Paul R. Neumann (born January 30, 1938) is an American former basketball player who played in the National Basketball Association (NBA).
A point guard, Neumann attended Newport Harbor High School in Newport Beach, California and played college basketball for the Stanford Cardinal.
He was selected in the fourth round of the 1959 NBA draft by the Syracuse Nationals. He played two seasons with the Nationals, and remained with the team as it moved to Philadelphia and was renamed the Philadelphia 76ers.
In 1965, he was traded at mid-season along with Connie Dierking and Lee Shaffer to the San Francisco Warriors for Wilt Chamberlain, a trade that is frequently cited as an example of a star player (in this case, Chamberlain) being traded for far less than he is worth.
He played two more full seasons with the Warriors before retiring in 1967.
Career statistics
NBA Source
Regular season Year Team GP MPG FG% FT% RPG APG PPG Syracuse 77 16.4 .429 .773 2.5 2.3 6.2 Syracuse80* 19.8 .471 .815 2.5 2.8 8.2 Philadelphia 74 26.7 .443 .789 3.3 3.9 11.6 Philadelphia 40 27.5 .491 .804 2.6 3.5 14.4 San Francisco 36 25.9 .450 .723 2.7 2.6 10.8 San Francisco 66 26.2 .420 .836 3.2 2.8 14.4 San Francisco 78 31.0 .424 .800 3.5 4.4 13.9Career 451 24.4 .442 .799 2.9 3.2 11.1
Playoffs Year Team GP MPG FG% FT% RPG APG PPG 1962 Syracuse 5 24.8 .414 .667 3.4 2.8 5.6 1963 Syracuse 4 16.3 .444 .000 3.5 2.3 4.0 1964 Philadelphia 5 33.0 .458 .839 2.6 5.0 16.0 1967 San Francisco15* 16.9 .330 .745 1.1 2.3 6.2Career 29 21.0 .392 .765 2.1 2.8 7.5
References
External links Career statistics from Basketball-Reference.com