Paul Long

Paul Long

Personal information
Born	(1944-02-08) February 8, 1944 (age 77) Louisville, Kentucky
Nationality	American
Listed height	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)
Listed weight	180 lb (82 kg)
Career information
High school	Waggener (Louisville, Kentucky)
College	Virginia Tech (1963–1964) Wake Forest (1965–1967)
NBA draft	1967 / Round: 5 / Pick: 45th overall
Selected by the Detroit Pistons
Playing career	1967–1971
Position	Shooting guard
Number	10, 34, 36, 26, 5
Career history
1967–1968	Detroit Pistons
1968–1969	Kentucky Colonels
1969–1970	Detroit Pistons
1970–1971	Buffalo Braves
Career highlights and awards
First-team All-ACC (1967) Second-team All-ACC (1966)
Stats  at NBA.com
Stats at Basketball-Reference.com

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.^[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[]

External links[]

• Basketball-Reference.Com

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