About Jonathon Simmons
Jonathon Calvin Simmons is an American professional basketball player for Al Riyadi of the Lebanese Basketball League. He played one season of college basketball for the Houston Cougars before a stint in the semi-professional American Basketball League (ABL) led to him joining the NBA D-League's Austin Toros in 2013. Following two seasons in the D-League, Simmons signed with the San Antonio Spurs after an impressive 2015 NBA Summer League. After appearing in the Nets' first three games of the Orlando Summer League and averaging 12 points and five rebounds per game, Simmons was invited to join the San Antonio Spurs Summer League team in Las Vegas. Simmons was inactive for San Antonio's first five games to start the 2015–16 season. On May 11, 2017, Simmons made his first career playoff start, filling in for the injured Kawhi Leonard and scoring 18 points in a 114–75 win over the Houston Rockets in Game 6 of their second-round series.
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