Darren Douglas Phillip (born March 18, 1978) is an American professional

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player. Phillip a.k.a. "Primal Fear" is also a well known

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player on the basketball courts of the New York City summer leagues. He was the 2000 NCAA Division I men's basketball season rebounding leader.

College career

Born in London, England, he attended high school in Brooklyn, New York, later playing college basketball at

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in Connecticut. At Fairfield, he was a two-time First Team All- MAAC selection. As a senior, Phillip led the nation in rebounds per game (14.0 rpg), while tallying a nation-leading 24 double-doubles including 19 straight to end the season and posting a MAAC single game record 25 rebounds in the team's win over

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. As a freshman, Phillip was a starter on the Stags team which held a half time lead over the number 1 seed University of

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before falling short in the 1997 NCAA Men's Basketball Championship tournament. Phillip received his bachelor's degree in communications from

in 2000.

Professional career

Phillip was invited to the

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summer camp in 2000. Not offered a guaranteed contract, Phillip opted to sign a two-year guaranteed contract with

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, a team based in

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that plays in Spain's top league, the

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. After playing six years in Spain with three different teams, Phillip signed with the Strong Island Sound of the

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in 2006.Streetballin Streetball :: View topic - Strong Island Sound sign DP
Phillip lead the league with 12.5 rebounds per game while tallying 10 double-doubles in 13 games. In December 2006, Phillip returned to Spain to play his seventh season with

CAI Zaragoza Basket Zaragoza 2002 S.A.D., more commonly referred to as Basket Zaragoza and as Casademont Zaragoza for sponsorship reasons, is a professional basketball club based in Zaragoza, Spain. The team plays in the Liga ACB. Their home arena is th ...

. Five years later, in September 2011, he signs for Ford Burgos.Darren Phillip ya es del Autocid
Diario de Burgos. September 1, 2011

Streetball career

Phillip has a long-standing reputation as being one of the best big men in the New York City summer hoops circuit, winning numerous championships and awards at Hoops In the Sun at Orchard Beach in the

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Pro City and EBC Rucker Park. Phillip is known in cage and throughout the city as Primal Fear. Phillip's

resume includes team champions of the 2001 Hoops in the Sun; 2002, 2003, 2004 and 2006 EBC Rucker Park; 2004, 2005, 2007 Nike Pro City; 2006 and 2007 Brooklyn Nike Pro City; 2004 and 2005 West 4th Street; and the 2004, 2005, 2006 Original Rucker tournaments. And he was MVP of the 2005 EBC Rucker Park, 2007 Nike Brooklyn Pro City, 2007 Nike Pro City, and the 2004 and 2005 Original Rucker tournaments. Phillip appeared in the "EBC at Rucker Park: Season Two" DVD released in 2002.

References

External links

CAI Zaragoza ProfileNike Basketball Article
{{DEFAULTSORT:Phillip, Darren 1978 births Living people African-American basketball players American expatriate basketball people in Argentina American expatriate basketball people in Chile American expatriate basketball people in Spain American men's basketball players Atléticos de San Germán players Basket Zaragoza players Baloncesto Málaga players CB Girona players Ciclista Olímpico players English expatriates in Spain Fairfield Stags men's basketball players Juventud Sionista basketball players Leones de Ponce basketball players Liga ACB players Piratas de Quebradillas players Power forwards (basketball) Quimsa basketball players Real Betis Baloncesto players Sportspeople from Brooklyn Street basketball players Basketball players from New York City Basketball players from Greater London 21st-century African-American sportspeople 20th-century African-American sportspeople

College career

Professional career

Streetball career

See also

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