Paul Graham (basketball player)

Paul Graham
Personal information
Born	November 28, 1967 (age 56); 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 and awards
	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] 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

^ 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

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

[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

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