Paul Murphy Shirley was born on December 23,1977 and is an American former professional basketball player who last played for Unicaja Malaga in the Spanish ACB.
14 Facts About Paul Shirley
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Paul Shirley was later the author of a blog for ESPN.
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Paul Shirley finished his career in Spain, playing in the ACB for ViveMenorca and Unicaja Malaga.
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Paul Shirley was born in Redwood City, California, and grew up near the small town of Meriden, Kansas.
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Paul Shirley played high school basketball at Jefferson West High School, where he was a National Merit Finalist.
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Paul Shirley worked his way from walk-on to three-year starter for the Iowa State basketball team.
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Paul Shirley was coached first by Tim Floyd and then by Larry Eustachy.
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Paul Shirley appeared in NBA preseason games with the Los Angeles Lakers, New Orleans Hornets, and Minnesota Timberwolves, and played summer league games with the Timberwolves and Cleveland Cavaliers.
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Paul Shirley played a total of 18 games in the NBA from 2002 to 2005 where he averaged 1.8 points and 1.1 rebounds.
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Paul Shirley appeared in the film Glory Road and in an episode of the TBS Sitcom Ground Floor.
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Paul Shirley produced an unaired television pilot for Twentieth Century Fox called The Twelfth Man.
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Paul Shirley commented on topics such as the USA Patriot Act, which he condemned as "[putting] the US on a fast-track to an Orwellian destiny".
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Paul Shirley's writing garnered attention from national sports media, as well as other outlets such as Newsweek, The Wall Street Journal, and by ESPN's Bill Simmons.
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Between 2008 and 2015, Paul Shirley wrote a monthly column about the NBA called "Historias de un Tio Alto" in El Pais.