Bubba Wells played college basketball for Austin Peay State University and later professionally, including for the Dallas Mavericks in the NBA and Dafni in the Greek Basket League.
10 Facts About Bubba Wells
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Bubba Wells upped those averages during his senior year when he averaged 31.7 points and 7.5 rebounds per game.
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Bubba Wells left the school as its all-time leading scorer with 2,267 points and is a member of the Athletics Hall of Fame.
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On December 29,1997, in a game against the Chicago Bulls, Bubba Wells set the record for the shortest amount of playing time before fouling out in an NBA regular season game.
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Bubba Wells fouled out late in the third quarter after registering his sixth personal foul in a total of 2 minutes and 43 seconds playing time.
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On June 24,1998, Bubba Wells was traded to the Phoenix Suns along with Martin Muursepp, the draft rights to Pat Garrity, and a future first-round draft pick in exchange for point guard Steve Nash.
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Bubba Wells never appeared in a game for Phoenix or Chicago.
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Bubba Wells later played for the LaCrosse Bobcats of the CBA, the Oklahoma Storm of USBL, the Memphis Houn'Dawgs of the ABA, Dafni in the Greek Basket League and Barangay Ginebra Kings the Philippine Basketball Association.
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From June 2005 through May 2015, Bubba Wells was an assistant men's basketball coach at Austin Peay.
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The previous summer Bubba Wells served as a supporter to Jones on NBC TV game show, Deal or No Deal.