Steve Chubin
Stephen "Steve" Chubin, also known as "Chube" (born February 8, 1944 in New York City) is a retired American basketball player.
He played collegiately for the University of Rhode Island, where he became the school's all-time leading scorer.[1]
He was selected by the San Francisco Warriors in the 3rd round (23rd pick overall) of the 1966 NBA Draft.
Chubin spent the 1966-67 season playing in Italy for the Simmenthal Company (Milan) (Olimpia Milano) team, which placed second in the European Cup behind Real Madrid. Chubin was the top scorer in the final, with 34 points.[2]
Chubin played for the Anaheim Amigos (1967–68), and by most accounts was the most popular player with the team's fans.[3] Chubin averaged 18.2 points per game during his first ABA season.[4] Also during his first year with the Amigos, Chubin ranked second in the league in assists per game (4.7).[5]
Chubin later played for the Los Angeles Stars, Minnesota Pipersal, Indiana Pacers and New York Nets (1968–69), Nets, Pittsburgh Pipers, Pacers and Kentucky Colonels (1969–70) in the American Basketball Association for 226 games.,[6] and in Israel with Maccabi Tel Aviv.
References
External links
- Career statistics and player information from Basketball-Reference.com
- Safsal.co.il Profile
- 1944 births
- Living people
- American expatriate basketball people in Italy
- Anaheim Amigos players
- Basketball players from New York
- Indiana Pacers players
- Israeli Basketball Super League players
- Jewish American sportspeople
- Jewish basketball players
- Kentucky Colonels players
- Los Angeles Stars players
- Maccabi Tel Aviv B.C. players
- Minnesota Pipers players
- New York Nets players
- Olimpia Milano players
- People from New York City
- Pittsburgh Pipers players
- Rhode Island Rams men's basketball players
- San Francisco Warriors draft picks
- American men's basketball players
- American basketball biography, 1940s birth stubs
- Louisville, Kentucky stubs