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Phil Chenier

Phil Chenier
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Chenier in 2011
Personal information
Born (1950-10-30) October 30, 1950 (age 66)
Berkeley, California
Nationality American
Listed height 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)
Listed weight 180 lb (82 kg)
Career information
High school Berkeley (Berkeley, California)
College California (1969–1971)
NBA draft 1971 / Round: Hardship / Pick: 4th overall
Selected by the Baltimore Bullets
Playing career 1971–1981
Position Point guard
Number 45, 30, 15
Career history
19711979 Baltimore / Capital /
Washington Bullets
1979–1980 Indiana Pacers
1981 Golden State Warriors
Career highlights and awards
Career statistics
Points 9,931 (17.2 ppg)
Rebounds 2,063 (3.6 rpg)
Assists 1,742 (3.0 apg)
Stats at Basketball-Reference.com

Philip Chenier (born October 30, 1950) is an American former professional basketball player, a guard in the National Basketball Association for ten seasons. He is now a television sports broadcaster for the NBA's Washington Wizards.

Born and raised in Berkeley, California, Chenier graduated from Berkeley High School and played college basketball at the University of California in Berkeley.

Chenier was selected fourth in the 1971 NBA Hardship Draft by the Baltimore Bullets, and played for them for eight seasons, from 1971 to 1979. The franchise moved from Baltimore to Washington in 1973, after his second season.

Chenier was one of the better shooting guards in the NBA for the first six seasons in his career, but he suffered a back injury early in the 1977–78 season and had season-ending surgery. The Bullets went on to win the NBA title with Kevin Grevey as the shooting guard. Chenier was never the same player after that; he came back from his surgery late the next season, but never could crack the Bullets' starting lineup again.

Chenier was released by the Bullets after the 1978–79 season, and played briefly for the Indiana Pacers and Golden State Warriors and retired after the 1980–81 season.


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