Philip Alexander Scrubb (born 27 November 1992) is a Canadian–British professional basketball player for Bahçeşehir Koleji of the Basketbol Süper Ligi (BSL).
During his university basketball career, he won five CIS championships with the Carleton University Ravens, before embarking on a professional career. Scrubb is considered one of the greatest players in CIS basketball history.
After finishing the season at Carleton, Scrubb signed with Entersport, a professional basketball agency. In July 2015, Scrubb played with the NBA Summer League teams of the Memphis Grizzlies and the Toronto Raptors. In August 2015, Scrubb began his professional career with the Greek League club AEK Athens, after signing a two-year contract with them. In the winter of 2016, he moved to Germany, after he was loaned by AEK to the German Bundesliga club, the Skyliners Frankfurt. On 1 May 2016, he captured the FIBA Europe Cup title with the Skyliners, tallying six points, three rebounds and two assists in the championship game.
The Frankfurt team exercised an option in June 2016, to keep Scrubb for the 2016–17 season. However, he missed the beginning of the season, due to problems with his knee; and in December 2016, the Skyliners announced that Scrubb had to undergo surgery to repair the knee injury, after the failure of conservative treatment, and that he would be out for between six and nine months. He returned to the Frankfurt team for the 2017–18 season. In April 2018, Scrubb won the BBL Best Offensive Player award. Scrubb was the Basketball Bundesliga Top Scorer as well, as he averaged 18.3 points per game on his way to leading Frankfurt to the playoffs as the eighth-seed.
On 18 July 2018, Scrubb signed a one-year deal with Zenit Saint Petersburg of the VTB United League. On 17 July 2019, Scrubb signed a one-year deal with Spanish club Movistar Estudiantes. Scrubb averaged 9.4 points per game. On 23 July 2020, he signed with Limoges CSP of the LNB Pro A.
On 14 May 2021, Scrubb signed with the Niagara River Lions of the Canadian Elite Basketball League.
On 17 August 2021, Scrubb signed with the Russian team BC Avtodor of the VTB United League. he averaged 11.9 points, 2.0 rebounds and 3.8 assists per game. He left the team after the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine.
On 9 March 2022, Scrubb signed with Monbus Obradoiro of the Liga ACB.
On 13 April 2023, Scrubb re-signed with the Niagara River Lions, but didn't play for them. On 10 August, he signed with Bahçeşehir Koleji of the Basketbol Süper Ligi.
2015 |
2016-2018 |
2018-2019 |
2019-2020 |
2020-2021 |
2021 |
2021-2022 |