Paul Graham (born November 28, 1967) is an American former professional

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player. He played four years of college basketball for

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, where he averaged 19.7 points, 5.5 rebounds and 2.6 assists in 110 career games. After college, Graham moved to Australia in 1990 and joined the Goldfields Giants of the

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(SBL). He averaged 43.3 points in 10 games for the Giants and scored 82 points in his final game. It marked the equal highest single-game points total in SBL history. Upon his return to America, Graham joined the

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of the

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for the 1990–91 season. Following this stint, he had a three-year run with the

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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.Paul Graham NBA Stats
/ref> 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

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and the Eastern Basketball Alliance.

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External links

NBA.com profile
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