David Simon (born August 9, 1982) is an American professional

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player. He also played his collegiate basketball for IPFW.

College career

In his first year as a college player, he averaged 10.6 points per game and 5.8 rebounds. At the end of the year he injured his left knee and went for surgery, but fully recovered for the next season. Before the second season at IPFW, he was ranked as the nation's second-best college center, behind

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. Also, he was named "Pre-Season Independent Player of the Year". Simon was also an All-American Candidate. He declared him eligible for the

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without

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, but tore the ACL on his right knee during the Chicago Pre-Draft Camp and withdrew his name from the early entries into the draft and returned to school. He finished his last college season averaging 16.6 points and 6.9 rebounds.

College statistics

, - , style="text-align:left;", 2002-03 , style="text-align:left;", IPFW , 30 , , NA , , 23.1 , , .580 , , .000 , , .651 , , 5.8 , , .7 , , .4 , , 1.3 , , 10.6 , - , style="text-align:left;", 2003-04 , style="text-align:left;", IPFW , 28 , , NA , , 31.4 , , .584 , , 1.000 , , .648 , , 9.8 , , 1.6 , , .8 , , 1.9 , , 18.0 , - , style="text-align:left;", 2004-05 , style="text-align:left;", IPFW , 25 , , NA , , 32.1 , , .523 , , .077 , , .633 , , 6.9 , , 2.0 , , .8 , , 1.9 , , 16.6 , -class="sortbottom" , style="text-align:left;", Career , style="text-align:left;", , 83 , , NA , , 28.6 , , .560 , , .200 , , .643 , , 7.5 , , 1.4 , , .7 , , 1.7 , , 14.9

Professional career

Simon played for the Timberwolves at the

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and at the

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mini camp. On 10 October 2005, Simon signed with

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n club

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which participated in the ULEB Cup. In the mid of the season he said

I needed game like this one, to play well and show I can do well. After the end of ULEB Cup I would like to stay here and hopefully everything will be ok. For now I want to concentrate and play well in ULEB and Bulgarian championship as well.

In the

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league he averaged 11.4 points and 5.8 rebounds per game, while in the ULEB Cup he averaged 7.6 points and 7.8 rebounds for 25 minutes on the floor. He then, in 2006 signed for

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n club Standart Samarskiy Region and stayed for one season. Over 14 games in the

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, he averaged 11.1 points and 6.9 rebounds (7th in the league). However, he left the team midseason to go to France and Standart finished 13th and relegated into lower league. He then played for French teams, both members of

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League,

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and

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till 2010. For Dijon he played one game in Eurocup, where he scored 18 points, while for Strasbourg he played in

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, the 3rd tier level transnational men's professional club

competition in Europe. Over 6 games he averaged 17.8 points and 8.3 rebounds. In 2010, he signed with the

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of the

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where he would go on to make his first All-Star team. In August 2011, Simon signed a one-year deal with Radnički Kragujevac. He was named

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and was the league's top scorer, averaging 19.4 points and 6.5 rebounds per game. On 11 June 2012, Simon signed a one-year contract with the

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, along with

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. In April 2013, he extended his contract for one more season. On February 19, 2016, Simon was signed by

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as the team's new import, replacing the suspended Ivan Johnson. In April 2018, Simon was released from Anyang shortly after the KBL implemented a rule on foreign players. The KBL allows each team to have two foreign-born players on their rosters with neither taller than 200 centimeters. Simon was two centimeters over the limit. The move was made to combat declining league attendanc

European career statistics

Adriatic league

, - , align="left" , 2011–12 Liga ABA, 2011–12 , align="left" , Radnički , 26 , , 26 , , 29.2 , , .637 , , .300 , , .575 , , 6.5 , , 1.2 , , 1.0 , , 1.4 , , 19.4 , , 22.3 , -class="sortbottom" , align="left" , Career , align="left" , , 26 , , 26 , , 29.2 , , .637 , , .300 , , .575 , , 6.5 , , 1.2 , , 1.0 , , 1.4 , , 19.4 , , 22.3

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