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Bobby Phills

Bobby Phills
Personal information
Born (1969-12-20)December 20, 1969
Baton Rouge, Louisiana
Died January 12, 2000(2000-01-12) (aged 30)
Charlotte, North Carolina
Nationality American
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 / Round: 2 / Pick: 45th overall
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
19921997 Cleveland Cavaliers
19972000 Charlotte Hornets
Career highlights and awards
Career NBA statistics
Points 5,153 (11.0 ppg)
Assists 1,246 (2.7 apg)
Steals 592 (1.3 spg)
Stats at Basketball-Reference.com

Bobby Ray Phills II (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 memeber of Alpha Phi Alpha. 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, averaging 1.3 steals per game for his career, and an excellent perimeter shooter, with a 39.0% career three-point shooting percentage.

Phills attended Southern University in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, and was a member of the Alpha Phi Alpha fraternity. He led the NCAA in three-point field goals per game (4.39) his senior year.

Though he made a name for himself as a shooter during his college career, Phills became known as a tenacious wing defender in the NBA. At 6' 5" and 220 pounds, he was said to more resemble an NFL linebacker than a basketball player. In 1996, Michael Jordan remarked that Phills was the toughest defender he had ever faced.


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