Education
Born in London, England, he attended high school in Brooklyn, New York, later playing college basketball at Fairfield University in Connecticut.
Born in London, England, he attended high school in Brooklyn, New York, later playing college basketball at Fairfield University in Connecticut.
Phillip a.k.a. "Primal Fear" is also a well known streetball player on the basketball courts of the New York City summer leagues. He was the 2000 National Collegiate Athletic Association Division I men"s basketball season rebounding leader. At Fairfield, he was a two-time First Team All-MAAC selection.
As a freshman, Phillip was a starter on the Stags team which held a half time lead over the number 1 seed University of North Carolina Tar Heels before falling short in the 1997 National Collegiate Athletic Association Men"s Basketball Championship tournament.
Phillip received his bachelor"s degree in communications from Fairfield University in 2000. Phillip was invited to the Philadelphia 76ers summer camp in 2000.
Not offered a guaranteed contract, Phillip opted to sign a two-year guaranteed contract with Central Bank Málaga, a team based in Málaga, Andalusia that plays in Spain"s top league, the Asociación de Clubs de Baloncesto. After playing six years in Spain with three different teams, Phillip signed with the Strong Island Sound of the American Basketball Association in 2006.
Phillip lead the league with 12.5 rebounds per game while tallying 10 double-doubles in 13 games.
In December 2006, Phillip returned to Spain to play his seventh season with Computer-assisted instruction Zaragoza. Five years later, in September 2011, he signs for Ford Burgos. Phillip has a long-standing reputation as being one of the best big men in the New York City summer hoops circuit, winning numerous championships and awards at Hoops In the Sun at Orchard Beach in the Bronx, Nike Pro City and EBC Rucker Park.
Phillip is known in cage and throughout the city as Primal Fear.
Phillip"s streetball resume includes team champions of the 2001 Hoops in the Sun. 2002, 2003, 2004 and 2006 EBC Rucker Park.
2004, 2005, 2007 Nike Pro City. 2006 and 2007 Brooklyn Nike Pro City.
2004 and 2005 West 4th Street.
And the 2004, 2005, 2006 Original Rucker tournaments. And he was Most Valuable Player of the 2005 EBC Rucker Park, 2007 Nike Brooklyn Pro City, 2007 Nike Pro City, and the 2004 and 2005 Original Rucker tournaments. Phillip appeared in the "EBC at Rucker Park: Season Two" Digital Video Disc released in 2002.