- Bubba Wells
Charles Richard "Bubba" Wells (born
July 26 1974 inRussellville, Kentucky ) is an American former professionalbasketball player for theDallas Mavericks .Selected 34th by the Mavs in the
1997 NBA Draft out ofAustin Peay State University , the little-usedsmall forward 's NBA career was short-lived, consisting of just 39 games of the 1997-98 season. Though he did start two games inMarch 1998 , in place of the injuredCedric Ceballos .His NBA career came to an abrupt end in
1998 , after he was traded to thePhoenix Suns along withMartin Müürsepp , the draft rights toPat Garrity , and a future first-round draft pick in exchange forpoint guard Steve Nash . Wells never played a game for the Suns. As of the2005 -2006 season, Wells is an assistant men's basketball coach at Austin Peay.Wells breaks 41-year NBA record
Bubba Wells holds the dubious distinction of being the player with the quickest disqualification due to
personal fouls in an NBA regular season game. In aDecember 29 ,1997 game against theChicago Bulls , then-Mavericks coachDon Nelson employed a desperate tactic to limit the Bulls' offense. He inserted Wells into the game with the express purpose of fouling power forwardDennis Rodman , a notoriously poorfree throw shooter, away from the ball. This would mark Nelson's first known use of the defensive strategy that would later become known as "Hack-a-Shaq ".Fact|date=July 2007The plan failed, however, when Rodman hit nine-of-twelve foul shots and Chicago went on to win the game 111–105. Wells fouled out late in the third quarter after registering his sixth personal foul in a total of three minutes playing time. [ [http://www.apsu.edu/magazine/98Fall/Bubba.htm Bubba Update] , Austin Peay State University website, Fall 1998]
The previous record-holder was Dick Farley of the
Syracuse Nationals who was disqualified in five minutes onMarch 12 ,1956 . [ [http://www.nba.com/history/this_date_march.html NBA.com History: This Date in History - March] ]Notes
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