Tre Simmons

Chester " Tre " Simmons III ( born July 24, 1982 in Seattle, Washington, United States) is a professional American basketball player. Simmons was during his professional career, particularly between 2006 and 2010 in Israel actively, where he won the 2009 Tel Aviv two consecutive national championships with Hapoel Holon and Maccabi 2008. Since the season 2010/11 he is active for CEZ Basketball Nymburk, with whom he won the 2011 Czech league and cup double.

  • 2.1 With the team
  • 2.2 Personal Awards

Career

College

After his education at James A. Garfield High School in his hometown Simmons went in 2001 to study at the Odessa Junior College in Odessa ( Texas). This junior college attaches great importance to its sports teams and is proud to be known NBA players like Larry Johnson already started their college career at this college. After a year, Simmons returned to his native U.S. state back and studied one year at Green River Community College in Auburn (Washington ) before he moved to the University of Washington, where he worked for the high school team Huskies in the Pacific -12 Conference NCAA Division I played. Greatest success was reaching the second round "Sweet Sixteen" of the national finals in his final college season, 2005.

Club career

After Chester Simmons was not selected in the Entry Draft of the NBA, he began his professional career in the highest Greek A1 Ethniki league with PAOK from Thessaloniki. For the season 2006/ 07 he moved to the Spanish ACB league for basketball club from Gran Canaria. After a few games he left this club and joined the Israeli Basketball League Ligat ha Al, Hapoel Galil Elyon initially. Hapoel Galil Elyon was Israeli champion in 1993 and thus the only Israeli club that could interrupt a since 1970 until then continuing series of championships for Maccabi Tel Aviv. For the season 2007/ 08 he moved to Hapoel Holon out with whom in 2008 he along with the likes of PJ Tucker actually surprisingly won the championship against Maccabi Tel Aviv and their winning streak ended in the Israeli championship. In the following season he was bound by the dethroned series champion and won back with this the state championship. In the national cup competition but one dropped out early, while his former club Hapoel won the competition for the first time. In the highest European club competition ULEB Euro Cup 2008/ 09 Maccabi missed the first time since the introduction of the quarter-final play-offs this round and already retired from in the second group stage of the sixteen best teams. In the following season 2009/10 he started for Hapoel Jerusalem. In the Final Four tournament in the Israeli championship they lost the semi-final against his former club Hapoel Galil Elyon, who were now merged with Hapoel Gilboa and later also won the Cup final against Maccabi Tel Aviv. In the second most important European club competition Eurocup 2009/10 they lost the quarter-finals against eventual finalists Alba Berlin and failed to reach the Final Four this competition.

Since the season 2010/11 Simmons plays for the Czech series champion CEZ Basketball Nymburk from. After Nymburk had also reached in the season before surprising the quarter-finals in the Eurocup, so they stayed at Eurocup 2010/11 without a win in the second group stage and retired. In the season 2011/12 CEZ Nymburk in default of challenges in the national championship in addition to the Eastern European VTB United League 2011/12 part. In Eurocup 2011/12 Nymburk reached this time with Simmons the quarter-finals, where to but again resigned, while the play-offs just missed in the VTB League. In the Czech Republic it remained largely unchallenged and won the championship again. Simmons itself should switch to mid-April EA7 Milano in the Italian Lega Basket Serie A, but the club took Finally, despite an announced change in distance from the obligation. For the 2012/13 season, Simmons signed a contract with the Russian club Krylia Krasnye from Samara, with whom he 2012/13 won the Euro Challenge, and was named " Most Valuable Player " ( MVP ) of the Finals Tournament.

Awards and achievements

The team

  • 2008 champion Israel with Hapoel Holon
  • 2009 champion Israel with Maccabi Tel Aviv
  • 2011 Champions and Cup Winners ČEZ Basketball Nymburk Czech Republic with
  • 2012 champion and cup winner with CEZ Basketball Nymburk Czech Republic
  • 2013 Cup winner Russia with Krasnye Krylia Samara
  • 2013 winner Eurochalklenge Krasnye Krylia with Samara

Personal awards

  • MVP of the month of December in the 2011-2012 season in the VTB
  • MVP finals Euro Challenge 2012/13
Shooting Guard Small Forward BC Krasnye Krylia National Collegiate Athletic Association CB Gran Canaria Hapoel Gilboa Galil Maccabi Tel Aviv B.C. Washington (state) Double (association football) Odessa (Texas) National Basketball Association Larry Johnson (basketball, born 1969) Auburn (Washington) Draft (sports) Greece Greek Basket League 2008–09 Euroleague 2009–10 Eurocup Basketball 2010–11 Eurocup Basketball 2011–12 VTB United League 2011–12 Eurocup Basketball Italy Samara, Russia 2012–13 FIBA EuroChallenge
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