Mike Phelps

{{Short description|American basketball player (born 1961)}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=July 2024}}

{{Similar names|Michael Phelps (disambiguation)}}

{{BLP sources|date=August 2021}}

{{Infobox basketball biography

| name = Mike Phelps

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| height_ft = 6

| height_in = 4

| weight_lb = 180

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1961|10|03}}

| birth_place = Vicksburg, Mississippi, U.S.

| high_school = Vicksburg (Vicksburg, Mississippi)

| college = Alcorn State (1981–1985)

| draft_year = 1985

| draft_round = 7

| draft_pick = 144

| draft_team = Seattle SuperSonics

| career_start =

| career_end =

| career_number = 25, 14

| career_position = Shooting guard

| years1 = {{nbay|1985|start}}–{{nbay|1986|end}}

| team1 = Seattle SuperSonics

| years2 = {{nbay|1987|end}}

| team2 = Los Angeles Clippers

| years3 = 1988–1990

| team3 = San Miguel Beermen

| highlights =

• 2× PBA champion (1988 Reinforced, 1989 Open)
• SWAC Player of the Year (1985)

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Michael Phelps (born October 3, 1961) is an American former professional basketball player. Born in Vicksburg, Mississippi, he attended Alcorn State University and was selected in the 7th round of the 1985 NBA draft by the Seattle SuperSonics.{{cite news |last1=Bowker |first1=Ernest |title=Phelps proud to be city's only NBA player |url=https://www.vicksburgpost.com/2017/08/25/phelps-proud-to-be-citys-only-nba-player/ |access-date=21 August 2021 |work=The Vicksburg Post |date=25 August 2017}} Phelps played with the Sonics and Los Angeles Clippers.{{cite news |last1=Dy |first1=Richard |title='Powerhouse team': Mon Fernandez reflects on SMB's 1989 Grand Slam |url=https://www.espn.com/basketball/pba/story/_/id/29047297/mon-fernandez-reflects-smb-1989-grand-slam |access-date=21 August 2021 |work=ESPN.com |date=17 April 2020 |language=en}} He later took his talents overseas and found success in the Philippine Basketball Association where he played for the San Miguel Beermen, helping them win two conference championships in 1988 and 1989.{{cite news |title=Norman Black names his six best imports then is asked: Who'd you pick over yourself? |url=https://www.spin.ph/basketball/pba/norman-black-names-six-best-imports-then-is-asked-who-would-you-pick-over-yourself |access-date=21 August 2021 |work=Spin.ph |agency=Sports Interactive Network Philippines |date=15 June 2016 |language=en}} The latter became the first of three consecutive conference titles the team will win that year to accomplish the Grand Slam title run becoming only the second team in the league to do so. Phelps played one more conference with the team in 1990 but they failed to qualify for the semi-finals.