Paul Graham (basketball player)

American basketball player

For other people named Paul Graham, see Paul Graham (disambiguation).

Paul GrahamPersonal information

Born|  (1967-11-28) November 28, 1967 (age 57)
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.
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

* LNB Pro A All-Star (1998)
* MAC Player of the Year (1989)
* 2× First-team All-MAC (1988, 1989)
* MAC Freshman of the Year (1986)

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] As of 2003, 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

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1. ^ Paul Graham Stats
2. ^ "STATE BASKETBALL LEAGUE MEN PLAYER REGISTER". Basketball Western Australia. Archived from the original on July 18, 2005. Retrieved January 6, 2016.
3. ^ "Giants Throwback Thursday – Third Edition". Goldfields Giants. May 21, 2015. Archived from the original on July 7, 2015. Retrieved January 6, 2016.
4. ^ "STATE BASKETBALL LEAGUE MEN RECORD PERFORMANCES". Basketball Western Australia. Archived from the original on July 18, 2005. Retrieved June 1, 2024.
5. ^ Paul Graham NBA Stats

## External links

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* Career statistics from NBA.com  · Basketball Reference
* NBA.com profile Archived 2016-04-01 at the Wayback Machine

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Mid-American Conference Men's Basketball Player of the Year

* 1968: Foster
* 1969: Mix
* 1970: Penix
* 1971: Kowall
* 1972: Kozelko
* 1973: Kozelko
* 1974: Luckett
* 1975: Roundfield
* 1976: Tyson
* 1977: Hicks
* 1978: Aldridge
* 1979: Dawkins
* 1980: Swaney
* 1981: Knuckles
* 1982: McLaughlin
* 1983: McCallum
* 1984: Devereaux
* 1985: Harper
* 1986: Harper
* 1987: James
* 1988: Long
* 1989: Graham
* 1990: Jamerson
* 1991: Kennedy
* 1992: Geter
* 1993: Trent
* 1994: Trent
* 1995: Trent
* 1996: Wells
* 1997: Daniels
* 1998: Wells
* 1999: Szczerbiak
* 2000: Stacey
* 2001: Webber
* 2002: McLeod
* 2003: Kaman
* 2004: Williams
* 2005: Battle
* 2006: Haynes
* 2007: Travis
* 2008: Fisher
* 2009: Bramos
* 2010: Kool
* 2011: Greene
* 2012: Watt
* 2013: Cooper
* 2014: McCrea
* 2015: Moss
* 2016: Campbell
* 2017: I. Johnson
* 2018: Fletcher
* 2019: Massinburg
* 2020: L. Jackson
* 2021: M. Jackson
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