Easy Parham

{{Short description|American basketball player (1921–1982)}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=July 2024}}

{{Infobox basketball biography

| name = Easy Parham

| image =

| image_size =

| caption =

| height_ft = 6

| height_in = 3

| weight_lb = 200

| birth_date = {{birth date|1921|12|27}}

| birth_place = Fort Worth, Texas

| death_date = {{death date and age|1982|10|4|1921|12|27}}

| death_place = Tarrant County, Texas

| nationality = American

| high_school =

| college = {{nowrap|Texas Wesleyan (1941–1943, 1946–1948)}}

| draft_year = 1948

| draft_league = BAA

| draft_round = --

| draft_pick = --

| draft_team = St. Louis Bombers

| career_start = 1948

| career_end = 1951

| career_number = 6, 14

| career_position = Forward / guard

| years1 = 19481950

| team1 = St. Louis Bombers

| years2 = {{nbay|1950|full=y}}

| team2 = Philadelphia Warriors

| years3 = 1951

| team3 = Grand Rapids Hornets

| highlights =

| stats_league = BAA/NBA

| stat1label = Points

| stat1value = 712 (5.4 ppg)

| stat2label = Rebounds

| stat2value = 9 (1.3 rpg)

| stat3label = Assists

| stat3value = 285 (2.1 apg)

| bbr = parhaea01

}}

Estes Foster "Easy" Parham (December 27, 1921 – October 4, 1982) was an American professional basketball player.[https://www.basketball-reference.com/players/p/parhaea01.html Easy Parham]. basketball-reference.com. Retrieved on January 29, 2013. Parham was selected in the 1948 BAA draft by the St. Louis Bombers after a collegiate career at Texas Wesleyan. He played for the Bombers for two seasons and then the Philadelphia Warriors for one season before ending his BAA/NBA career.

BAA/NBA career statistics

class="toccolours" style="font-size: 90%; white-space: nowrap;"
colspan="6" style="background:#f2f2f2; border:1px solid #aaa;"| Legend
style="background:#f2f2f2; border:1px solid black;"|   GP

| Games played

| style="background:#f2f2f2; border:1px solid black;"|  FG% 

| style="padding-right: 8px" | Field-goal percentage

style="background:#f2f2f2; border:1px solid black;"|  FT% 

| Free-throw percentage

| style="background:#f2f2f2; border:1px solid black;"|  RPG 

| Rebounds per game

style="background:#f2f2f2; border:1px solid black;"|  APG 

| Assists per game

| style="background:#f2f2f2; border:1px solid black;"|  PPG 

| Points per game

style="background-color: #F2F2F2; border: 1px solid black" |  Bold 

| Career high

=Regular season=

class="wikitable sortable" style="font-size:95%; text-align:right;"
Year

! Team

! GP

! FG%

! FT%

! RPG

! APG

! PPG

style="text-align:left;"| 1948–49

| style="text-align:left;"| St. Louis

| 60

.307.5582.55.7
style="text-align:left;"| {{nbay|1949}}

| style="text-align:left;"| St. Louis

| 66

.325.4942.05.5
style="text-align:left;"| {{nbay|1950}}

| style="text-align:left;"| Philadelphia

| 7

.333.3331.3.3.9
style="text-align:center;" colspan="2"|Career

| 133

.316.5221.32.15.4

=Playoffs=

class="wikitable sortable" style="font-size:95%; text-align:right;"
Year

! Team

! GP

! FG%

! FT%

! RPG

! APG

! PPG

style="text-align:left;"| 1949

| style="text-align:left;"| St. Louis

| 2

.385.0003.05.0
style="text-align:center;" colspan="2"|Career

| 2

.385.0003.05.0

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