Chester Simmons III (born July 24, 1982), better known as Tre Simmons, is an American former professional

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player. He played

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for

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, Green River CC and

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before playing professionally in Greece, Spain, Israel, Czech Republic, Russia, Puerto Rico and France. Simmons was named

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in 2013.

College career

Simmons played

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and the

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. He was named to the 2004-05 season's All-Pac-10 First Team.

Professional career

Simmons began his professional career in 2006 when he joined the Greek League club PAOK. He then moved to the Spanish League and ULEB Cup club

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for the 2006-07 season, but in the middle of the season moved to Israel and signed for the Superleague club

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. The following season he moved to

Hapoel Holon Hapoel Holon Basketball Club ( he, מועדון הכדורסל הפועל חולון), known for sponsorship reasons as Hapoel Atsmon Playgrounds Holon (), is a professional basketball club based in Holon, Israel. The team plays in the Israeli B ...

with whom he won the league championship. He joined the Euroleague club

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for the 2008-09 season. For the 2009-10 season he signed with

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. From 2010 to 2012 he played for

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in Czech Republic where he won Czech National Championship and the Czech National Cup. In June 2012 he signed with Krasnye Krylya Samara of Russia for the 2012-13 season. In July 2013, he returned to ČEZ Nymburk. On May 29, 2015, he signed with Cangrejeros de Santurce of Puerto Rico for the 2015 BSN season. On November 29, 2015, he signed with Hapoel Tel Aviv. On August 26, 2016, he signed with French club

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. On December 18, 2017, he returned to Israel for a third stint, signing with Hapoel Afula of the

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for the rest of the season. One day later, he made his debut in a 94–92 win over

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, recording 22 points, four assists and four rebounds. On November 8, 2018, he announced his retirement from playing professional basketball.

References

External links

Euroleague.net profile

Eurobasket.com profile

{{DEFAULTSORT:Simmons, Tre 1982 births Living people ABA League players African-American basketball players American expatriate basketball people in France American expatriate basketball people in Greece American expatriate basketball people in Israel American expatriate basketball people in Russia American expatriate basketball people in Spain American expatriate basketball people in the Czech Republic American men's basketball players Basketball players from Seattle BC Krasnye Krylia players Big3 players Cangrejeros de Santurce basketball players CB Gran Canaria players Basketball Nymburk players Garfield High School (Seattle) alumni Green River Gators men's basketball players Hapoel Afula players Hapoel Galil Elyon players Hapoel Holon players Hapoel Jerusalem B.C. players Hapoel Tel Aviv B.C. players Israeli Basketball Premier League players Liga ACB players Maccabi Tel Aviv B.C. players Odessa Wranglers men's basketball players Olympique Antibes basketball players P.A.O.K. BC players Shooting guards Small forwards Washington Huskies men's basketball players 21st-century African-American sportspeople 20th-century African-American people American men's 3x3 basketball players