David Graham

Nationality: AUS
Date of Birth: 3/02/65
Place of Birth: Ivanhoe (VIC)
Position: GRD
Height (CM): 195
Weight (KG): 90
Junior Assoc: VIC - Bulleen
College: None

NBL DEBUT: 26/04/85
AGE AT DEBUT: 20
LAST NBL GAME: 16/09/95
AGE AT LAST GAME: 30
NBL History: Illawarra 1985 | Coburg 1986-87 | North Melbourne 1988-92 | South East Melbourne 1993-94 | Geelong 1995
Championships: 1
North Melbourne (1989)

BIO: David Graham was born in Ivanhoe (VIC) and began playing basketball as a junior with the Bulleen basketball program. Graham received a scholarship to attend the Australian Institute of Sport (Canberra) in 1984. He spent three years year there and played for the program’s state league team (1984, 1985).

NBL EXPERIENCE

David Graham made his NBL debut with the Illawarra Hawks at 20 years of age. He went scoreless in his first NBL game.

David Graham played ten seasons across five NBL teams. This included the Illawarra Hawks, Coburg Giants, North Melbourne Giants, South East Melbourne Magic and Geelong Supercats. He averaged 13.3 points, 2.7 rebounds, and 2.8 assists in 268 NBL games.

CAREER RANKINGS:
– 35th in total steals

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NBL TOTAL STATISTICS

SEASON	AGE	TEAM	TEAM RECORD	GP	MINS	PTS	REB	AST	OR	DR	STL	BLK	TO	PF	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	TS%	EFG%	HS
1995	30	Geelong	9-17 (12)	26	990.0	398	94	64	21	73	32	5	84	76	148	358	41%	44	126	35%	58	71	82%	51%	47%	30
1994	29	South East Melbourne	18-8 (1)	30	646.0	256	69	64	19	50	47	7	47	65	99	219	45%	31	92	34%	27	34	79%	54%	52%	22
1993	28	South East Melbourne	20-6 (2)	30	818.0	313	65	76	11	54	31	3	64	63	115	269	43%	44	116	38%	39	44	89%	54%	51%	21
1992	27	North Melbourne	14-10 (4)	24	678.0	314	52	60	12	40	27	2	39	64	113	241	47%	46	93	49%	42	52	81%	59%	56%	32
1990	25	North Melbourne	20-6 (1)	26	788.0	403	66	72	18	48	37	1	58	72	148	345	43%	61	144	42%	46	66	70%	54%	52%	33
1989	24	North Melbourne	18-6 (1)	27	1,041.0	515	107	101	31	76	47	8	80	87	200	418	48%	52	127	41%	63	82	77%	56%	54%	32
1988	23	North Melbourne	18-6 (2)	30	1,138.0	643	87	105	30	57	66	4	74	88	253	478	53%	40	87	46%	97	139	70%	59%	57%	37
1987	22	North Melbourne	15-11 (6)	27	893.0	359	78	97	18	60	58	3	71	81	150	322	47%	21	64	33%	38	50	76%	52%	50%	27
1986	21	Coburg	14-12 (8)	26	0.0	218	53	98	8	45	53	6	74	80	84	227	37%	17	50	34%	33	53	62%	43%	41%	18
1985	20	Illawarra	10-16 (9)	22	0.0	148	58	36	26	32	39	0	41	54	56	133	42%	2	5	40%	34	52	65%	47%	43%	20
Totals				268	6992	3567	729	773	194	535	437	39	632	730	1366	3010	45.4%	358	904	39.6%	477	643	74.2%	54%	51%	37

NBL PER GAME STATISTICS

SEASON	AGE	TEAM	TEAM RECORD	GP	MINS	PTS	REB	AST	OR	DR	STL	BLK	TO	PF	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	TS%	EFG%	HS
1995	30	Geelong	9-17 (12)	26	38.1	15.3	3.6	2.5	0.8	2.8	1.2	0.2	3.2	2.9	5.7	13.8	41%	1.7	4.8	35%	2.2	2.7	82%	51%	47%	30
1994	29	South East Melbourne	18-8 (1)	30	21.5	8.5	2.3	2.1	0.6	1.7	1.6	0.2	1.6	2.2	3.3	7.3	45%	1.0	3.1	34%	0.9	1.1	79%	54%	52%	22
1993	28	South East Melbourne	20-6 (2)	30	27.3	10.4	2.2	2.5	0.4	1.8	1.0	0.1	2.1	2.1	3.8	9.0	43%	1.5	3.9	38%	1.3	1.5	89%	54%	51%	21
1992	27	North Melbourne	14-10 (4)	24	28.3	13.1	2.2	2.5	0.5	1.7	1.1	0.1	1.6	2.7	4.7	10.0	47%	1.9	3.9	49%	1.8	2.2	81%	59%	56%	32
1990	25	North Melbourne	20-6 (1)	26	30.3	15.5	2.5	2.8	0.7	1.8	1.4	0.0	2.2	2.8	5.7	13.3	43%	2.3	5.5	42%	1.8	2.5	70%	54%	52%	33
1989	24	North Melbourne	18-6 (1)	27	38.6	19.1	4.0	3.7	1.1	2.8	1.7	0.3	3.0	3.2	7.4	15.5	48%	1.9	4.7	41%	2.3	3.0	77%	56%	54%	32
1988	23	North Melbourne	18-6 (2)	30	37.9	21.4	2.9	3.5	1.0	1.9	2.2	0.1	2.5	2.9	8.4	15.9	53%	1.3	2.9	46%	3.2	4.6	70%	59%	57%	37
1987	22	North Melbourne	15-11 (6)	27	33.1	13.3	2.9	3.6	0.7	2.2	2.1	0.1	2.6	3.0	5.6	11.9	47%	0.8	2.4	33%	1.4	1.9	76%	52%	50%	27
1986	21	Coburg	14-12 (8)	26	0.0	8.4	2.0	3.8	0.3	1.7	2.0	0.2	2.8	3.1	3.2	8.7	37%	0.7	1.9	34%	1.3	2.0	62%	43%	41%	18
1985	20	Illawarra	10-16 (9)	22	0.0	6.7	2.6	1.6	1.2	1.5	1.8	0.0	1.9	2.5	2.5	6.0	42%	0.1	0.2	40%	1.5	2.4	65%	47%	43%	20
Total				268	26.1	13.3	2.7	2.9	0.7	2.0	1.6	0.1	2.4	2.7	5.1	11.2	45.4%	0.0	0.0	39.6%	1.3	3.4	74.2%	54%	51%	37

