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Phil Chenier
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Chenier in 2011
No. 45, 30, 15
Shooting guard
Personal information
Born (1950-10-30) October 30, 1950 (age 74)
Berkeley, California, U.S.
High school Berkeley (Berkeley, California)
Listed height 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)
Listed weight 180 lb (82 kg)
Career information
College California (1969–1971)
NBA Draft 1971 / Round: Hardship / Pick: 4th overall
Selected by the Baltimore Bullets
Pro career 1971–1981
Career history
1971–1979 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)

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

Early years

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

NBA playing career

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. He 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.

Chenier, who was a 1972 NBA All-Rookie Team selection, averaged 17.2 points per game for his career, and was named to three NBA All-Star teams.

In 2017, the Wizards announced that they would retire Chenier's number 45 jersey. On March 23, 2018, Chenier's jersey was retired.

Broadcasting career

Chenier, who got his start in television sports broadcasting with Home Team Sports back in 1985, has announced black college games alongside broadcasters Charlie Neil and James Brown for Black Entertainment Television. He was the color analyst for the Washington Bullets and Washington Wizards games on television from 1987 to 2017, with a final pairing for NBC Sports Washington alongside play-by-play commentator, Steve Buckhantz.

NBA 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

Regular season

Year Team GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
1971–72 Baltimore 81 30.6 .415 .737 3.3 2.5 12.3
1972–73 Baltimore 71 39.1 .452 .795 4.1 4.2 19.7
1973–74 Capital 76 38.7 .434 .820 5.1 3.1 2.0 .9 21.9
1974–75 Washington 77 37.3 .450 .825 3.8 3.2 2.3 .8 21.8
1975–76 Washington 80 36.9 .483 .827 4.0 3.2 2.0 .6 19.9
1976–77 Washington 78 36.4 .444 .841 3.8 3.8 1.5 .5 20.2
1977–78† Washington 36 26.0 .443 .790 2.8 2.0 1.0 .3 14.1
1978–79 Washington 27 14.3 .437 .643 .7 1.1 .1 .2 5.8
1979–80 Washington 20 23.5 .393 .500 .756 2.2 2.1 .9 .3 10.1
Indiana 23 16.5 .385 .333 .692 1.5 2.0 .7 .4 5.4
1980–81 Golden State 9 9.1 .333 .333 1.000 .9 .8 .0 .0 3.2
Career 578 33.1 .444 .400 .806 3.6 3.0 1.6 .6 17.2
All-Star 3 0 16.0 .500 .500 1.7 1.0 .7 .0 7.3

Playoffs

Year Team GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
1972 Baltimore 6 25.5 .373 .833 2.7 .8 9.0
1973 Baltimore 5 42.2 .506 .750 4.2 3.4 17.8
1974 Capital 7 44.3 .453 .892 6.1 1.7 1.9* 1.1 22.4
1975 Washington 17* 40.7 .470 .895 4.5 3.2 1.3 .6 24.2
1976 Washington 7 37.9 .438 .824 3.7 1.6 .9 .4 18.0
1977 Washington 9 40.0 .476 .804 4.4 2.6 1.7 .4 25.0
1979 Washington 9 10.8 .217 .455 0.9 1.0 .3 .0 2.8
Career 60 34.8 .450 .845 3.8 2.2 1.2 .5 18.1

Personal life

Chenier resides in Columbia, Maryland, with his wife Gerry Chenier. He has two daughters, one son and grandchildren.

See also

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