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Bobby Simmons

ボビー・シモンズ　/　ぼびー・しもんず

American basketball player

June 2, 1980 (age 46)　・　Chicago, Illinois, United States

Illinois
basketball player

My Take

The 2005 Most Improved Player Award is what makes Bobby Simmons fascinating to me. That trophy is not for the prodigy who arrived fully formed; it goes to the grinder who reinvents himself, and a 201cm Chicagoan out of DePaul who survived in the NBA across five teams from 2001 to 2012 clearly did exactly that. I have always been drawn to the most-improved type more than the natural talent, because their leap is proof of relentless work rather than gift. His career reads to me as the honest persistence of a journeyman who refused to settle, and there is real Chicago grit in that.

Overview

Bobby Simmons (born June 2, 1980) is an American former professional basketball player. During his NBA career, Simmons played for five NBA teams between 2001 and 2012. He won the NBA Most Improved Player Award in 2005.

Summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.

1. Profile

Name (English): Bobby Simmons
Name (Japanese): ボビー・シモンズ
Reading: ぼびー・しもんず
Born: June 2, 1980 (age 46)
Zodiac / Chinese zodiac: Gemini / Monkey
Origin: Chicago, Illinois, United States
Blood type: Private
Height: 201 cm
Agency: Private
Occupation: basketball player

2. Background

Elementary school: Private
Junior high: Private
High school: Private
University: DePaul University

Awards & achievements

2005 NBA Most Improved Player Award

3. Relationships

Spouse: Private
Children: Private
Parents: Private
Siblings: Private

4. Personality

Motto

Private

6. Links

Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%9C%E3%83%93%E3%83%BC%E3%83%BB%E3%82%B7%E3%83%A2%E3%83%B3%E3%82%BA

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