- Bobby Simmons
infobox NBA Player
name = Bobby Simmons
number = 21
position =Small forward /Guard
height_ft = 6 | height_in = 6
weight_lbs = 228
league =NBA
team =New Jersey Nets
nationality = USA
birth_date = birth date and age|1980|6|2
birth_place =Chicago ,Illinois
college = DePaul
highschool= Simeon (Chicago, IL)
draft = 2nd round, 42nd overall
draft_year = 2001
draft_team =Seattle SuperSonics
career_start = 2001
career_end =
former_teams =Washington Wizards (2001–2003)Los Angeles Clippers (2003–2005)Milwaukee Bucks (2005–2008)
awards = 2004-05 NBA Most Improved PlayerBobby Simmons (born
June 2 1980 inChicago ,Illinois ) is an American professionalbasketball player for theNew Jersey Nets of theNational Basketball Association .College career
Simmons played three years of
college basketball forDePaul University .Professional career
Simmons was selected in the second round (42nd pick overall) of the
2001 NBA Draft by theSeattle SuperSonics . Simmons's draft rights were traded to theWashington Wizards forPredrag Drobnjak onJune 27 ,2001 .Simmons was traded by the Wizards on
September 11 ,2002 , shortly before the start of the2002-03 NBA season , to theDetroit Pistons withHubert Davis and Richard Hamilton forJerry Stackhouse ,Brian Cardinal , andRatko Varda . He was released by the Pistons onSeptember 24 and, less than two weeks later, signed with the Wizards again onOctober 10 . Later, Simmons signed a free-agent contract with theLos Angeles Clippers onSeptember 26 ,2003 .The 6'6", 228 lb small forward had a breakout year during the
2004-05 NBA season with the Los Angeles Clippers in which he averaged a career-high 16.4 points per game. He was rewarded for his stellar play with theNBA Most Improved Player Award .He signed a free-agent contract with the
Milwaukee Bucks onAugust 8 ,2005 shortly after the new collective bargaining agreement was finalized. Since his breakout year with the Clippers, Simmons has struggled to reach the same level of play. In his first year with the Bucks, his points, rebounds and shooting percentages all declined. Then in 2006, an ankle injury forced him to miss the entire 2006-07 season.For his career, Simmons has averaged 10.7 points, 4.3 rebounds, 1.9 assists, and 1.0 steals.
Bobby Simmons was traded along with
Yi Jianlian to TheNew Jersey Nets forRichard Jefferson on June 26, 2008, just a few hours before that year's NBA Draft. [cite web | title = ESPN - Nets agree to trade Jefferson to Bucks for Yi, Simmons | publisher = ESPN.com | url = http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/draft2008/news/story?id=3462210 | accessdate = 2008-06-26 ]NBA career statistics
Regular season
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align="left" | 2001–02
align="left" | Washington
30 || 3 || 11.4 || .453 || .286 || .733 || 1.7 || .6 || .4 || .2 || 3.7
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align="left" | 2002–03
align="left" | Washington
36 || 2 || 10.5 || .393 || .000 || .914 || 2.1 || .6 || .3 || .1 || 3.3
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align="left" | 2003–04
align="left" | Los Angeles
56 || 8 || 24.6 || .394 || .167 || .834 || 4.7 || 1.7 || .9 || .3 || 7.8
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align="left" | 2004–05
align="left" | Los Angeles
75 || 74 || 37.3 || .466 || .435 || .846 || 5.9 || 2.7 || 1.4 || .2 || 16.4
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align="left" | 2005–06
align="left" | Milwaukee
75 || 74 || 33.8 || .453 || .420 || .825 || 4.4 || 2.3 || 1.1 || .3 || 13.4
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align="left" | 2007–08
align="left" | Milwaukee
70 || 21 || 21.7 || .421 || .351 || .757 || 3.2 || 1.1 || .7 || .1 || 7.6
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align="left" | Career
align="left" |
342 || 182 || 26.2 || .442 || .390 || .829 || 4.1 || 1.7 || .9 || .2 || 10.0
###@@@KEYEND@@@###Playoffs
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align="left" | 2005–06
align="left" | Milwaukee
5 || 5 || 31.8 || .333 || .417 || .000 || 3.6 || 2.0 || 1.8 || .2 || 6.6
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align="left" | Career
align="left" |
5 || 5 || 31.8 || .333 || .417 || .000 || 3.6 || 2.0 || 1.8 || .2 || 6.6
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External links
* [http://www.nba.com/playerfile/bobby_simmons/ NBA.com Profile - Bobby Simmons]
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