pick
Selected by the Charlotte Hornets
Playing career1993–2000
Position Shooting guard
Number20, 21, 11
Career history
As player:
19931995 Philadelphia 76ers
19951997 New Jersey Nets
1997 Seattle SuperSonics
1998 Cleveland Cavaliers
1997–1998 Idaho Stampede
1998–1999 Fort Wayne Fury
1999–2000 Borås Basket
As coach:
2005–2006 Indiana Alley Cats
Career highlights and awards
Career NBA statistics
Points 938 (4.5 ppg)
Rebounds 219 (1.1 rpg)
Assists 201 (1.0 apg)
Stats   OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg at NBA.com
Stats at Basketball-Reference.com

Gregory Lawrence Graham (born November 26, 1970) is an American former professional basketball player who played five seasons in the National Basketball Association (NBA).

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College career

Graham played collegiately for Bob Knight and the Indiana University Hoosiers, where he played alongside Calbert Cheaney, Alan Henderson and Damon Bailey. From 1991 to 1993, the Hoosiers posted 87 victories, the most by any Big Ten team in a three-year span, breaking the mark of 86 set by Knight's Indiana teams of 1974–76. Teams from these three seasons spent all but two of the 53 poll weeks in the top 10, and 38 of them in the top 5. They captured two Big Ten crowns in 1990–91 and 1992–93, and during the 1991–92 season reached the Final Four. During the 1992–93 season, the 31–4 Hoosiers finished the season at the top of the AP Poll, but were defeated by Kansas in the Elite Eight.

College statistics

YearTeamGPGSMPGFG%3P%FT%RPGAPGSPGBPGPPG
1989–90 Indiana 291621.0.471.387.7782.62.00.80.49.7
1990–91 Indiana 341319.1.510.241.6942.61.61.00.28.7
1991–92 Indiana 341626.3.502.427.7414.02.61.40.312.8
1992–93 Indiana 353231.9.550.514.8253.22.91.30.216.5
Career1327724.7.514.439.7663.12.31.10.212.0

Professional career

Selected by the Charlotte Hornets in the first round (17th pick overall) of the 1993 NBA draft, he played in five NBA seasons from 1993 to 1997 for the Philadelphia 76ers, New Jersey Nets, Seattle SuperSonics and Cleveland Cavaliers. [1] He averaged 4.5 points per game in his NBA career

Graham returned to his alma mater, Warren Central High School, to coach for 7 seasons, resigning in April, 2015 with a record of 80–74, when family considerations resulted in a move to Rhode Island. His tenure at Warren Central included three appearances in the Marion County tournament championship.

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