Paul Neumann (basketball)

Paul R. Neumann
Born	(1938-01-30) January 30, 1938
Occupation	Basketball player
Years active	1959–1967
Known for	Professional NBA player, point guard

Paul R. Neumann (born January 30, 1938) is a retired American basketball athlete who played professionally in the National Basketball Association (NBA).

Neumann, who played as a point guard, attended Newport Harbor High School located in Newport Beach, California before continuing his basketball career at the collegiate level with the Stanford Cardinal.

He was chosen in the fourth round of the 1959 NBA draft by the Syracuse Nationals. Neumann spent two seasons with the Nationals and remained with the franchise after it moved to Philadelphia, becoming the Philadelphia 76ers.

In a notable 1965 mid-season transaction, Neumann was traded alongside Connie Dierking and Lee Shaffer to the San Francisco Warriors in exchange for Wilt Chamberlain, a deal frequently referenced as an instance where a superstar was exchanged for considerably lesser assets.

Neumann finished his professional career after playing two complete seasons with the Warriors, retiring in 1967.

NBA

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Regular season

Year	Team	GP	MPG	FG%	FT%	RPG	APG	PPG
Template:Nbay	Syracuse	77	16.4	.429	.773	2.5	2.3	6.2
Template:Nbay	Syracuse	80*	19.8	.471	.815	2.5	2.8	8.2
Template:Nbay	Philadelphia	74	26.7	.443	.789	3.3	3.9	11.6
Template:Nbay	Philadelphia	40	27.5	.491	.804	2.6	3.5	14.4
Template:Nbay	San Francisco	36	25.9	.450	.723	2.7	2.6	10.8
Template:Nbay	San Francisco	66	26.2	.420	.836	3.2	2.8	14.4
Template:Nbay	San Francisco	78	31.0	.424	.800	3.5	4.4	13.9
Career		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 Francisco	15*	16.9	.330	.745	1.1	2.3	6.2
Career		29	21.0	.392	.765	2.1	2.8	7.5