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Phil Chenier

Age 75 · USA · 191 cm (6'3") · 82 kg · Born Oct 30, 1950 · California

15.3 PPG 3.3 RPG 2.7 APG 463 games 8 seasons
Phil Chenier

Career snapshot

8seasons
463games
7,084career pts
7.3PER (avg)
Most-played franchise: Washington Wizards · 388 games · 1971-72–1979-80

Position rank · 1979-80

#51PPG rank
#68PER rank
#66WS rank
Among 76 Guard players (min. 41 games)

Career highs (single season)

PPG 21.9 1973-74 · WAS
RPG 5.1 1973-74 · WAS
APG 4.2 1972-73 · WAS
PER 8.9 1979-80 · IND
WS 0.0 1979-80 · IND

Honors & awards

3×
All-Star Selection
1976, 1974, 1973
1×
All-NBA Team
1974
1×
All-Rookie Team
1971

Career by team

Golden State Warriors
1980-81 – 1980-81 · 1 seasons
3.2 PPG 0.9 RPG 0.8 APG
9 games
Indiana Pacers
1979-80 – 1979-80 · 1 seasons
5.4 PPG 1.5 RPG 2.0 APG
23 games
Washington Wizards
1971-72 – 1979-80 · 7 seasons
17.0 PPG 3.6 RPG 2.9 APG
388 games

Stats by season

SeasonTeamGGSMIN PTSREBASTSTLBLK FG%3P%FT%PERWS
1971-72 WAS 81 0 30.6 12.3 3.3 2.5 0.0 0.0 41.5 0.0 73.7 — —
1972-73 WAS 71 0 39.1 19.7 4.1 4.2 0.0 0.0 45.2 0.0 79.5 — —
1973-74 WAS 76 0 38.7 21.9 5.1 3.1 2.0 0.9 43.4 0.0 82.0 — —
1974-75 WAS 77 0 37.3 21.8 3.8 3.2 2.3 0.8 45.0 0.0 82.5 — —
1977-78 WAS 36 0 26.0 14.1 2.8 2.0 1.0 0.3 44.3 0.0 79.0 — —
1978-79 WAS 27 0 14.3 5.8 0.7 1.1 0.1 0.2 43.7 0.0 64.3 — —
1979-80 NBA 43 0 19.8 7.6 1.8 2.1 0.8 0.3 39.0 41.7 73.1 — —
1979-80 IND 23 0 16.5 5.4 1.5 2.0 0.7 0.4 38.5 33.3 69.2 8.9 0.0
1979-80 WAS 20 0 23.5 10.1 2.2 2.1 0.9 0.3 39.3 50.0 75.6 — —
1980-81 GSW 9 0 9.1 3.2 0.9 0.8 0.0 0.0 33.3 33.3 100.0 5.6 0.0

Transfers & team changes

Derived from season-by-season team membership.

Date Move Type Notes
Jul 1980 Indiana Pacers Golden State Warriors season change
Jul 1980 Washington Wizards Golden State Warriors season change
Oct 1979 Indiana Pacers Washington Wizards mid season trade From 1979-80 to 1979-80
Jul 1979 Washington Wizards Indiana Pacers season change

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Born on October 30

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About Phil Chenier

Philip Chenier 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.