Paul Long

{{Infobox NBA biography

| name = Paul Long

| image =

| width =

| caption =

| height_ft = 6

| height_in = 2

| weight_lb = 180

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1944|2|8}}

| birth_place = Louisville, Kentucky, U.S.

| death_date =

| death_place =

| high_school = Waggener (Louisville, Kentucky)

| college =

Virginia Tech (1963–1964)
Wake Forest (1965–1967)

| draft_year = 1967

| draft_round = 5

| draft_pick = 45

| draft_team = Detroit Pistons

| career_start = 1967

| career_end = 1971

| career_number = 10, 34, 36, 26, 5

| career_position = Shooting guard

| years1 = 1967-1968

| team1 = Detroit Pistons

| years2 = 1968–1969

| team2 = Kentucky Colonels

| years3 = 1969-1970

| team3 = Detroit Pistons

| years4 = 1970-1971

| team4 = Buffalo Braves

| highlights =

First-team All-ACC (1967)
Second-team All-ACC (1966)

}}

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.{{cite web|url=https://www.basketball-reference.com/players/l/longpa01.html|title= Paul Long NBA & ABA stats|website=Basketball Reference

|publisher= Sports Reference LLC|accessdate= June 18, 2024}} He attended Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University in Blacksburg, Virginia and Wake Forest University in Winston-Salem, North Carolina.{{cite web|url=http://www.basketballreference.com/players/playerpage.htm?ilkid=LONGPA01|title=Paul Richard Long|publisher=databaseBasketball.com|accessdate=November 15, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150923192257/http://www.basketballreference.com/players/playerpage.htm?ilkid=LONGPA01|archive-date=September 23, 2015|url-status=dead}}

He was drafted with the second pick in the fifth round of the 1967 NBA draft by the Detroit Pistons. 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.

Career statistics

=NBA/ABA=

Source

==Regular season==

Year ! Team ! GP ! MPG ! FG% ! 3P% ! FT% ! RPG ! APG ! PPG
class="wikitable sortable" style="font-size:95%; text-align:right;"
style="text-align:left;"\| {{nbay\|1967}} \|style="text-align:left;"\| Detroit \| 16	5.8	.451		.733	.9	.8	3.6
style="text-align:left;"\| {{abay\|1968}} \|style="text-align:left;"\| Kentucky (ABA) \| 9	9.1	.225	–	.810	1.0	1.3	3.9
style="text-align:left;"\| {{nbay\|1969}} \|style="text-align:left;"\| Detroit \| 25	5.2	.452		.711	.4	.7	3.3
style="text-align:left;"\| {{nbay\|1970}} \|style="text-align:left;"\| Buffalo \| 30	7.1	.475		.833	1.0	.8	4.5
class="sortbottom" \|style="text-align:center;" colspan="2"\|Career (NBA) \| 71	6.1	.464		.753	.8	.8	3.9
class="sortbottom" \|style="text-align:center;" colspan="2"\|Career (overall) \| 80	6.5	.429	–	.765	.8	.8	3.9

==Playoffs==

class="wikitable sortable" style="font-size:95%; text-align:right;"
Year ! Team ! GP ! MPG ! FG% ! FT% ! RPG ! APG ! PPG
style="text-align:left;"\| 1968 \| style="text-align:left;"\| Detroit \| 1	4.0	1.000	–	.0	1.0	6.0

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

Year

! Team

! GP

! MPG

! FG%

! FT%

! RPG

! APG

! PPG

style="text-align:left;"| 1968

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