Henry Sims is a powerful center, also endowed with a good shot from four meters, specialist in fights under the scoreboards, where together with the other newcomer Aaron Jones he will give substance and weight to the long department of TVB in view of the battles in Italy and in the European cups
TREVISO. Henry Sims will be the center of De ‘Longhi Treviso Basket 2021/22: American born in Baltimore on 27/3/1990, 208 cm, he is a pure center of great experience with an important pedigree. After High School, in fact, he is in college in the famous Georgetown (great traditional “school” of US college basketball), and then begins his NBA career which sees him on the field from 2013 to 2016 with the jerseys of New Orleans, Cleveland, Philadelphia. and Brooklyn, playing a total of 135 games and scoring over 1000 points.
His NBA career averages are 7.5 points and 5 rebounds with 0.6 blocks per game, his best season at Phila in 2014/15, with the Sixers having 9 points and 7 rebounds per game with 48% shooting in 19.8. minutes of average use. After an interlude in China with the Shanxi Dragons in 2016/17 (25.9 points and 13.5 rebounds per game), he continued his career as a protagonist in the Italian championship, wearing the jerseys of Vanoli Cremona with 11.6 points and 6.6 rebounds, Virtus Roma in A2 with 19 points, 11 rebounds and 1.8 blocks, then in 2019/20 again in A with Fortitudo Bologna where he earned 15.1 points, 8.9 rebounds (3rd in Serie A), 2.2 assists, 1.8 blocks (second in A) and 56% from two points (8th in the championship).
The following year he chose the experience in Korea with the Incheon Lands Elephants (14.5 points and 7.5 rebounds) before returning to Italy to finish the season in Reggio Emilia where he confirmed himself as one of the most important centers in the championship with 12.6 points, 7.3 rebounds, 1.3 assists and 1 block per game. In his experiences in Italy Simms has always managed to close the season in the top 10 of the championship for rebounds captured and shooting percentage, confirming himself as a rocky and reliable player.
Henry Sims is a powerful center, also endowed with a good shot from four meters, specialist in fights under the scoreboards, where together with the other newcomer Aaron Jones he will give substance and weight to the long department of TVB in view of the battles in Italy and in the European cups.