Pete Chilcutt
American basketball player (born 1968)
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Peter Shawn Chilcutt (born September 14, 1968) is an American former professional basketball player who played in the National Basketball Association (NBA), winning an NBA championship in 1995 with the Houston Rockets. He played college basketball for the North Carolina Tar Heels.
(Tuscaloosa, Alabama)
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Born | September 14, 1968 Sumter, South Carolina, U.S. |
| Listed height | 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) |
| Listed weight | 230 lb (104 kg) |
| Career information | |
| High school | Tuscaloosa Academy (Tuscaloosa, Alabama) |
| College | North Carolina (1987–1991) |
| NBA draft | 1991: 1st round, 27th overall pick |
| Drafted by | Sacramento Kings |
| Playing career | 1991–2000 |
| Position | Power forward |
| Number | 32, 34, 33, 23, 24 |
| Career history | |
| 1991–1994 | Sacramento Kings |
| 1994 | Detroit Pistons |
| 1994 | Illy Caffè Trieste |
| 1994–1996 | Houston Rockets |
| 1996–1999 | Vancouver Grizzlies |
| 1999–2000 | Utah Jazz |
| 2000 | Los Angeles Clippers |
| 2000 | Cleveland Cavaliers |
| 2000 | Los Angeles Clippers |
| Career highlights | |
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| Career NBA statistics | |
| Points | 2,494 (4.3 ppg) |
| Rebounds | 1,935 (3.3 rpg) |
| Assists | 488 (0.8 apg) |
| Stats at NBA.com | |
| Stats at Basketball Reference | |
Biography
Born in Sumter, South Carolina, Chilcutt attended Tuscaloosa Academy in Tuscaloosa, Alabama. He was recruited by a number of schools, and decided to go to University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Following a college basketball career at North Carolina, he was selected in the first round of the 1991 NBA draft by the Sacramento Kings.
Chilcutt played forward for seven teams over a nine-year professional career that spanned from the 1991–92 to the 1999–2000 season. He won an NBA Championship in the 1994–95 season with the Houston Rockets, for whom he played from 1994 to 1996. He also played for the Detroit Pistons, Vancouver Grizzlies, Los Angeles Clippers, Cleveland Cavaliers, and Utah Jazz.
NBA career statistics
| 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 |
| * | Led the league |
Regular season
| Year | Team | GP | GS | MPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | PPG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1991–92 | Sacramento | 69 | 2 | 11.8 | .452 | 1.000 | .821 | 2.7 | .6 | .5 | .2 | 3.6 |
| 1992–93 | Sacramento | 59 | 9 | 14.1 | .485 | – | .696 | 3.3 | 1.1 | .4 | .4 | 6.1 |
| 1993–94 | Sacramento | 46 | 24 | 21.2 | .463 | .000 | .596 | 5.9 | 1.5 | .9 | .6 | 7.3 |
| 1993–94 | Detroit | 30 | 0 | 13.0 | .425 | .214 | .769 | 3.3 | .5 | .3 | .4 | 3.8 |
| 1994–95† | Houston | 68 | 17 | 19.8 | .445 | .407 | .738 | 4.7 | 1.0 | .4 | .6 | 5.3 |
| 1995–96 | Houston | 74 | 0 | 8.8 | .408 | .378 | .654 | 2.1 | .4 | .3 | .2 | 2.7 |
| 1996–97 | Vancouver | 54 | 1 | 12.3 | .436 | .362 | .591 | 2.9 | .9 | .5 | .3 | 3.4 |
| 1997–98 | Vancouver | 82* | 0 | 17.3 | .435 | .415 | .661 | 3.7 | 1.3 | .6 | .5 | 4.9 |
| 1998–99 | Vancouver | 46 | 0 | 15.2 | .366 | .382 | .824 | 2.5 | .7 | .5 | .3 | 3.6 |
| 1999–00 | Utah | 26 | 0 | 8.6 | .355 | .100 | 1.000 | 1.7 | .4 | .2 | .2 | 1.8 |
| 1999–00 | Cleveland | 6 | 0 | 5.0 | .000 | – | – | 1.5 | .2 | .0 | .0 | .0 |
| 1999–00 | L.A. Clippers | 24 | 2 | 14.5 | .492 | .313 | 1.000 | 3.3 | .7 | .4 | .3 | 3.0 |
| Career | 584 | 55 | 14.4 | .441 | .381 | .696 | 3.3 | .8 | .5 | .4 | 4.3 | |
Playoffs
Post-basketball career
After his basketball career, Chilcutt spent time as a sixth-grade math and science teacher at Folsom Middle School in Folsom, California. Pete also founded a basketball academy in the Greater Sacramento area called Clutch City Basketball Academy.[1]