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DeShawn Sims

DeShawn Sims
20100123 DeShawn Sims in the locker room.jpg
DeShawn Sims in locker room (2010-01-23)
No. 16 – NPC Rieti
Position Forward
League Serie A2 Basket
Personal information
Born (1988-01-21) January 21, 1988 (age 29)
Detroit, Michigan
Nationality American
Listed height 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)
Listed weight 225 lb (102 kg)
Career information
High school Pershing (Detroit, Michigan)
College Michigan (2006–2010)
NBA draft 2010 / Undrafted
Playing career 2010–present
Career history
2010 PAOK
2010–2011 Maine Red Claws
2011 Piratas de Quebradillas
2011–2012 Jeonju KCC Egis
2012 Maine Red Claws
2012–2013 Hekmeh
2013–2014 Hapoel Gilboa Galil
2014–2015 Jeonju KCC Egis
2015–2016 Champville Maristes
2016 Maccabi Kiryat Gat
2016–present NPC Rieti
Career highlights and awards
  • NBA Development League All-Star (2011)
  • NBA Development League Rookie of the Year (2011)
  • All-Big Ten (2nd team: 2010, 2009 (media); 3rd team: 2009 (coaches); honorable mention: 2008)
  • Fourth-team Parade All-American (2006)

DeShawn Adrian Sims, Jr. (born January 21, 1988) is an American professional basketball player who plays for NPC Rieti of the Serie A2 Basket. He has previously played for Hekmeh and Champville SC of the Lebanese Basketball League, as well as teams in Greece, Korea, Israel and Puerto Rico after a career with the Michigan Wolverines men's basketball team. In high school, he became Associated Press Class A Player of the Year, a Jordan Brand All-American and a fourth team Parade All-American. At Michigan he became a second-team All-Big Ten Conference selection. He had signed a free-agent contract with the Boston Celtics for whom he played in the Orlando Summer League in addition to playing for the Dallas Mavericks in the NBA Summer League. He became a 2011 D-League All-Star and NBA Development League Rookie of the Year.

During the 2008-09 NCAA Division I men's basketball season, Sims ranked among the leaders in the Big Ten Conference in rebounds per game, points per game and Field goal percentage. He led the 2008–09 Michigan Wolverines men's basketball team in rebounding and scoring in victories over two top-five ranked teams as a college junior, which enabled them to earn a place in the national rankings for the first time in nearly three years. In addition, while the team was on the proverbial bubble, he led the team in scoring in each of the last five games before the 2009 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament, including the only other regular season victory of the season against a ranked opponent. At the conclusion of the 2008–09 Big Ten Conference men's basketball season he was named to the second team All-Big Ten team by the media and the third team by the coaches.


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