In fact, here's the basic summary of what I could find on him:
- Born in Germany, he was the 16th overall pick out of U. of Washington by the Sixers in 1987 (he was part of a dismal crop of picks by the Sixers that year including... Vincent Askew [2nd rd], Eric Riggins [3rd rd from Rutgers], Brian Rahilly [4th rd, U of Tulsa], Frank Ross [5th rd, American University], Tracy Foster [6th rd, UAB]... now you can see why the NBA has cut the draft down to two rounds!)
- In 109 games over three years with four different teams, he averaged 10 minutes a game and 3.3 points/game, and 2.4 fouls/game. Impressive points to foul ratio there, I must say.
- He played three games in the playoffs in his career, totaling 22 minutes and scoring a total of two points while accumulating 7 personal fouls.
- Apparently he landed in Germany and played there from 1991-96.
Do you have any memories of Chris Welp? Probably not, but if so, please share!
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might be a little late as your original post is from 2006, but anyway...Despite his lack of success in the nba Chris welp became a pretty decent player in Europe. Played for Bayer Leverkusen in Germany (1991-96, won five national chmapionships and 3 national cups),Olympiakos Piräus in Greece (96-97 Euroleaguetitle), Alba Berlin (97-98 National Champion) and to finish his career, in Italy for Viola Reggio Calabria (1998-99). But his most famous play got the German national team the 1993 European Championship: With only a few seconds to play and Germany trailing Russia 68:70 he scored with a dunk, was fouled and able to connect with the free throw to give Germany the title...
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