his nba career came to an abrupt end in 1998, after he was traded to the phoenix suns along with martin müürsepp, the draft rights to pat garrity, and a future first-round draft pick in exchange for point guard steve nash. wells never played a game for the suns. he was later traded to the chicago bulls, also for whom he never played. he later played for the lacrosse bobcats of the cba, the oklahoma storm of usbl, the memphis houn'dawgs of the aba, and overseas in greece and the philippines. he played for the harlem globetrotters in 2004–05. from june 2005 through may 2015, wells was an assistant men's basketball coach at austin peay.