Dickey Simpkins
Personal information | |
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Born | Washington, D.C. |
April 6, 1972
Nationality | American |
Listed height | 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) |
Listed weight | 248 lb (112 kg) |
Career information | |
High school | Friendly (Fort Washington, Maryland) |
College | Providence (1990–1994) |
NBA draft | 1994 / Round: 1 / Pick: 21st overall |
Selected by the Chicago Bulls | |
Playing career | 1994–2006 |
Position | Power forward |
Number | 8, 0 |
Career history | |
1994–1997 | Chicago Bulls |
1997–1998 | Golden State Warriors |
1998–2000 | Chicago Bulls |
2000–2001 | Makedonikos (Greece) |
2001 | Atlanta Hawks |
2001–2002 | Rockford Lightning (CBA) |
2002 | Maroussi (Greece) |
2002 | Criollos de Caguas (Puerto Rico) |
2002–2003 | UNICS Kazan (Russia) |
2003–2004 | Lietuvos Rytas (Lithuania) |
2004 | Leones de Ponce (Puerto Rico) |
2004–2005 | Dakota Wizards (CBA) |
2005 | Plus Pujol Lleida (Spain) |
2005 | Alaska Aces (Philippines) |
2005 | Blue Stars Beirut (Lebanon) |
2006 | Brose Bamberg (Germany) |
Career highlights and awards | |
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Career NBA statistics | |
Points | 1,388 (4.2 ppg) |
Rebounds | 1,187 (3.6 rpg) |
Assists | 305 (0.9 apg) |
Stats at Basketball-Reference.com |
LuBara Dixon "Dickey" Simpkins (born April 6, 1972[1]) is an American former professional basketball player best known for his tenure with the Chicago Bulls in the late 1990s. He is currently a scout for the Charlotte Bobcats.[2]
A 6' 9" forward/center, Simpkins starred at Friendly High School (Maryland) and Providence College before being selected by the Bulls with the 21st pick in the 1994 NBA Draft. Behind Luc Longley, Bill Wennington, and later Dennis Rodman in the Bulls' playing rotation, he saw limited action in his first few seasons as a Bull, scoring 513 points in 167 games. He earned two NBA Championship rings in 1996 and 1997, but was not on the team's active roster for either playoff run, and in fall 1997 the Bulls traded him to the Golden State Warriors for guard/forward Scott Burrell.
The Warriors subsequently waived Simpkins, and the Bulls claimed him. Simpkins posted a .634 field goal percentage in 21 games, and in the spring of 1998 he participated in the playoffs for the first time of his career, earning his third championship ring. After the 1998–99 NBA lockout, the Bulls parted ways with Michael Jordan, Scottie Pippen, Rodman and Luc Longley, which provided Simpkins with significantly more playing time. During the 1999 season he emerged as a part-time starter, averaging career highs of 9.1 points and 6.8 rebounds, and in the following season, he played a career-high 1,651 minutes.
After the Bulls signed Brad Miller in September 2000, the Bulls renounced their rights to Simpkins, who would spend a season in Greece before joining the Atlanta Hawks during the 2001–02 NBA season. He only played one game for the Hawks, though, and spent the rest of the season in Greece and the CBA. He later played in Russia, Puerto Rico, Lithuania, Spain, Philippines, Lebanon, and Germany.[3]
Simpkins has worked as a college basketball analyst for ESPN. He is the founder of the basketball development company Next Level Performance Inc. (NLP), and is a national motivational speaker.
Notes
- ↑ Dickey Simpkins. Yahoo! Sports.
- ↑ Charlotte Bobcats Staff Directory
- ↑ http://www.euroleague.net/noticia.jsp?temporada=E05&jornada=15&id=788
External links
- Career statistics and player information from NBA.comLua error in Module:EditAtWikidata at line 29: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value). and Basketball-Reference.com
- Career statistics and player information from WNBA.comLua error in Module:EditAtWikidata at line 29: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value). and Basketball-Reference.comLua error in Module:EditAtWikidata at line 29: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value).
- NBA Blog Squad
- Eurobasket.com Profile
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- 1972 births
- Living people
- African-American basketball players
- Alaska Aces (PBA) players
- American expatriate basketball people in Germany
- American expatriate basketball people in Greece
- American expatriate basketball people in Lebanon
- American expatriate basketball people in Lithuania
- American expatriate basketball people in Russia
- American expatriate basketball people in Spain
- American expatriate basketball people in the Philippines
- Atlanta Hawks players
- Basketball players from Maryland
- BC Lietuvos rytas players
- BC UNICS players
- Brose Baskets players
- Centers (basketball)
- Chicago Bulls draft picks
- Chicago Bulls players
- College basketball announcers in the United States
- Dakota Wizards (CBA) players
- Golden State Warriors players
- Liga ACB players
- Makedonikos B.C. players
- People from Fort Washington, Maryland
- Philippine Basketball Association imports
- Power forwards (basketball)
- Providence Friars men's basketball players
- Rockford Lightning players