Bobby Simmons
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| Position | Small forward/Guard |
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| League | NBA |
| Height | ft in ( m) |
| Weight | lb ( kg) |
| Team | Milwaukee Bucks |
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| Born | June 2 1980  Chicago, Illinois |
| High school | Simeon Vocational H S |
| College | DePaul |
| Draft | 2nd round, 42nd overall, 2001 Seattle SuperSonics |
| Pro career | 2001–present |
| Former teams | Washington Wizards (2001–2003) Los Angeles Clippers (2003–2005) |
| Awards | 2004-05 NBA Most Improved Player |
Bobby Simmons (born June 2 1980 in Chicago, Illinois) is an American professional basketball player currently with the Milwaukee Bucks 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.
Simmons has played for the Washington Wizards (2001-2003), Los Angeles Clippers (2003-2005), and Milwaukee Bucks (2005-Present).
The 6'6", 228lb 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.
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| Preceded by Zach Randolph |
NBA Most Improved
Player 2004-05 |
Succeeded by Boris Diaw |
| 2001 NBA Draft |
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| First Round Kwame Brown • Tyson Chandler • Pau Gasol • Eddy Curry • Jason Richardson • Shane Battier • Eddie Griffin • DeSagana Diop • Rodney White • Joe Johnson • Kedrick Brown • Vladimir Radmanović • Richard Jefferson • Troy Murphy • Steven Hunter • Kirk Haston • Michael Bradley • Jason Collins • Zach Randolph • Brendan Haywood • Joseph Forte • Jeryl Sasser • Brandon Armstrong • Raül López • Gerald Wallace • Samuel Dalembert • Jamaal Tinsley • Tony Parker |
| Second Round Trenton Hassell • Gilbert Arenas • Omar Cook • Will Solomon • Terence Morris • Brian Scalabrine • Jeff Trepagnier • Damone Brown • Mehmet Okur • Michael Wright • Earl Watson • Jamison Brewer • Bobby Simmons • Eric Chenowith • Kyle Hill • Sean Lampley • Loren Woods • Ousmane Cisse • Antonis Fotsis • Ken Johnson • Ruben Boumtje-Boumtje • Alton Ford • Andre Huston • Jarron Collins • Kenny Satterfield • Maurice Jeffers • Robertas Javtokas • Alvin Jones • Bryan Bracey |
3 Lynn Greer | 6 Andrew Bogut | 11 Earl Boykins | 21 Bobby Simmons | 22 Michael Redd | 23 Ruben Patterson | 25 Maurice Williams | 31 Charlie Villanueva | 34 David Noel | 42 Charlie Bell | 50 Dan Gadzuric | 52 Damir Markota | 54 Brian Skinner | Yi Jianlian | Ramon Sessions | Coach Larry Krystkowiak
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