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

Marcus Simmons

Personal information
Born	(1988-01-28) January 28, 1988 (age 34) Alexandria, Louisiana
Nationality	American
Listed height	6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)
Listed weight	220 lb (100 kg)
Career information
High school	Peabody Magnet (Alexandria, Louisiana)
College	USC (2007–2011)
NBA draft	2011 / Undrafted
Playing career	2011–2018
Position	Shooting guard
Career history
2011–2012, 2013–2014	Yokohama B-Corsairs
2014–2016	Fort Wayne Mad Ants
2016	Phoenix Fuel Masters
2017–2018	Grand Rapids Drive
Career highlights and awards
Pac-10 Defensive Player of the Year (2011) Pac-10 All-Defensive team (2011)
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

External links

• USC bio
• RealGM profile
• USBasket profile

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