Hornet's Bobby Phills killed

[Boston Sports Fan <bostonsptsfan@yahoo.com>]

Radio reports 2 other players injured....no names
given. 
  

CHARLOTTE, N.C. -- Bobby Phills of the Charlotte
Hornets was killed in an automobile accident while
returning home from a shootaround this morning. He was
30. 
The Hornets said their game Wednesday night with the
Chicago Bulls was postponed. 

The Baton Rouge, Louisiana native was in his ninth
season out of Southern University. He is survived by
his wife, Kendall, and children Bobby Ray III and
Kerstie. 

Phills played 28 games this season and averaged 13.6
points, 2.5 rebounds and 2.8 assists per game. He
averaged 11.0 points in 467 career games with
Charlotte and the Cleveland Cavaliers. 

Television reports showed Hornets coach Paul Silas and
player Eldon Campbell standing near the accident
scene. 
Phills' body reportedly was still in the car, draped
in a blue tarpaulin by police 

A second-round draft pick of the Milwaukee Bucks in
1991, Phills never played a game for the team before
being waived. He originally signed a 10-day contract
with the Cavaliers on March 19, 1992 and was signed
for 
the remainder of the season shortly thereafter,
permanently sticking in the NBA. 

He signed with Charlotte as a free agent before the
1997-98 season and was one of four finalists for the
NBA's Sportsmanship Award. He was a a member of the
NBA's All-Defensive Second Team in 1995-96. 
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