Paul Davis (basketball)

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Paul Davis
No. 40 – Khimki
Power forward
Center
Personal information
Born (1984-07-21) July 21, 1984 (age 28)
Rochester, Michigan
Nationality American
Listed height 6 ft 11 in (2.11 m)
Listed weight 270 lb (122 kg)
Career information
High school Rochester
(Rochester, Michigan)
College Michigan State (2002–2006)
NBA Draft 2006 / 2nd round, 34th overall
Selected by the Los Angeles Clippers
Pro career 2006–present
League PBL
VTB United League
Euroleague
Career history
2006–2007,
2008–2009		 Los Angeles Clippers
2009 Washington Wizards
2010 Xacobeo Blu:Sens
2010–2012 Cajasol Banca Cívica
2012–present Khimki
Career highlights and awards
Stats at NBA.com

Paul Davis (born July 21, 1984) is an American professional basketball player for BC Khimki of the Russian Professional Basketball League (PBL).

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[edit] Early years

Davis started his career at Reuther Middle School where his number has been retired.

Davis played for Rochester High School, earning Mr. Basketball of Michigan honors in 2002. As a center for the Michigan State Spartans, he finished the 2005 season as the NCAA Tournament's leading rebounder. Davis was ranked as the nation's number three center by Lindy's College Basketball and the nation's number five post man by Athlon Sports.

In his senior season, he averaged 17.5 points, 9.1 rebounds, 1.6 assists, 1 steal and 0.9 blocks, while also shooting 87% from the free-throw line, and was 6–19 from three-point territory.

On April 2, 2009, Paul appeared on the Bravo show Millionaire Matchmaker.[1]

[edit] Professional career

[edit] NBA

On June 28, 2006, Davis was selected by the Los Angeles Clippers in the 2006 NBA Draft with the 34th pick (4th pick of 2nd round).

After 2007–08 season, he became a restricted free agent. His rights were renounced by the Clippers, but on August 18, 2008, he was re-signed by the Clippers.[2] He was waived by the Clippers in January 2009.[3][4]

On September 25, 2009, Davis signed with the Washington Wizards. He was waived on November 11, 2009, when the Wizards signed guard Earl Boykins.[5]

[edit] European clubs

On April 8, 2010, Davis signed with Xacobeo Blu:Sens, a Spanish ACB team.[6]

In September 2010 he signed with CB Cajasol Sevilla.[7] After two seasons at Seville, in May 2012 he signed with the Russian club BC Khimki, to join them for the Euroleague competition.[8]

[edit] NBA career statistics

Legend
  GP Games played   GS  Games started  MPG  Minutes per game
 FG%  Field-goal percentage  3P%  3-point field-goal percentage  FT%  Free-throw percentage
 RPG  Rebounds per game  APG  Assists per game  SPG  Steals per game
 BPG  Blocks per game  PPG  Points per game  Bold  Career high

[edit] Regular season

Year Team GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
2006–07 L.A. Clippers 31 0 5.8 .423 .000 .700 1.4 .2 .2 .2 1.6
2007–08 L.A. Clippers 22 1 8.8 .369 .000 .600 2.1 .5 .3 .3 2.5
2008–09 L.A. Clippers 27 1 11.9 .408 .000 .794 2.5 .4 .4 .1 4.0
2009–10 Washington 2 0 4.0 .500 .000 .500 .0 1.5 .0 .5 2.5
Career 82 2 8.6 .402 .000 .732 1.9 .4 .3 .2 2.6

[edit] Notes

  1. ^ Former Clipper Paul Davis appears on 'Millionaire Matchmaker'
  2. ^ "Clippers Sign Paul Davis". NBA.com. http://www.nba.com/clippers/news/pdavis_080818.html. Retrieved 2008-08-18.
  3. ^ Clippers Waive Paul Davis and Fred Jones
  4. ^ Dillman, Lisa (January 6, 2009). "Clippers waive Fred Jones, Paul Davis; Cheikh Samb checks in". Los Angeles Times. http://www.latimes.com/sports/la-sp-clippersfyi6-2009jan06,0,1905189.story. Retrieved 2009-01-29.
  5. ^ Wizards sign guard Boykins
  6. ^ O Xacobeo Blu:sens ficha ao americano Paul Davis (Spanish)
  7. ^ Cajasol Seville signed Paul Davis
  8. ^ BC Khimki adds Paul Davis

[edit] External links

Khimki current roster
  • Head coach: Kurtinaitis
  • Assistant coaches: Gavrilović
First round
Second round
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