Bobby Simmons

infobox NBA Player

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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 Player

Bobby Simmons (born June 2 1980 in Chicago, Illinois) is an American professional basketball player for the New Jersey Nets of the National Basketball Association.

College career

Simmons played three years of college basketball for DePaul University.

Professional career

Simmons was selected in the second round (42nd pick overall) of the 2001 NBA Draft by the Seattle SuperSonics. Simmons's draft rights were traded to the Washington Wizards for Predrag Drobnjak on June 27, 2001.

Simmons was traded by the Wizards on September 11, 2002, shortly before the start of the 2002-03 NBA season, to the Detroit Pistons with Hubert Davis and Richard Hamilton for Jerry Stackhouse, Brian Cardinal, and Ratko Varda. He was released by the Pistons on September 24 and, less than two weeks later, signed with the Wizards again on October 10. Later, Simmons signed a free-agent contract with the Los Angeles Clippers on September 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 the NBA Most Improved Player Award.

He signed a free-agent contract with the Milwaukee Bucks on August 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 The New Jersey Nets for Richard 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
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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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References

External links

* [http://www.nba.com/playerfile/bobby_simmons/ NBA.com Profile - Bobby Simmons]