Paul Richard Long (born February 8, 1944) is a former NBA and ABA basketball player. He played professionally for the Detroit Pistons, Kentucky Colonels and the Buffalo Braves.

Biography

Long was born in Louisville, Kentucky and graduated from Waggener High School in Louisville.[1] He attended Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University in Blacksburg, Virginia and Wake Forest University in Winston-Salem, North Carolina.[2]

He was drafted with the second pick in the fifth round of the 1967 NBA draft by the Detroit Pistons.[1] In his first NBA season, Long averaged 3.6 points and 0.8 assists per game. Long then played for the Kentucky Colonels of the ABA in his second season, averaging 3.9 points and 1.3 assists per game. He played for the Pistons again in his third season, averaging 3.3 points and 0.7 assists per game. In his final NBA season, Long played for the Buffalo Braves, averaging 4.5 points and 0.8 assists per game.[1]

Career statistics

Legend
  GP Games played   GS  Games started  MPG  Minutes per game
 FG%  Field goal percentage  3P%  3-point field goal percentage  FT%  Free throw percentage
 RPG  Rebounds per game  APG  Assists per game  SPG  Steals per game
 BPG  Blocks per game  PPG  Points per game  Bold  Career high

NBA/ABA

Source[1]

Regular season

Year Team GP MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG PPG
1967–68 Detroit 16 5.8 .451 .733 .9 .8 3.6
1968–69 Kentucky (ABA) 9 9.1 .225 – .810 1.0 1.3 3.9
1969–70 Detroit 25 5.2 .452 .711 .4 .7 3.3
1970–71 Buffalo 30 7.1 .475 .833 1.0 .8 4.5
Career (NBA) 71 6.1 .464 .753 .8 .8 3.9
Career (overall) 80 6.5 .429 – .765 .8 .8 3.9

Playoffs

Year Team GP MPG FG% FT% RPG APG PPG
1968 Detroit 1 4.0 1.000 – .0 1.0 6.0

References

  1. ^ a b c d "Paul Long NBA & ABA stats". Basketball Reference. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved June 18, 2024.
  2. ^ "Paul Richard Long". databaseBasketball.com. Archived from the original on September 23, 2015. Retrieved November 15, 2012.
Allikas: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Long
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