Gerel Simmons (born November 14, 1993) is an American professional basketball player for Mersin MSK of the Basketbol Süper Ligi (BSL). He played college basketball for Brevard College and Lincoln Memorial.
| No. 12 – Mersin MSK | |
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| Position | Shooting guard / Point guard |
| League | Basketbol Süper Ligi |
| Personal information | |
| Born | November 14, 1993 Accokeek, Maryland |
| Nationality | American |
| Listed height | 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) |
| Listed weight | 187 lb (85 kg) |
| Career information | |
| High school | North Point (Waldorf, Maryland) |
| College |
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| NBA draft | 2016: undrafted |
| Playing career | 2016–present |
| Career history | |
| 2016–2017 | Rilski Sportist |
| 2017 | Ciclista Juninense |
| 2017 | Verdirrojo BBC |
| 2017–2018 | Ibar |
| 2018–2019 | Al-Ittihad |
| 2019–2020 | UMF Tindastóll |
| 2020 | AS Douanes |
| 2020–2021 | Artland Dragons |
| 2021 | San Carlos |
| 2021–2022 | Lucentum Alicante |
| 2022 | Apollon Patras |
| 2022 | ERA Nymburk |
| 2022–2023 | Brose Bamberg |
| 2023 | Kolossos Rodou |
| 2023–present | Mersin MSK |
| Career highlights and awards | |
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High school career
editSimmons attended North Point High School in Waldorf, Maryland.
College career
editSimmons played college basketball for Brevard College and Lincoln Memorial. He was selected at the first-team All-South Atlantic Conference in 2016.[1]
Professional career
editSimmons started his career with Rilski Sportist of the NBL. On March 10, 2022, he joined Ciclista Juninense in Argentina.[2]
After a short stint in Uruguay, he joined Ibar of the Montenegrin League.[3] He finished the year with Al-Ittihad in Libya.[4]
The 2019-20 season, Simmons played with UMF Tindastóll and AS Douanes.[5] The following season, he played in Germany with Artland Dragons and with San Carlos in Dominican Republic. On August 21, 2022, Simmons signed with Lucentum Alicante of the LEB Oro.[6]
On February 27, 2022, Simmons signed with Apollon Patras of the Greek Basket League.[7] In 10 league games, he averaged 13.8 points, 3.1 rebounds and 2.6 assists in 29 minutes per contest.
On August 29, 2022, he signed with ERA Nymburk of the NBL.[8]
On December 30, 2022, he signed with Brose Bamberg of the Basketball Bundesliga (BBL).[9]
On August 20, 2023, Simmons returned to Greece for Kolossos Rodou.[10] On November 15 of the same year, he was released from the Greek club after the acquisition of Andrew Goudelock. Following his departure, he joined Mersin MSK in Turkey. On June 26, 2024, he extended his contract with the club, after the promotion to Basketbol Süper Ligi.[11]
References
edit- ^ "Gerel Simmons arrayed with CCA All-American honors". wymt. March 21, 2016. Retrieved May 29, 2022.
- ^ "Gerel Simmons heads to Juninense". latestbasketballnews. March 10, 2017. Retrieved May 30, 2022.
- ^ "Gerel Simmons signs with IBAR Rozaje". starting5sports. November 25, 2017. Retrieved May 30, 2022.
- ^ "Gerel Simmons becomes Top Scorer of Balkan league and signs with Al Ittihad". starting5sports. October 17, 2018. Retrieved May 30, 2022.
- ^ "Gerel Simmons (ex Tindastoll) agreed terms with Douane". starting5sports. March 6, 2020. Retrieved May 30, 2022.
- ^ "Alicante signs Gerel Simmons, ex San Carlos". eurobasket.com. August 2, 2021. Retrieved May 30, 2022.
- ^ "AS Apollon Patras sign Gerel Simmons, ex Alicante". eurobasket.com. February 27, 2022. Retrieved May 29, 2022.
- ^ "Poslední posilou basketbalového Nymburka je Američan Simmons". nymbursky.denik.cz (in Czech). August 29, 2022. Retrieved December 31, 2022.
- ^ "Gerel Simmons (ex Nymburk) agreed terms with Bamberg". Eurobasket. December 30, 2022. Retrieved December 30, 2022.
- ^ "Gerel Simmons (ex Bamberg) signs at Kolossos H Hotels Rodou". www.eurobasket.com. Retrieved 2023-09-01.
- ^ @mersin_msk (June 26, 2024). "Kulübümüz, oyuncumuz Gerel Simmons ile yeniden anlaşma sağladı" (Tweet) – via Twitter.