Henry Sims

Henry Sims (born March 27, 1990) is an American professional

basketball player for Incheon Electroland Elephants of the Korean Henry Sims
Basketball League. He played college basketball for Georgetown
University.

Contents
High school career
College career
Professional career
Erie BayHawks (2012–2013) Sims signing an autograph on
New Orleans Hornets / Erie BayHawks / Petron Blaze December 19, 2014
Boosters (2013)
No. 21 – Incheon Electroland
Cleveland Cavaliers (2013–2014)
Elephants
Philadelphia 76ers (2014–2015)
Position Center / Power
Grand Rapids Drive (2015–2016)
forward
Brooklyn Nets (2016)
Salt Lake City Stars (2016) League Korean Basketball
Shanxi Brave Dragons (2016–2017) League

Salt Lake City Stars (2017) Personal information

Vanoli Cremona (2017–2018) Born March 27, 1990
Virtus Roma (2018–2019) Baltimore, Maryland
Fortitudo Bologna (2019–2020) Nationality American
Incheon Electroland Elephants (2019–present)
Listed 2.11 m (6 ft 11 in)
Career statistics height
NBA Listed 112 kg (247 lb)
Regular season
weight
PBA
Career information
Personal life
High Mt. Saint Joseph
References school (Baltimore, Maryland)
External links College Georgetown (2008–
2012)
NBA draft 2012 / Undrafted
High school career
Playing 2012–present
Sims played for Mt. Saint Joseph High averaging 19 points and 13 career
rebounds as a senior. He led his team to three BCL and MIAA Career history
Championships and earned Player of the Year and All Metro
2012–2013 Erie BayHawks
honors.[1]
2013 New Orleans Hornets
Petron Blaze Boosters
 2013
College career
2013–2014 Cleveland Cavaliers
Sims played for four years at Georgetown where he played in 104 2013 →Canton Charge
games, starting 17, averaging 3.8 points, 2.6 rebounds. He had his
2014–2015 Philadelphia 76ers
best year as a senior, averaging 11.6 points, 6.0 rebounds and 3.5
assists per game connecting on 46.3 percent of his field goals.[2] 2015–2016 Grand Rapids Drive
2016 Brooklyn Nets
Professional career 2016 Salt Lake City Stars
2016–2017 Shanxi Brave Dragons
2017 Salt Lake City Stars
Erie BayHawks (2012–2013)
2017–2018 Vanoli Cremona
After going undrafted in the 2012 NBA draft, Sims joined the Utah 2018–2019 Virtus Roma
Jazz for the Orlando Summer League and Chicago Bulls for the Las
Vegas Summer League.[3] On September 10, 2012, he signed with 2019–2020 Fortitudo Bologna
the New York Knicks.[4] However, he was waived on October 27.[5] 2020– Incheon Electroland
In November 2012, he was acquired by the Erie BayHawks.[4] present Elephants

Career highlights and awards

On February 4, 2013, Sims was named to the Prospects All-Star
roster for the 2013 NBA D-League All-Star Game.[6]
NBA Development League All-
Star (2013)
New Orleans Hornets / Erie BayHawks / Petron Fourth-team Parade All-
Blaze Boosters (2013) American (2008)
Stats (https://www.basketball-ref
On March 3, 2013, Sims signed a 10-day contract with the New
erence.com/players/s/simshe01.h
Orleans Hornets.[7] He appeared in two games for the Hornets
tml) at Basketball-Reference.com
recording a total of four points and two rebounds. He was released by
the Hornets on March 12, 2013[8] and returned to the BayHawks. On
April 1, 2013, his contract was bought out by the BayHawks,[4] and a day later, signed with the Petron Blaze
Boosters of the Philippines.[9]

Cleveland Cavaliers (2013–2014)

He joined the Charlotte Bobcats for the 2013 NBA Summer League. On September 30, 2013, he signed with
the Cleveland Cavaliers.[4] On December 5, 2013, he was assigned to the Canton Charge of the NBA D-
League.[10] He was recalled by the Cavaliers on December 9.[11] On December 11, he was reassigned to
Canton.[12] He was recalled the next day.

