Paul Silas

Paul Silas embodies a kind of basketball value that rarely makes highlight reels but wins championships. At 201 cm he made his name doing the unglamorous work, rebounding and defending, earning five All-Defensive selections and two All-Star nods. Three titles, two with Boston and one with Seattle, tell you teammates won wherever he showed up. I have a soft spot for players who measure success by the team's banner rather than their own box score. He later coached, passing that winning mentality forward. Silas died in 2022, but that blue-collar excellence deserves to be remembered.

Name (English)

Paul Silas

Name (Japanese)

ポール・サイラス

Reading

ぽーる・さいらす

Born

July 12, 1943 – December 10, 2022

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Cancer / Goat

Origin

Prescott, Arizona, United States

Height

201 cm

Occupation

basketball player / basketball coach

High school

McClymonds High School

University

Creighton University

• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul%20Silas
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%9D%E3%83%BC%E3%83%AB%E3%83%BB%E3%82%B5%E3%82%A4%E3%83%A9%E3%82%B9
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2562208

Tags

• Arizona
• basketball player
• basketball coach

Last updated

2026-06-21

Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public or unconfirmed items are omitted. English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.