Phil Zevenbergen is a retired American

United States

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 professional basketball

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 player.

A 6'10" (2.08 m) power forward

Power forward (basketball)

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, Zevenbergen played collegiately

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 at Seattle Pacific University

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, Edmonds Community College, and the University of Washington

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. He was selected in the third round (50th overall) of the 1987 NBA Draft

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 by the San Antonio Spurs

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, and played eight games for them in 1987–88, averaging 3.8 points and 1.6 rebounds per game.

He has also played professionally in Italy

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, Spain

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, France

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, Macedonia

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 and Poland

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