▁for ▁minor ▁le agues . ▁He ▁played ▁colleg i ately ▁for ▁Austin ▁Pe ay ▁State ▁University ▁and ▁was ▁named ▁ 1 9 9 7 ▁Ohio ▁Valley ▁Conference ▁Player ▁of ▁the ▁Year . ▁ ▁Selected ▁ 3 4 th ▁by ▁the ▁M av s ▁in ▁the ▁ 1 9 9 7 ▁NBA ▁draft , ▁the ▁little - used ▁small ▁forward ' s ▁NBA ▁career ▁was ▁short - l ived , ▁consisting ▁of ▁just ▁ 3 9 ▁games ▁of ▁the ▁ 1 9 9 7 – 9 8 ▁season . ▁However , ▁he ▁did ▁start ▁two ▁games ▁in ▁March ▁ 1 9 9 8 , ▁in ▁place ▁of ▁the ▁injured ▁C ed ric ▁C eb all os . ▁ ▁His ▁brief ▁NBA ▁career ▁did ▁feature ▁one ▁memor able ▁game ▁where ▁he ▁set ▁the ▁record ▁for ▁the ▁short est ▁amount ▁of ▁playing ▁time ▁( less ▁than ▁ 3 ▁minutes ) ▁before ▁fou ling ▁out , ▁as ▁part ▁of ▁a ▁failed ▁strategy ▁to ▁intention ally ▁f oul ▁Dennis ▁Rod man ▁( a ▁not or iously ▁bad ▁free ▁throw ▁shoot er ) ▁to ▁limit ▁his ▁scoring . ▁ ▁His ▁NBA ▁career ▁came ▁to ▁an ▁ab rupt ▁end ▁in ▁ 1 9 9 8 , ▁after ▁he ▁was ▁trad ed ▁to ▁the ▁Phoenix ▁S uns ▁along ▁with ▁Martin ▁M ü ür se pp , ▁the ▁draft ▁rights ▁to ▁Pat ▁G arr ity , ▁and ▁a ▁future ▁first - round ▁draft ▁pick ▁in ▁exchange ▁for ▁point ▁guard ▁Steve ▁Nash . ▁Well s ▁never ▁played ▁a ▁game ▁for ▁the ▁S uns