Bobby Phills

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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 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 (CBA) and was named to the All-Rookie Team in 1992.[2] He was signed by the Cavaliers and rejoined 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,[3] averaging 1.3 steals per game for his career, and ranks in the NBA's top 100 all-time with his career three pointer percentage of 39.0%.[4] In 2000, he was killed in an automobile accident.

College

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.

Player profile

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,[5] he was said to more resemble an NFL linebacker than a basketball player.[6] In 1996, Michael Jordan remarked that Phills was the toughest defender he had ever faced.[6]

Death

On January 12, 2000, while a member of the Charlotte Hornets, Phills was killed in a car accident in Charlotte, North Carolina. Phills was traveling behind teammate David Wesley at over Script error: No such module "convert". when his Porsche spun and crossed into oncoming traffic. It hit another car, which in turn was struck in the rear by a minivan.[7] The drivers of the other two vehicles recovered, while Phills was pronounced dead at the scene.[7] A police report said Phills and Wesley were driving "in an erratic, reckless, careless, negligent or aggressive manner."[8] Wesley was later convicted of reckless driving after being cleared of a racing charge.[7]

Personal life

Phills was survived by his parents, his wife Kendall, and three children; a daughter Brittany Dickson, a son Bobby Ray Phills III, known as Trey and a daughter Kerstie. Trey gained statewide recognition in North Carolina while playing for Charlotte Christian School. He played college basketball for the Yale Bulldogs and now plays for the Greensboro Swarm of the NBA G League. After starting her college career at Wagner, Kerstie transferred and is currently a redshirt sophomore for Florida Gulf Coast University.[9]

Legacy

The Hornets retired Phills' #13 jersey on February 9, 2000, during halftime of a game against Phills' former team, the Cavaliers. It was the first number that the Hornets franchise had ever retired. The Hornets also wore a patch bearing his #13 on their jerseys for the remainder of the 1999–2000 season.[10] Phills' jersey hung from the rafters of the Charlotte Coliseum until the team relocated to New Orleans in 2002; it was then displayed in the New Orleans Arena until 2013. In 2004, the NBA added an expansion team, the Charlotte Bobcats. In 2013, the New Orleans Hornets changed their name to the New Orleans Pelicans. The following year, the Bobcats also re-branded, bringing the Hornets name back to Charlotte. Additionally, the original Charlotte Hornets' history from 1988 to 2002 was transferred to the renamed team. On November 1, 2014, the Charlotte Hornets retired Phills' jersey number a second time; it currently hangs from the rafters of the Spectrum Center.[11][12] The Pelicans have since returned the number 13 to circulation.

Career statistics

Legend
  GP Games played   GS  Games started  MPG  Minutes per game
 FG%  Field goal percentage  3P%  3-point field goal percentage  FT%  Free throw percentage
 RPG  Rebounds per game  APG  Assists per game  SPG  Steals per game
 BPG  Blocks per game  PPG  Points per game  Bold  Career high

NBA

Source[13]

Regular season

Year Team GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
Template:Nbay Cleveland 10 0 6.5 .429 .000 .636 .8 .4 .3 .1 3.1
Template:Nbay Cleveland 31 0 4.5 .463 .400 .600 .5 .3 .3 .1 3.0
Template:Nbay Cleveland 72 53 21.3 .471 .083 .720 2.9 1.8 .9 .2 8.3
Template:Nbay Cleveland 80 79 31.3 .414 .345 .779 3.3 2.3 1.4 .3 11.0
Template:Nbay Cleveland 72 69 35.1 .467 .441 .775 3.6 3.8 1.4 .4 14.6
Template:Nbay Cleveland 69 65 34.4 .428 .394 .718 3.6 3.4 1.6 .3 12.6
Template:Nbay Charlotte 62 61 30.4 .446 .386 .757 3.5 3.0 1.3 .3 10.4
Template:Nbay Charlotte 43 43 36.6 .433 .395 .685 4.0 3.5 1.4 .6 14.3
Template:Nbay Charlotte 28 9 29.5 .454 .330 .723 2.5 2.8 1.5 .3 13.6
Career 467 379 28.7 .443 .390 .738 3.1 2.7 1.3 .3 11.0

Playoffs

Year Team GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
1992 Cleveland 5 0 2.4 .444 .000 .750 1.2 1.0 .2 .0 2.2
1993 Cleveland 2 0 4.5 .333 – 1.000 .0 .0 .0 .0 2.0
1994 Cleveland 3 2 22.7 .375 1.000 .500 4.7 2.3 .7 .0 6.7
1995 Cleveland 4 4 36.5 .442 .571 .750 3.0 1.5 2.3 .0 14.3
1996 Cleveland 3 3 32.0 .371 .200 .250 4.7 2.0 .7 .3 9.7
1998 Charlotte 9 9 29.9 .391 .294 .250 2.6 2.7 1.1 .2 6.3
Career 26 18 23.1 .399 .333 .600 2.7 1.8 .9 .1 6.8

See also

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References

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  1. ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
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  3. ↑ Hornets guard Bobby Phills killed in car wreck, Lubbock Avalanche-Journal, January 13, 2000.
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  5. ↑ An Animal Intensity Cavaliers Guard Bobby Phills Is That Rarest Of Breeds: A Demon On D Who Can Also Nail The Three, Sports Illustrated, January 20, 1997.
  6. ↑ a b PRO BASKETBALL; Hornets' Phills Killed in Car Crash, The New York Times, January 13, 2000.
  7. ↑ a b c Chris Tomasson, Wesley to Smith: 'Only time heals', Rocky Mountain News, June 13, 2007.
  8. ↑ N.B.A.: SAN ANTONIO; Elliott Returns to Practice Following Transplant
  9. ↑ Trey Phills Bio - Yale University Retrieved March 10, 2018
  10. ↑ "Hornets will play Saturday, not Friday" ESPN
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