Personal information | |
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Born | Baton Rouge, Louisiana, U.S. | December 20, 1969
Died | January 12, 2000 Charlotte, North Carolina, U.S. | (aged 30)
Listed height | 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) |
Listed weight | 200 lb (91 kg) |
Career information | |
High school | Southern Laboratory School (Baton Rouge, Louisiana) |
College | Southern (1987–1991) |
NBA draft | 1991: 2nd round, 45th overall pick |
Selected by the Milwaukee Bucks | |
Playing career | 1991–2000 |
Position | Shooting guard |
Number | 14, 13 |
Career history | |
1991–1993 | Sioux Falls Skyforce |
1992 | Cleveland Cavaliers |
1993 | Banco Natwest Zaragoza |
1992–1997 | Cleveland Cavaliers |
1997–2000 | Charlotte Hornets |
Career highlights and awards | |
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Career NBA statistics | |
Points | 5,153 (11.0 ppg) |
Assists | 1,246 (2.7 apg) |
Steals | 592 (1.3 spg) |
Stats at NBA.com | |
Stats at Basketball Reference |
Bobby Ray Phills Jr. (December 20, 1969 – January 12, 2000) was an American professional basketball player. He played shooting guard and small forward for the National Basketball Association's Cleveland Cavaliers and Charlotte Hornets.
A native of Baton Rouge, Louisiana, Phills attended Baton Rouge's Southern University. He was a member of Alpha Phi Alpha.[1] He was selected by the Milwaukee Bucks in the 1991 NBA draft (45th overall).
After being cut in December 1991 without playing a game for the Bucks, Phills had a stint with the Sioux Falls Skyforce of the Continental Basketball Association before being signed by the Cavaliers and rejoining the NBA late in the 1991–92 season. Over his nine-year career, he averaged 11.0 points, 3.1 rebounds, and 2.7 assists per game. He was known as a defensive stopper,[2] averaging 1.9 steals per game for his career, and an excellent perimeter shooter, with a 39.0% career three-point shooting percentage. In 2000, he was killed in an automobile accident.