2.6 || 1.4 || 0.2 || 28.5 |- | align="left" | Career | align="left" | | 97 || 80 || 26.6 || .557 || .186 || .737 || 6.9 || 1.3 || 1.2 || 0.2 || 21.0 |- Professional career After the end of his senior season, Best was automatically eligible for the 1993 NBA draft, during which he was selected by the New Jersey Nets with the 9th pick in the second round (36th overall). He participated in the preseason camp with the Nets, but was cut before the beginning of the 1993–94 NBA season and moved to Europe, signing for French club Le Mans Sarthe. In 1993–94 he played 17 games in the LNB Pro A with Le Mans, averaging 18.2 points, 7.1 rebounds and 1.6 assists, shooting 51% from the field in 35.4 minutes per game. He played in the USBL in 1994 with the Westchester Stallions; in 1995 he moved to Piratas de Quebradillas in the Baloncesto Superior Nacional of Puerto Rico, where he appeared in 5 games averaging 20 points, 6 rebounds and 0.8 assists, and then played for the San Miguel Beerman of the Philippine Basketball Association. In 1995–96 he played with Chorale Roanne in the LNB Pro B, the second level of French basketball. He joined Swiss club Fribourg Olympic, where he won the Swiss Basketball League title in 1996–97. After a stint for the Formula Shell Zoom in the Philippines he played in the LNB Pro B again in 1997–98 for Angers BC 49. He then spent two seasons with Formula Shell Zoom, earning an All-Star selection in 1998. In 2000 he transferred to German club Bayer Giants Leverkusen, in the Basketball Bundesliga. In the 2000–01 season he played a total of 32 games averaging 22.9 points, 6.1 rebounds, 2.6 assists and 1.9 steals in 32.8 minutes, shooting 58.1% from the field (38.7% from three) and 85% from the free throw line, and was the top scorer of the league; he was also named the BBL All-Star Game MVP in 2001. In 2001–02 he played 29 games with averages of 19.6 points, 5.8 rebounds, 2 assists and 1.8 steals in 31.2 minutes per game (shooting 38.9% from three). In 2002–03 over 30 games he averaged 20.6 points, 5.9 rebounds, 2.7 assists and 1.4 steals shooting 55.7% from the field (39.8% from three) and 85.3% from the line in 34.4 minutes per game.