Paul Graham

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 contests.

After college, Graham moved to Australia in 1990 and joined the Goldfields Giants of the Western Australian State League. He played in 10 games for the Giants before departing mid-season to return to the U.S. for an NBA tryout. In his final game for the Giants, he scored a league-record 82 points in a 155–134 win over the Willetton Tigers. Over his 10-game stint, he averaged 43.3 points, 5.9 rebounds, 3.7 assists, 2.7 steals and 1.7 blocks per game.

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 1991-94. In 179 games for the Hawks, he averaged 8.4 points, 2.4 rebounds, 2.0 assists and 1.0 steal in 18.7 minutes per game.

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.