Courtney Sims (born October 21, 1983) is an American former professional

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player. He is a 6'11" (211 cm) tall

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Early career

Sims played his college ball at the

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, graduating in 2007, and previously attended the Noble & Greenough School for his high school education. With the

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, he averaged 9.5 points and 5.5

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in his four-year career.

Professional career

Sims played briefly for the

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in 2007–08. Signed to a non-guaranteed contract after going undrafted, he appeared in only two games for the Pacers before being waived on December 4, 2007. He was signed again on December 12, and waived again on December 19. Going scoreless in three total games, he had one rebound, one

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and committed two personal fouls in eleven minutes of action. On February 25, 2008, Sims was acquired by the

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. He played for the

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during the 2008–09 NBA pre-season. With the Energy, he registered a rare

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on November 28, 2008, in a 113–101 win over the

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with 22 points, 17 rebounds and 11 blocked shots. On December 28, he scored a season-high 36 points, including 13 in the last quarter, to go along with 16 rebounds in a 107–101 victory over the

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. On January 20, 2009, the

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officially announced they signed Sims to a 10-day contract. He was signed to a second ten-day contract on February 14, but was released by the

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club upon the expiration of this contract, as the third would immediately mean his signing until the end of the season. Sims signed another ten-day contract on March 23, 2009, this time with the

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, and signed a second on April 2. On December 27 he was signed by

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until the end of season with a club option to terminate the contract after one-month trial period. On January 12, 2010, Sims was replaced in CSKA's lineup by

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. Sims then returned to the Iowa Energy, but then bought out his contract so that he could play in

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for the

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. Sims was invited to attend the

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2010 pre-season training camp, but was waived on October 11. Sims signed with the

prior to the beginning of the 2010-11 NBA Development League Season. In the 2011 D-League All-star game, he scored 25 points and had 6 rebounds to earn the game MVP honors. In March 2011 he signed with the

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. In September 2011 he signed a one-year deal with

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. In July 2012 he signed a one-year deal with

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NBA career statistics

Regular season

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References

External links

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Sims, Courtney 1983 births Living people American expatriate basketball people in Belgium American expatriate basketball people in China American expatriate basketball people in Japan American expatriate basketball people in Latvia American expatriate basketball people in Russia American expatriate basketball people in South Korea American men's basketball players Baloncesto Superior Nacional players Basketball players from Boston BK VEF Rīga players Suwon KT Sonicboom players Capitanes de Arecibo players Centers (basketball) Indiana Pacers players Iowa Energy players Jeonju KCC Egis players Michigan Wolverines men's basketball players New York Knicks players Noble and Greenough School alumni PBC CSKA Moscow players Phoenix Suns players SeaHorses Mikawa players Seoul SK Knights players Shenzhen Leopards players Spirou Charleroi players Undrafted National Basketball Association players People from Roslindale