Marcus Simmons (basketball)

Marcus Jermaine Simmons (born January 28, 1988) is an American former professional basketball player. He played college basketball for the USC Trojans.

Marcus Simmons
Personal information
Born (1988-01-28) January 28, 1988
Alexandria, Louisiana, U.S.
Listed height6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)
Listed weight220 lb (100 kg)
Career information
High schoolPeabody Magnet
(Alexandria, Louisiana)
CollegeUSC (2007–2011)
NBA draft2011: undrafted
Playing career2011–2018
PositionShooting guard
Career history
2011–2012,
2013–2014		Yokohama B-Corsairs
2014–2016Fort Wayne Mad Ants
2016Phoenix Fuel Masters
2017–2018Grand Rapids Drive
Career highlights and awards
Stats  at Basketball-Reference.com

High school career

Born in Alexandria, Louisiana, Simmons attended local Peabody Magnet High School where he averaged 18 points, 7 rebounds and 6 assists per game as a junior, leading Peabody to a 34-5 record and a No. 2 ranking in the state of Louisiana.

As a senior, he averaged 18.0 points, 8.0 rebounds, 5.0 assists and 3.0 steals per game, leading Peabody to a 37-4 record and the 2006-07 4-A Louisiana state championship while winning their last 17. He was selected to the All-District 4-A team and earned All-State honors and was ranked as the No. 47 small forward in the 2007 recruiting class by Rivals.com.[1]

College career

After graduating high school, Simmons attended USC. During 4 years with the Trojans, he played on 105 games, starting 46, with averages 3.1 points, 2 rebounds, 0.9 assists and 0.5 steals, playing mostly as a defensive specialist being named during his senior season, the Pac-10 Defensive Player of the Year and made the All-Defensive team.[1]

Professional career

After going undrafted in the 2011 NBA draft, Simmons signed with Yokohama B-Corsairs of the Japanese bj league on September 27, 2011.[2]

After a year in Japan, Simmons was selected on the sixth round of the 2012 NBA Development League Draft by the Texas Legends on November 2, 2012,[3] and three days later, was traded to the Canton Charge.[4] He was later waived by the Charge November 15 prior to the start of the regular season.[5]

On December 16, 2013, after a year off, Simmons re-signed with the B-Corsairs[6] where he averaged 12.0 points, 5.0 rebounds, 1.1 assists and 1.2 steals in 34 games during the 2013–14 season.

On November 1, 2014, Simmons returned to the D-League, this time via the Fort Wayne Mad Ants' training camp,[7] making it to the opening night roster on November 14.[8] In 47 games for Fort Wayne in 2014–15, he averaged 4.1 points and 2.7 rebounds per game.[9]

On September 28, 2015, Simmons signed with the Chicago Bulls[10] However, he was later waived by the Bulls on October 22 after appearing in two preseason games.[11] A week later, he was reacquired by the Fort Wayne Mad Ants.[12]

On June 26, 2016, Simmons was signed by Phoenix Fuel Masters of the Philippine Basketball Association as the team's import for the 2016 PBA Governors' Cup.[13] On October 31, he was reacquired by Fort Wayne,[14] but was waived on November 10.[15] On January 16, 2017, Simmons was acquired by the Grand Rapids Drive of the NBA Development League.[16]

References
  1. "Marcus Simmons Bio". USC Trojans.com. Archived from the original on May 26, 2017. Retrieved October 9, 2015.
  2. "Ex-Trojans to play professionally overseas". DailyTrojan.com. September 27, 2011. Retrieved October 9, 2015.
  3. "Fort Wayne Mad Ants Select JaJuan Johnson With First Pick of 2012 NBA Development League Draft Live Via Cisco Webex". NBA.com. November 2, 2012. Archived from the original on November 6, 2012. Retrieved October 9, 2015.
  4. "Charge Make Roster Moves". OurSportsCentral.com. November 5, 2012. Retrieved October 9, 2015.
  5. "Charge Waive Eglseder and Simmons". OurSportsCentral.com. November 15, 2012. Retrieved October 9, 2015.
  6. "Marcus Simmons back at Yokohama BC". Court-Side.com. December 16, 2013. Retrieved October 9, 2015.
  7. "Mad Ants Finalize 2014-15 Training Camp Roster". OurSportsCentral.com. November 1, 2014. Retrieved October 9, 2015.
  8. "Mad Ants Finalize Opening Night Roster". OurSportsCentral.com. November 14, 2014. Retrieved October 9, 2015.
  9. "Marcus Simmons D-League Stats". Basketball-Reference.com. Retrieved October 31, 2015.
  10. "BULLS FINALIZE TRAINING CAMP ROSTER". NBA.com. September 28, 2015. Retrieved October 9, 2015.
  11. "BULLS WAIVE CRAWFORD & SIMMONS". NBA.com. October 22, 2015. Retrieved October 22, 2015.
  12. "Mad Ants add 5 to roster". JournalGazette.net. October 29, 2015. Retrieved October 31, 2015.
  13. Badua, Snow (June 26, 2016). "TNT's Mario Little, Marcus Simmons of Phoenix complete 12-import cast for PBA Governors Cup". Spin.ph. Retrieved June 26, 2016.
  14. Needham, Vinessa (October 31, 2016). "Mad Ants Finalize Training Camp Roster Following 2016 Draft". NBA.com. Retrieved December 15, 2016.
  15. Needham, Vinessa (November 10, 2016). "Mad Ants Waive Three to Finalize 2016-17 Roster". NBA.com. Retrieved December 15, 2016.
  16. "Grand Rapids Drive Acquire Marcus Simmons". NBA.com. January 16, 2017. Retrieved January 30, 2017.
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