Philadelphia 76ers (2014–2015)

On February 20, 2014, Sims was traded to the Philadelphia 76ers along with Earl Clark and two future
second-round picks in exchange for Spencer Hawes.[13] On March 22, 2014, Sims recorded 18 points and a
career high 15 rebounds in an 81-91 loss to the Chicago Bulls.[14] On April 4, 2014, Sims recorded a career
high 24 points in a 111-102 win over the Boston Celtics.[15]

Grand Rapids Drive (2015–2016)

On September 16, 2015, Sims signed with the Phoenix Suns.[16] However, he was later waived by the Suns
on October 24 after appearing in all six of the team's preseason games.[17] On November 12, he was acquired
by the Grand Rapids Drive of the NBA Development League.[18] On November 14, he made his debut for
Grand Rapids in a 113–101 win over the Delaware 87ers, recording 15 points, seven rebounds, one assist and
one block in 19 minutes off the bench.[19]

Brooklyn Nets (2016)

On March 17, 2016, Sims signed a 10-day contract with the Brooklyn Nets.[20] Two days later, he made his
debut in a 115–113 loss to the Detroit Pistons, recording 10 points, eight rebounds, one steal and one block in
20 minutes off the bench.[21] On March 27, he signed a second 10-day contract with the Nets,[22] and on
April 6, he signed with the team for the rest of the season.[23]

Salt Lake City Stars (2016)

On September 22, 2016, Sims signed with the Utah Jazz,[24] but was waived on October 20 after appearing in
three preseason games.[25] On October 31, he was acquired by the Salt Lake City Stars of the NBA
Development League.[26] On December 12, Sims early terminated his contract with Salt Lake City.[27] In 11
games, he averaged 18.2 points, 8.3 rebounds and 2.0 assists in 29.7 minutes.[28]

Shanxi Brave Dragons (2016–2017)

On December 20, 2016, Sims signed with the Shanxi Brave Dragons of the Chinese Basketball
Association.[29]

Salt Lake City Stars (2017)

On February 27, 2017, Sims was acquired by the Salt Lake City Stars of the NBA Development League,
returning to the franchise for a second stint.[30][31]

Vanoli Cremona (2017–2018)

On August 15, 2017, Sims signed with Italian club Vanoli Cremona of the Lega Basket Serie A.[32]

Virtus Roma (2018–2019)

Sims signed with Virtus Roma of the Italian second division on August 6, 2018.[33]

Fortitudo Bologna (2019–2020)

On August 6, 2019, he has signed contract with Fortitudo Bologna of the Italian Lega Basket Serie A
(LBA).[34] Sims averaged 15.1 points and 8.9 rebounds per game. He opted out of his deal on July 7,
2020.[35]

Incheon Electroland Elephants (2019–present)

On July 8, 2020, Sims signed with the Incheon Electroland Elephants.[36]

Career statistics
Legend
GP Games played GS Games started MPG Minutes per game
FG% Field goal percentage 3P% 3-point field goal percentage FT% Free throw percentage
RPG Rebounds per game APG Assists per game SPG Steals per game
BPG Blocks per game PPG Points per game Bold Career high

NBA

Regular season

Year Team GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
2012–13 New Orleans 2 0 2.5 .667 .000 .000 1.0 .0 .0 .0 2.0
2013–14 Cleveland 20 0 8.4 .400 .000 .571 2.8 .3 .3 .4 2.2
2013–14 Philadelphia 26 25 27.2 .489 .000 .766 7.0 1.8 .9 .5 11.8
2014–15 Philadelphia 73 32 19.2 .474 .182 .774 4.9 1.1 .5 .4 8.0
2015–16 Brooklyn 14 4 18.8 .429 .000 .833 5.1 .6 .6 1.0 6.5
Career 135 61 18.8 .471 .174 .767 5.0 1.0 .6 .5 7.6

PBA

Year Team GP MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
2012–13 Petron Blaze 6 38.8 .455 .000 .721 15.7 1.0 1.0 2.3 22.8
Career 6 38.8 .455 .000 .721 15.7 1.0 1.0 2.3 22.8

Personal life
Sims is the son of Brenda and Henry Sims Sr., and the step-son of Terry Awkward. He has four siblings, Myra
Moore, Karigan Awkward, Brandon Awkward, and Datren Awkward.[1]

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External links
Career statistics and player information from NBA.com (https://www.nba.com/playerfile/henry_s
ims) or Basketball-Reference.com (https://www.basketball-reference.com/players/s/simshe01.ht
ml)
Official website (https://henrysims.it/)
 Henry Sims D-League stats (http://stats.nbadleague.com/player/#!/203156/)
Henry Sims college stats (https://web.archive.org/web/20150924024123/http://www.guhoyas.co
m/sports/m-baskbl/mtt/sims_henry00.html)

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