Zachary Darnell Graham (born March 28, 1989) is an American professional basketball player for

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of the

Novo Basquete Brasil Novo Basquete Brasil (NBB) (English language, English: New Basketball Brazil) is the Brazilian premier professional men's basketball league. It is organized by the Liga Nacional de Basquete (LNB) (National Basketball League), in a new format of B ...

(NBB). He played college basketball at

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for four years. He was undrafted in the 2011 NBA draft.

Early life and college career

Zach Graham was born on March 28, 1989, in

Suwanee, Georgia Suwanee is a city in Gwinnett County and a northeastern suburb of Atlanta in the U.S. state of Georgia. As of the 2010 census, the population was 15,355; this had grown to an estimated 20,907 as of 2019. Portions of Forsyth and Fulton counties ...

, and graduated from

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in 2007. Graham played for

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from 2007 to 2011, where he averaged 9.4 points and 3.4 rebounds in 23.4 minutes while playing 135 games for them.

Professional career

Graham was automatically eligible for the 2011 NBA draft but he was not drafted. Graham then played for the

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of the

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where he played 43 games for them, 23 of them on which he started, averaging 10.9 points and 3.2 rebounds in 23.8 minutes. On December 9, 2011, Graham was signed by the

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but was released on December 17 of the same year. The

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selected him as their import for the 2012 Governors' Cup where he played and started all 9 games and averaged 37.6 points and 12.6 rebounds in 44.8 minutes of action. After his stint with Air21, Grahan them played for Maliye Milli Piyango in Turkey. Graham once again returned to Air21, this time in the 2013 Governors' Cup, playing in 8 games and averaging 27 points and 9.8 rebounds in 44 minutes of action. Graham was signed by

Soles de Mexicali The Soles de Mexicali (English: ''Mexicali Suns'') is a Mexican professional basketball team based in Mexicali, Baja California, Mexico, playing in the Northern Division of the Liga Nacional de Baloncesto Profesional (LNBP). The team was founde ...

in 2012 where he played 43 games for them and averaged 18.8 points and 3.2 rebounds. Graham was signed by

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of the

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of Puerto Rico on March 17, 2014, but only played 5 games for them. Graham was signed by

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on April 19, 2014. He played 15 games for them. In September 2014, he returned to Soles de Mexicali. In 50 games with them he averaged 20.8 points and 4.1 rebounds per game. On May 9, 2015, he signed with

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of Puerto Rico for the 2015 BSN season. On August 21, 2015, he signed with the Spanish club Estudiantes of the Liga ACB. On December 29, 2015, he parted ways with Estudiantes after appearing in seven games. On September 18, 2016, Graham won the

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with Guaros de Lara, and was named the

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after scoring 19 points in the game. On December 16, 2017, Graham signed with the Israeli team

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. On July 11, 2018, Graham returned to

for a second stint, signing for the rest of the 2018 BSN Season.

Aguada

In June 2019 Graham signed with Aguada to play the finals of the

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, he finished the tournament with 21 points per game, it was decisive for Aguada to be champions of the tournament.

Flamengo

In July 2019 Graham signed with NBB team

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References

External links

Eurobasket.com profile

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