Peter Shawn Chilcutt (born September 14, 1968) is an American former professional

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player who played in the

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(NBA). Born in

Sumter, South Carolina Sumter ( ) is a city in and the county seat of Sumter County, South Carolina, United States. Known as the Sumter Metropolitan Statistical Area, the namesake county adjoins Clarendon and Lee to form the core of Sumter-Lee-Clarendon Tri-county (o ...

, Chilcutt attended

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. He was recruited by a number of schools, and decided to go to

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. Following a collegiate basketball career at

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, he was selected as a first-round NBA Draft pick in 1991 by the

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. 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

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in the 1994–95 season with the

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, for whom he played from 1994 to 1996. He also played for the

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, and

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NBA career statistics

Regular season

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Utah Utah ( , ) is a state in the Mountain West subregion of the Western United States. Utah is a landlocked U.S. state bordered to its east by Colorado, to its northeast by Wyoming, to its north by Idaho, to its south by Arizona, and to it ...

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Playoffs

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Post-basketball career

After his basketball career, Chilcutt spent time as a sixth-grade math and science teacher at Folsom Middle School in

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. Pete also founded a basketball academy in the Greater Sacramento area called Clutch City Basketball Academy.

References

External links

ClutchFans.net Pete Chilcutt Profile
- Houston Rocket Fan Site
Clutch City Basketball Academy
{{DEFAULTSORT:Chilcutt, Pete 1968 births Living people American expatriate basketball people in Canada American expatriate basketball people in Italy American men's basketball players Basketball players from South Carolina Cleveland Cavaliers players Detroit Pistons players Houston Rockets players Los Angeles Clippers players McDonald's High School All-Americans North Carolina Tar Heels men's basketball players Parade High School All-Americans (boys' basketball) Sportspeople from Folsom, California Sportspeople from Sumter, South Carolina Power forwards (basketball) Sacramento Kings draft picks Sacramento Kings players Utah Jazz players Vancouver Grizzlies players