Cedric Simmons (born January 3, 1986) is an American-born Bulgarian former professional basketball player. He was born in the United States, but also holds Bulgarian citizenship, and has played for the senior men's Bulgarian national basketball team.Cedric Simmons in Bulgaria on his first minutes for the NT and PAO rumors. A power forward-center, Simmons was selected by the New Orleans Hornets, in the first round (15th overall pick over all) of the 2006 NBA draft.
College career Simmons played college basketball for the NC State Wolfpack. As a sophomore, he averaged 11.8 points, 6.3 rebounds, 1.7 assists, and 2.5 blocks per game.
Professional career Simmons was selected with the 15th pick in the 2006 NBA draft by the New Orleans Hornets. On July 5, 2006, he signed with the Hornets.Hornets officially sign draft picks, waive Norris On September 29, 2007, he was traded to the Cleveland Cavaliers, in exchange for guard David Wesley. On January 2, 2008, he was assigned to the Rio Grande Valley Vipers of the NBA D-League. He was recalled by Cleveland on January 11, 2008. On February 21, 2008, he was traded to the Chicago Bulls, in a three-team trade, along with Drew Gooden, Larry Hughes, and Shannon Brown, in exchange for Ben Wallace and Joe Smith. On March 15, 2008, he was assigned to the Iowa Energy of the D-League. On April 1, 2008, he was recalled by the Bulls.Bulls Recall Brown, Simmons From D-League On February 18, 2009, he was traded to the Sacramento Kings, along with Drew Gooden and Andrés Nocioni, for Brad Miller and John Salmons.
On December 4, 2009, he was signed by the Idaho Stampede of the NBA D-League. In late January 2010, he left the Stampede and signed with the Dongguan Leopards of China for the rest of the 2009–10 CBA season. After the end of the Chinese season, on April 2, 2010, he signed with Kavala of the Greek League for the rest of the season.Kavala signs Cedric Simmons In August 2011, he signed with Estudiantes of the Spanish Liga ACB for the 2011–12 season.Asefa Estudiantes lands former NBA Cedric Simmons.
On August 17, 2012, Simmons signed with New Basket Brindisi of the Italian Serie A for the 2012–13 season.Enel Brindisi lands Cedric Simmons On July 1, 2013, he signed a three-year deal with the Greek club Olympiacos.Olympiacos hands Simmons three-year deal On November 4, 2014, he parted ways with Olympiacos.Olympiacos, Cedric Simmons part ways Four days later, he signed with his former team New Basket Brindisi.Cedric Simmons returns to Enel Brindisi After suffering a season-ending knee injury, he was replaced in the line-up by Micheal Eric on December 13, 2014.Brindisi, sembra conclusa la trattativa con il pivot, sarà Michael Eric il sostituto di Cedric Simmons
On August 8, 2015, he signed with Royal Halı Gaziantep of the Turkish Basketball League.Gaziantep announces Cedric Simmons However, later that month he parted ways with Gaziantep before appearing in a game for them.Gaziantep, Cedric Simmons part ways
On January 28, 2016, he signed a two-week contract with Maccabi Tel Aviv.Maccabi Tel Aviv announces Cedric Simmons Following the expiration of his contract, he parted ways with Maccabi on February 12.Maccabi Tel Aviv release Cedric Simmons Two days later, he signed with Baloncesto Sevilla for the rest of the season.Sevilla signs Cedric Simmons However, after failing to pass physicals his contract with the Spanish team was voided.Cedric Simmons did not pass physicals with Sevilla
On August 19, 2016, Simmons joined Budućnost VOLI for a tryout period.Cedric Simmons joins KK Buducnost Voli for a tryout period However, he did not signed a contract. On November 27, 2016, he signed with Estonian club BC Kalev/Cramo.Lähiajal korvi alla jõudu juurde Two days later, he made his debut for Kalev/Cramo in a 102–69 win over G4S Noorteliiga, recording 6 points in 14 minutes.Noorteliiga - Kalev/Cramo 69-102 On August 1, 2017, he re-signed with Kalev/Cramo for one more season.BC Kalev inks Bojan Subotic, re-signs Cedric Simmons
National team career Simmons has been a member of the senior men's Bulgarian national basketball team. He played at the FIBA EuroBasket 2013 qualification tournament, where he averaged 10.4 points, 8.3 rebounds, and 1.3 blocks per game.FIBAEurope.com CEDRIC SIMMONS (BULGARIA).
Personal life On December 12, 2007, Simmons's girlfriend, Sabrina Acevedo, gave birth to the couple's son at Hillcrest Hospital in Mayfield Heights, Ohio.Cavaliers: Wine and Gold's Winter Woes Continue.
NBA career statistics
Regular season
| align="left" | | align="left" | New Orleans/Oklahoma City | 43 || 4 || 12.4 || .417 || .000 || .485 || 2.5 || .3 || .2 || .5 || 2.9 |- | align="left" | | align="left" | Cleveland | 7 || 0 || 9.7 || .333 || .000 || .000 || 2.1 || .0 || .3 || .7 || .6 |- | align="left" | | align="left" | Chicago | 7 || 0 || 2.7 || .250 || .000 || .000 || .4 || .0 || .0 || .0 || .6 |- | align="left" | | align="left" | Chicago | 11 || 0 || 5.5 || .524 || .000 || .429 || 1.1 || .2 || .1 || .4 || 2.5 |- | align="left" | | align="left" | Sacramento | 7 || 0 || 3.3 || .000 || .000 || .500 || .6 || .0 || .0 || .0 || .1 |- | align="center" colspan=2 | Career | 75 || 4 || 9.4 || .409 || .000 || .390 || 1.9 || .2 || .1 || .4 || 2.2
References
External links NBA.com profile
Euroleague.net profile FIBA Europe profile Eurobasket.com profile FIBA.com profile Italian League profile Spanish League profile