Kenneth Simms (born August 4, 1986) is an American

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player who played for Danang Dragons of the

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(VBA). Standing at , Simms plays as center. Born in

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, Simms has played for several clubs in Europe, South America and Asia since the start of his professional career in 2009.

Professional career

In 2010, Simms signed with CSM SCU Craiova in Romania, where he played until April. In the summer of 2010, he played for Ningxia Hanas in

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. Simms spent the following two seasons with

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of the Swedish

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and the

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. After a summer with

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, Simms signed with Belgian club

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for the 2013–14 season. On July 12, 2014, Simms signed with

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, prior to being released before the start of the season. Affare getting cut, Simms signed with

KTP-Basket Kotkan Työväen Palloilijat Basket, shortly KTP Basket, is the largely independent basketball team of Kotkan Työväen Palloilijat, a Finnish sports club based in Kotka, and has played in the Korisliiga since 1957. The club has won the Finnish cha ...

of the Finnish

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. On October 9, 2015, he signed with Soles de Santo Domingo in the Dominican Republic. For the 2015–16 season, Simms signed with

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of the

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, the Italian second-tier league. On April 7, 2016, he was named the MVP of Round 27 of the Serie A2, after recording 17 points and 17 rebounds. After playing with Indios de San Francisco in the summer of 2016, Simms signed with Hungarian team

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. On August 8, 2017, Simms returned to KTP-Basket. In February, Simms was sent to

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in a

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for Tim Williams. On April 23, 2018, Simms signed with

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, of the French second tier

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. On July 2, 2018, Simms signed with

ZZ Leiden ZZ Leiden Basketball, also known as Zorg en Zekerheid Leiden, is a basketball club based in Leiden, Netherlands. The club plays in the BNXT League, the domestic first tier league. Their home games are played at Vijf Meihal, which has 2,000 seats. ...

of the

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(DBL). On March 31, he won the

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with Leiden.

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