Question: Facts: - draft pick: territorial - career end: 1965 - height in: 4 - team: philadelphia warriors camden bullets -lrb- epbl -rrb- - birth date: 9 april 1928 - draft team: philadelphia warriors - weight lb: 190 - statlabel: points rebounds assists - statvalue: 16,266 -rrb- 1,665 -lrb- 2.3 apg -rrb- -lrb- 22.8 ppg -rrb- 6,129 -lrb- 8.6 rpg - draft year: 1950 - bbr: arizipa01 - death date: 12 december 2006 - college: villanova -lrb- 1947 -- 1950 -rrb- - letter: a - name: paul arizin - death place: springfield , pennsylvania - birth place: philadelphia , pennsylvania - high school: la salle -lrb- wyndmoor , pennsylvania -rrb- - career start: 1950 - nationality: american - hof player: paul-j-arizin - career position: forward / guard - years: 1950 -- 1962 1962 -- 1965 - career number: 11 - height ft: 6 - image: paul arizin 50-62 . jpg Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of paul arizin .
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paul joseph arizin -lrb- april 9 , 1928 -- december 12 , 2006 -rrb- , nicknamed '' pitchin ' paul '' , was an american basketball player who spent his entire national basketball association -lrb- nba -rrb- career with the philadelphia warriors from 1950 to 1962 .he retired with the third highest career point total -lrb- 16,266 -rrb- in nba history , and was named one of the 50 greatest players in nba history upon its 50th anniversary in 1996 .he was a high-scoring forward at villanova university before being drafted by the warriors of the fledgling nba .