PROFESSIONAL CAREER

2023-24 (CHICAGO): Appeared in 40 games (no starts) and averaged 2.2 ppg and 0.9 rpg in 8.1 mpg … shot .416 from the field, .316 from three and .684 from the free-throw line … tallied three games with two-plus three-pointers made and three games with at least 20 minutes played … matched a career-high 11 points, alongside two rebounds and a block at POR (1/28) … set career-highs in points (11), minutes (28) and steals (two) vs. DAL (3/11) … logged a career-high three blocks at PHI (1/2) … scored his first career points vs. MIA (11/20). CAREER: Has appeared in 40 games (no starts) and averaged 2.2 ppg and 0.9 rpg in 8.1 mpg … shot .416 from the field, .316 from three and .684 from the free-throw line.

BEFORE NBA

COLLEGE CAREER: Averaged 8.3 ppg, 4.7 rpg and 1.4 apg in 24.1 mpg through 32 games (25 starts) during his lone season at Tennessee … shot .411 from the field, .239 from three and .822 from the free-throw line … (2022-23): earned All-SEC Freshman Team honors – ranking sixth in the SEC in defensive rating (91.1) and free throw shooting percentage (.822) … was the only Tennessee player during the 2022-23 season to record at least 20 steals and 15 blocks (20 steals, 17 blocks) … scored in double figures in 13 games … recorded two double-doubles and grabbed 10 or more rebounds in three contests … named SEC Freshman of the Week (1/23/23) after averaging 14.0 ppg and 7.5 rpg while tallying a total of 28 points and 15 rebounds in a pair of road wins over Mississippi State and LSU … recorded his highest-scoring SEC game and second career double-double with 18 points and 11 rebounds at Mississippi State (1/17) … scored a career-high 25 points alongside eight rebounds vs. USC (11/24) en route to earning a 2022-23 Battle 4 Atlantis All-Tournament Team selection.

PERSONAL LIFE

Born in Killeen, Tex. … he is the son of Kim and Chamberlain Phillips, who both served with and retired from the U.S. Army … posted the highest vertical leap (43 inches) of any participant during the 2023 NBA Draft Combine … was rated as the nation’s No. 13 prospect by ESPN and Rivals for the Class of 2022 and was a 2021-22 McDonald’s High School All-American … graduated from Link Academy in Branson, Missouri, where he was coached by Rodney Perry … Link Academy ascended to No. 3 in the final 2021-22 USA Today Super 25 high school basketball rankings after the team compiled a 33-2 record and advanced to the championship game of the GEICO National Championships.

Julian Phillips