Paul L. McPherson (born July 3, 1978) is an American former professional basketball player. A 6'4" (1.93 m)

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from Chicago's South Shore High School, McPherson played at Tallahassee Community College, Kennedy-King College, and DePaul University before being signed by the

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of the National Basketball Association. McPherson played a total of 55 games in his NBA career, all during the

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, playing 33 games with the Suns and 22 with the

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. His career averages are 4.8

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and 1.4

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. His final NBA game was played on April 18, 2001 in a 81 - 95 loss to the Vancouver Grizzlies where he played 10 and half minutes and the only stat he recorded was 1 rebound. After his brief stint in the NBA, McPherson played in the American

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s and overseas. He also spent part of the 2002-2003 basketball season touring with the

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. Furthermore. he reached the Semifinal of the Nike King of the World Battleground 2004 and won $10000, but could not get to the final. Paul McPherson, was charged with four counts of unlawful sexual activity with a minor, three counts of contributing to the delinquency of a minor and one count each of possession of less than 20 grams of marijuana and unlawful use of a two-way communications device, according to his jail and arrest report. While McPherson was serving as the Englewood High School Boys Basketball coach and as the school's security guard.

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