American basketball player For other people named Paul Graham, see Paul Graham (disambiguation). Paul GrahamPersonal information Born| (1967-11-28) November 28, 1967 (age 54) Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Nationality| American 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.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 games.[1] Coming out of college, Graham moved to Australia in 1990 where he joined the Goldfields Giants of the Western Australian State League. He played in 10 games for the Giants before departing the club mid-season to return to the United States for an NBA tryout. In his final game for the Giants, he scored a league record equalling 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 the United States, 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 between 1991 and 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.[4] Between 1994 and 1997, Graham played in Continental Basketball Association. He then embarked on an overseas career in 1997, playing in Puerto Rico and France before returning to the United States in mid-1998. Graham later had stints in Israel, France, Dominican Republic and Latvia before wrapping up his career with minor stints in the United States Basketball League and the Eastern Basketball Alliance. ## References[edit] 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 ## External links[edit] * Career statistics and player information from NBA.com and Basketball-Reference.com * NBA.com profile * v * t * e 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: Johnson * 2018: Fletcher * 2019: Massinburg * 2020: L. Jackson * 2021: M. Jackson * 2022: Carry *[v]: View this template *[t]: Discuss this template *[e]: Edit this template