Pete Chilcutt

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.

Pete Chilcutt

Personal information
Born	(1968-09-14) September 14, 1968 (age 56) 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
NBA champion (1995) Third-team All-ACC (1991) McDonald's All-American (1986) Fourth-team Parade All-American (1986)
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

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
*	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

Year	Team	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG
1995†	Houston	20	15	16.2	.484	.389	.824	2.9	.9	.4	.2	4.5
1996	Houston	1	0	10.0	.250	.000	.000	3.0	.0	.0	.0	2.0
Career		21	15	15.9	.471	.378	.737	2.9	.9	.3	.2	4.4

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]