Henry Sims (born March 27, 1990) is an American professional basketball player who last played for Universo Treviso of the Italian Lega Basket Serie A (LBA). He played college basketball for Georgetown University.
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Free Agent | |
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Position | Center / Power forward |
Personal information | |
Born | (1990-03-27) March 27, 1990 (age 32) Baltimore, Maryland, US |
Listed height | 2.08 m (6 ft 10 in) |
Listed weight | 112 kg (247 lb) |
Career information | |
High school | Mt. Saint Joseph (Baltimore, Maryland) |
College | Georgetown (2008–2012) |
NBA draft | 2012 / Undrafted |
Playing career | 2012–present |
Career history | |
2012–2013 | Erie BayHawks |
2013 | New Orleans Hornets |
2013 | Petron Blaze Boosters |
2013–2014 | Cleveland Cavaliers |
2013 | →Canton Charge |
2014–2015 | Philadelphia 76ers |
2015–2016 | Grand Rapids Drive |
2016 | Brooklyn Nets |
2016 | Salt Lake City Stars |
2016–2017 | Shanxi Brave Dragons |
2017 | Salt Lake City Stars |
2017–2018 | Vanoli Cremona |
2018–2019 | Virtus Roma |
2019–2020 | Fortitudo Bologna |
2020–2021 | Incheon Electroland Elephants |
2021 | Reggio Emilia |
2021–2022 | Universo Treviso |
Career highlights and awards | |
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Stats ![]() | |
Stats at Basketball-Reference.com | |
Sims played for Mt. Saint Joseph High averaging 19 points and 13 rebounds as a senior. He led his team to three BCL and MIAA Championships and earned Player of the Year and All Metro honors.[1]
Sims played for four years at Georgetown where he played in 104 games, starting 17, averaging 3.8 points, 2.6 rebounds. He had his best year as a senior, averaging 11.6 points, 6.0 rebounds and 3.5 assists per game connecting on 46.3 percent of his field goals.[2]
After going undrafted in the 2012 NBA draft, Sims joined the Utah Jazz for the Orlando Summer League and Chicago Bulls for the Las Vegas Summer League.[3] On September 10, 2012, he signed with the New York Knicks.[4] However, he was waived on October 27.[5] In November 2012, he was acquired by the Erie BayHawks.[4]
On February 4, 2013, Sims was named to the Prospects All-Star roster for the 2013 NBA D-League All-Star Game.[6]
On March 3, 2013, Sims signed a 10-day contract with the New Orleans Hornets.[7] He appeared in two games for the Hornets recording a total of four points and two rebounds. He was released by the Hornets on March 12, 2013[8] and returned to the BayHawks. On April 1, 2013, his contract was bought out by the BayHawks,[4] and a day later, signed with the Petron Blaze Boosters of the Philippines.[9]
He joined the Charlotte Bobcats for the 2013 NBA Summer League. On September 30, 2013, he signed with the Cleveland Cavaliers.[4] On December 5, 2013, he was assigned to the Canton Charge of the NBA D-League.[10] He was recalled by the Cavaliers on December 9.[11] On December 11, he was reassigned to Canton.[12] He was recalled the next day.
On February 20, 2014, Sims was traded to the Philadelphia 76ers along with Earl Clark and two future second-round picks in exchange for Spencer Hawes.[13] On March 22, 2014, Sims recorded 18 points and a career high 15 rebounds in an 81-91 loss to the Chicago Bulls.[14] On April 4, 2014, Sims recorded a career high 24 points in a 111-102 win over the Boston Celtics.[15]
On September 16, 2015, Sims signed with the Phoenix Suns.[16] However, he was later waived by the Suns on October 24 after appearing in all six of the team's preseason games.[17] On November 12, he was acquired by the Grand Rapids Drive of the NBA Development League.[18] On November 14, he made his debut for Grand Rapids in a 113–101 win over the Delaware 87ers, recording 15 points, seven rebounds, one assist and one block in 19 minutes off the bench.[19]
On March 17, 2016, Sims signed a 10-day contract with the Brooklyn Nets.[20] Two days later, he made his debut in a 115–113 loss to the Detroit Pistons, recording 10 points, eight rebounds, one steal and one block in 20 minutes off the bench.[21] On March 27, he signed a second 10-day contract with the Nets,[22] and on April 6, he signed with the team for the rest of the season.[23]
On September 22, 2016, Sims signed with the Utah Jazz,[24] but was waived on October 20 after appearing in three preseason games.[25] On October 31, he was acquired by the Salt Lake City Stars of the NBA Development League.[26] On December 12, Sims early terminated his contract with Salt Lake City.[27] In 11 games, he averaged 18.2 points, 8.3 rebounds and 2.0 assists in 29.7 minutes.[28]
On December 20, 2016, Sims signed with the Shanxi Brave Dragons of the Chinese Basketball Association.[29]
On February 27, 2017, Sims was acquired by the Salt Lake City Stars of the NBA Development League, returning to the franchise for a second stint.[30][31]
On August 15, 2017, Sims signed with Italian club Vanoli Cremona of the Lega Basket Serie A.[32]
Sims signed with Virtus Roma of the Italian second division on August 6, 2018.[33]
On August 6, 2019, he has signed contract with Fortitudo Bologna of the Italian Lega Basket Serie A (LBA).[34] Sims averaged 15.1 points and 8.9 rebounds per game. He opted out of his deal on July 7, 2020.[35]
On July 8, 2020, Sims signed with the Incheon Electroland Elephants.[36]
On February 14, 2021 Sims returned to Italy and signed until the end of the season for Reggio Emilia of the Italian Lega Basket Serie A (LBA) that was also playing the FIBA Europe Cup.[37] He left the team one match before the end of the regular season.[38]
On July 23, 2021, Sims signed with Universo Treviso.[39]
GP | Games played | GS | Games started | MPG | Minutes per game |
FG% | Field goal percentage | 3P% | 3-point field goal percentage | FT% | Free throw percentage |
RPG | Rebounds per game | APG | Assists per game | SPG | Steals per game |
BPG | Blocks per game | PPG | Points per game | Bold | Career high |
Year | Team | GP | GS | MPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | PPG |
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2012–13 | New Orleans | 2 | 0 | 2.5 | .667 | .000 | .000 | 1.0 | .0 | .0 | .0 | 2.0 |
2013–14 | Cleveland | 20 | 0 | 8.4 | .400 | .000 | .571 | 2.8 | .3 | .3 | .4 | 2.2 |
2013–14 | Philadelphia | 26 | 25 | 27.2 | .489 | .000 | .766 | 7.0 | 1.8 | .9 | .5 | 11.8 |
2014–15 | Philadelphia | 73 | 32 | 19.2 | .474 | .182 | .774 | 4.9 | 1.1 | .5 | .4 | 8.0 |
2015–16 | Brooklyn | 14 | 4 | 18.8 | .429 | .000 | .833 | 5.1 | .6 | .6 | 1.0 | 6.5 |
Career | 135 | 61 | 18.8 | .471 | .174 | .767 | 5.0 | 1.0 | .6 | .5 | 7.6 |
Year | Team | GP | MPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | PPG |
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2012–13 | Petron Blaze | 6 | 38.8 | .455 | .000 | .721 | 15.7 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 2.3 | 22.8 |
Career | 6 | 38.8 | .455 | .000 | .721 | 15.7 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 2.3 | 22.8 |
Sims is the son of Brenda and Henry Sims Sr., and the step-son of Terry Awkward. He has four siblings, Myra Moore, Karigan Awkward, Brandon Awkward, and Datren Awkward.[1]
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