Marvin Phillips

{{short description|American basketball player}}

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{{BLP sources|date=May 2015}}

{{Infobox basketball biography

| name = Marvin Phillips

| image = Marvin Phillips Lightning Time Out.jpg

| caption = Phillips with the Lightning in 2015

| league = NBL Canada

| team = KW Titans

| number =

| position = Power forward

| height_ft = 6

| height_in = 7

| weight_lb = 235

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1983|12|28}}

| birth_place = Jacksonville, North Carolina

| nationality = American

| high_school =

| college =

• Dodge City CC (2001–2002)
• Claflin (2002–2005)

| draft_year = 2005

| career_start = 2005

| career_end =

| years1 = 2004–2005

| team1 = Reigning Knights of Georgia

| years2 = 2005

| team2 = South Carolina Heat

| years3 = 2006

| team3 = Northern Pennsylvania Breakers

| years4 = 2006–2007

| team4 = Pittsburgh Xplosion

| years5 = 2007

| team5 = Albany Patroons

| years6 = 2007

| team6 = Piratas Saludcoop Bogotá

| years7 = 2007–2008

| team7 = Oklahoma City Cavalry

| years8 = 2008

| team8 = Fuerza Regia

| years9 = 2008–2010

| team9 = Iowa Energy

| years10 = 2010–2012

| team10 = Fort Wayne Mad Ants

| years11 = 2012

| team11 = Erie BayHawks

| years12 = {{nblcy|2012|start}}–{{nblcy|2013|end}}

| team12 = London Lightning

| years13 = 2014

| team13 = SPO Rouen Basket

| years14 = {{nblcy|2014|start}}–{{nblcy|2014|end}}

| team14 = London Lightning

| years15 = 2015–2016

| team15 = Étoile

| years16 = 2019–present

| team16 = KW Titans

| highlights =

• NBL Canada champion (2013)
• NBL Canada Finals MVP (2013)
• NBL Canada Newcomer of the Year (2013)
• NBL Canada All-Star Game MVP (2013)
• NBL Canada All-Star (2013)
• CBA champion (2008)
• All-CBA Second Team (2008)
• CBA Defensive Player of the Year (2008)
• CBA All-Defensive Team (2008)

}}

Marvin Phillips (born December 28, 1983) is an American professional basketball player who currently plays for the KW Titans of the National Basketball League of Canada. He most notably won the NBL Canada Finals Most Valuable Player Award in 2013, after leading the London Lightning to a National Basketball League of Canada championship that season.{{cite web|title=RBA Sports|url=http://www.rbasports.com/marvin_phillips.html|website=RBASports.com|accessdate=10 May 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304043740/http://www.rbasports.com/marvin_phillips.html|archive-date=4 March 2016|url-status=dead}} He was also named the league's All-Star Game MVP that same year, and Newcomer of the Year. Phillips has previously appeared in the NBA Development League, with teams like the Fort Wayne Mad Ants and Iowa Energy.{{cite web|title=Marvin Phillips|url=http://www.nba.com/dleague/marvin_phillips.html|website=NBA.com|accessdate=10 May 2015}}{{cite web|last1=Schlosser|first1=Keith|title=Former NBA D-League Forward Marvin Phillips Completes Successful Season in Canada|url=http://www.ridiculousupside.com/2013/4/19/4241838/former-nba-d-league-forward-marvin-phillips-completes-successful|website=RidiculousUpside.com|date=19 April 2013 |accessdate=10 May 2015}} He joined the KW Titans in 2019.{{cite news |last1=Bryson |first1=Mark |title=Coach impressed with new-look Kitchener-Waterloo Titans |url=https://www.therecord.com/sports-story/9770429-coach-impressed-with-new-look-kitchener-waterloo-titans/ |accessdate=December 28, 2019 |work=The Record |date=December 10, 2019}}

Phillips played for the Oklahoma City Cavalry of the Continental Basketball Association (CBA) during the 2007–08 season and won the CBA championship.{{cite web |title=2007-08 Oklahoma Cavalry Statistics |url=https://www.statscrew.com/minorbasketball/stats/t-CBALFC/y-2007 |website=Stats Crew |access-date=March 12, 2025}} He was named the CBA Defensive Player of the Year and earned All-CBA Second Team honors.{{cite web |title=Marvin Phillips minor league basketball statistics |url=https://www.statscrew.com/minorbasketball/stats/p-phillmar002 |website=Stats Crew |access-date=June 21, 2021}}