Simon Nicholas Marquez Enciso (born February 12, 1991) is a Filipino-American professional basketball player for the San Miguel Beermen of the

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(PBA).

Amateur career

High school career

Enciso attended at Terra Nova High School in California, where he suited up for the Terra Nova HS Tigers. In his senior year in 2008–09, he averaged 18.6 points, 2.9 rebounds, 3.5 assists and 2.5 steals per game.

College career

Enciso played two seasons of basketball at

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, and then he transferred to

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in 2012. In his junior year at NDNU, he posted per game averages of 7.3 points, 1.9 rebounds, 1.8 assists, 31.5% 3PT FG percentage in 22 games he played (he averaged 24.3 minutes per game). His senior year saw an increase in his minutes and production, averaging 13.9 points, 4.15 assists, 40.5% FG percentage, 37.4% 3PT FG percentage and 35.1 minutes per game in 26 games (started 25 of them).

PBA D-League

Enciso applied for the

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but was not drafted by any team. He decided to move to the Philippines and applied for the 2014 PBA D-League draft, where he was drafted in the third round by the

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Professional career

Enciso was drafted in the second round by the Rain or Shine Elasto Painters with the 17th overall pick in the

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. He was then traded to NLEX Road Warriors in exchange for a 2018 second round pick. In his PBA debut for the Road Warriors, he registered 15 points (from five

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), three assists and three rebounds in 28 minutes. On May 10, 2016, Enciso, along with

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and a 2018 second round pick, was traded to the

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for Mac Baracael and

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. On February 18, 2017, he was traded to the Alaska Aces in exchange for fellow guard

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. On August 26, 2018, he registered a career-high 30 points and 9 three-pointers made in a 121–95 blowout win over the TNT Katropa. On January 6, 2020, he was traded to the

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for Michael DiGregorio and a 2023 second-round draft pick. On September 28, 2021, he was traded to the

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for

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. On November 13, 2021, before appearing in a game for Terrafirma, he was traded to the San Miguel Beermen for

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PBA career statistics

''As of the end of 2021 season''

Season-by-season averages

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Personal life

Born in

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to Filipino parents, Enciso has dreamed of playing professional basketball in any country but had to fulfill his mother and father's wish for him to get a degree before pursuing a career in the sport. He graduated a degree in

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. He goes by the handle of @FilipinoDRose on

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(however, as of February 2016 he has changed his handle t
@Simon0Enciso
and says he has patterned his game after NBA stars Derrick Rose and

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References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Enciso, Simon 1991 births Living people Alaska Aces (PBA) players American men's basketball players American sportspeople of Filipino descent Basketball players from San Francisco Filipino men's basketball players Junior college men's basketball players in the United States NLEX Road Warriors players Notre Dame de Namur Argonauts men's basketball players Point guards Phoenix Super LPG Fuel Masters players Shooting guards TNT Tropang Giga players Rain or Shine Elasto Painters draft picks Blackwater Bossing players San Miguel Beermen players Citizens of the Philippines through descent