CAREER HIGHS

POINTS	REBOUNDS	ASSISTS	STEALS	BLOCKS	TURNOVERS	TRIPLE DOUBLES
37	8	9	7	3	8	0

STATE LEAGUE EXPERIENCE

AIS 1984-85

FIBA EXPERIENCE

Grahams first major tournament with the national team was the 1990 FIBA World Championships were Australia delivered another poor showing. With Andrew Gaze (24.3 ppg) leading the team in scoring, finishing the fourth highest scorer at the tournament, the Boomers defeated Brazil in the first stage to advance to the quarterfinals. There they lost to both Puerto Rico (89-79) and USA, which featured Alonzo Mourning, Christian Laettner and Kenny Anderson, by a single point (78-79). The loss saw Australia fail to reach the medal rounds and finish in seventh place overall.

FIBA TOTAL STATISTICS

YEAR	AGE	GP	MINS	PTS	REB	AST	OR	DR	STL	BLK	TO	PF	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%
1990	25	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0.0%	0	0	0.0%	0	0	0.0%
Total		1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0%	0	0	0%	0	0	0%

FIBA PER GAME STATISTICS

YEAR	AGE	GP	MINS	PTS	REB	AST	OR	DR	STL	BLK	TO	PF	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%
1990	25	1	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	4.0	0.0	0.0	0.0%	0.0	0.0	0.0%	0.0	0.0	0.0%
Total		1	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	4.0	0.0	0.0	0%	0.0	0.0	0%	0.0	0.0	0%

Season	Team	PTS	AST	STL	BLK	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%
1	0	77%	88%	95%	56%
2	0	37	9	7	3
Total						1366	3010	45.4%	358	904	39.6%

NBA TOTAL STATISTICS

YEAR	AGE	TEAM	POS	GP	GS	MINS	PTS	TRB	AST	ORB	DRB	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	3P%	FT	FTA	FT%	TS%	EFG%
1995	30	Geelong	9-17 (12)	26	990.0	398	94	64	21	73	32	5	84	76	148	358	41%	44	126	35%	58	71	82%	51%	47%	30
1994	29	South East Melbourne	18-8 (1)	30	646.0	256	69	64	19	50	47	7	47	65	99	219	45%	31	92	34%	27	34	79%	54%	52%	22
1993	28	South East Melbourne	20-6 (2)	30	818.0	313	65	76	11	54	31	3	64	63	115	269	43%	44	116	38%	39	44	89%	54%	51%	21
1992	27	North Melbourne	14-10 (4)	24	678.0	314	52	60	12	40	27	2	39	64	113	241	47%	46	93	49%	42	52	81%	59%	56%	32
1990	25	North Melbourne	20-6 (1)	26	788.0	403	66	72	18	48	37	1	58	72	148	345	43%	61	144	42%	46	66	70%	54%	52%	33
1989	24	North Melbourne	18-6 (1)	27	1,041.0	515	107	101	31	76	47	8	80	87	200	418	48%	52	127	41%	63	82	77%	56%	54%	32
1988	23	North Melbourne	18-6 (2)	30	1,138.0	643	87	105	30	57	66	4	74	88	253	478	53%	40	87	46%	97	139	70%	59%	57%	37
1987	22	North Melbourne	15-11 (6)	27	893.0	359	78	97	18	60	58	3	71	81	150	322	47%	21	64	33%	38	50	76%	52%	50%	27
1986	21	Coburg	14-12 (8)	26	0.0	218	53	98	8	45	53	6	74	80	84	227	37%	17	50	34%	33	53	62%	43%	41%	18
1985	20	Illawarra	10-16 (9)	22	0.0	148	58	36	26	32	39	0	41	54	56	133	42%	2	5	40%	34	52	65%	47%	43%	20
Total				0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0		0	0

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