(1969-12-20)December 20, 1969 Baton Rouge, Louisiana, U.S.
Died
January 12, 2000(2000-01-12) (aged 30) Charlotte, North Carolina, U.S.
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
NBA All-Defensive Second Team (1996)
No. 13 retired by Charlotte Hornets
First-team All-SWAC (1991)
No. 34 retired by Southern Jaguars
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.com
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.
^"Yale's Trey Phills Looks to Emulate His Dad, Ex-NBA Guard Bobby Phills, Who Died in 2000".
^Hornets guard Bobby Phills killed in car wreck, Lubbock Avalanche-Journal, January 13, 2000.
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the 2015–16 season). As of 2011, two players are deceased: BobbyPhills and Bison Dele. Phills died in a car accident involving teammate David Wesley. Dele...
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team picked up point guard David Wesley and shooting guard BobbyPhills. With Wesley, Phills, Rice, Mason, and Divac, the Hornets romped through the regular...
crash that killed his friend and teammate BobbyPhills. A Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police report said Phills was speeding at more than 100 mph (160 km/h)...
Jazz. From 2000 to 2014, the then-Hornets had retired #13 in honor of BobbyPhills. The number was retired on February 9, 2000, after his death in an automobile...
their first division title in 1976. The 1976 team was led by Austin Carr, Bobby "Bingo" Smith, Jim Chones, Dick Snyder, Nate Thurmond and head coach Bill...
"Hornets to Bring Phills' Retired Jersey Back to Charlotte". Charlotte Hornets. October 23, 2014. Retrieved January 31, 2016. "Phills' No. 13 jersey raised...
Southern Jaguars retired jerseys No. Player Career Year of Retirement 15 Avery Johnson 1986–88 2012 34 BobbyPhills 1987–91 2012 41 Bob Love 1961–65 2012...
Brooklyn Nets F 1981–1989 The team was then the New Jersey Nets. 13 BobbyPhills Charlotte Hornets G 1997–2000 Died in a car crash while playing for the...
team picked up point guard David Wesley and shooting guard BobbyPhills. With Wesley, Phills, Rice, Mason, and Divac, the Hornets romped through the regular...
English, Dennis Rodman, Muggsy Bogues, Vinny Del Negro, Vlade Divac, BobbyPhills, J. R. Reid, Terrell Brandon, Brad Daugherty, Mitch Richmond, Avery Johnson...
2000 – Marc Davis, American animator and screenwriter (b. 1913) 2000 – BobbyPhills, American basketball player (b. 1969) 2001 – Luiz Bonfá, Brazilian guitarist...
Pts: Derek Harper 30 Rebs: Patrick Ewing 13 Asts: Charles Oakley 8 Pts: BobbyPhills 20 Rebs: Hot Rod Williams 7 Asts: Mark Price 9 New York wins series,...
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