Paul Long

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.

Paul Long
Personal information
Born (1944-02-08) February 8, 1944
Louisville, Kentucky
NationalityAmerican
Listed height6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)
Listed weight180 lb (82 kg)
Career information
High schoolWaggener (Louisville, Kentucky)
College
NBA draft1967 / Round: 5 / Pick: 45th overall
Selected by the Detroit Pistons
Playing career1967–1971
PositionShooting guard
Number10, 34, 36, 26, 5
Career history
1967–1968Detroit Pistons
1968–1969Kentucky Colonels
1969–1970Detroit Pistons
1970–1971Buffalo Braves
Career highlights and awards
  • First-team All-ACC (1967)
  • Second-team All-ACC (1966)
Stats at Basketball-Reference.com

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.[3] 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.[4]

References
  1. "Paul Richard Long". Basketball-Reference.Com. Retrieved November 15, 2012.
  2. "Paul Richard Long". databaseBasketball.com. Archived from the original on September 23, 2015. Retrieved November 15, 2012.
  3. "Paul Richard Long". Basketball-Reference.Com. Retrieved November 15, 2012.
  4. "Paul Long NBA & ABA Statistics".


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