1. DeShawn Sims is the head coach at Pershing High School and last played for Chieti of the Serie A2 Basket.
39 Facts About DeShawn Sims
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DeShawn Sims has previously played for Sagesse and Champville of the Lebanese Basketball League, as well as teams in Greece, Korea, Israel and Puerto Rico after a career with the Michigan Wolverines men's basketball team.
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DeShawn Sims had signed a free-agent contract with the Boston Celtics for whom he played in the Orlando Summer League in addition to playing for the Dallas Mavericks in the NBA Summer League.
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DeShawn Sims became a 2011 D-League All-Star and NBA Development League Rookie of the Year.
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DeShawn Sims concluded the season as the Big Ten Conference leader in offensive rebounds.
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DeShawn Sims starred at Pershing High School, where, as a freshman, he played the guard position.
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DeShawn Sims became a starter as a sophomore and earned both Detroit News and Detroit Free Press All-Detroit, honorable mention recognition.
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DeShawn Sims led his team to the Detroit Public School League championship game where they lost to Redford High School, a team that was led by junior Manny Harris, who later became Sims' teammate at Michigan.
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DeShawn Sims placed third in the Hal Schram Mr Basketball of Michigan voting, trailing David Kool and Tom Herzog.
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DeShawn Sims played in various All-star games and earned the MVP of the Capital Classic in Washington, DC In high school, Rivals.
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DeShawn Sims is known by a nickname that has been published in the press as both Peedi and Peety.
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At the University of Michigan, DeShawn Sims started two games as a freshman and all 32 games as a sophomore.
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DeShawn Sims was coached by Tommy Amaker as a freshman before John Beilein took over as head coach.
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On November 29,2008, against Savannah State, DeShawn Sims posted game-highs of 23 points and 12 rebounds, including an overtime buzzer beater as Michigan overcame a 20-point half time deficit.
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DeShawn Sims again, led the team in scoring with a career-high 28 points and posted a team-high with 12 rebounds.
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On December 22,2008, DeShawn Sims became the first Wolverine to score 20 points and add 20 rebounds since Phil Hubbard had 22 points and 26 rebounds in a victory over University of Detroit in the 1977 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament.
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DeShawn Sims led the team in scoring in six of its last seven games including five consecutive games covering the last three regular season games and both 2009 Big Ten Conference men's basketball tournament games.
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DeShawn Sims led the Wolverines in field goal percentage, rebounds and blocked shots.
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DeShawn Sims finished second on the team in minute played, steals and points per game.
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DeShawn Sims ended the season fifth in rebounds per game, fifth in points per game and eighth in field goal percentage, eleventh in block shots per game and fifteenth in steals per game in the Big Ten Conference.
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Harris and DeShawn Sims were named among the 50 preseason Wooden Award watch list nominees.
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DeShawn Sims was recognized as Michigan's Big Ten Sportsmanship Awards honoree.
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DeShawn Sims led the conference in offensive rebounds and ranked fifth in scoring.
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DeShawn Sims was among the leaders in field goal percentage and steals.
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DeShawn Sims played in four games for the Celtics in the Orlando Summer League and then four games for the Dallas Mavericks in the NBA Summer League.
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Later that month, DeShawn Sims signed with the Maine Red Claws of the NBA Development League, who are the D League affiliate of the Celtics.
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DeShawn Sims earned a selection to the 2011 D-League All-Star game.
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In July 2012, DeShawn Sims was named to the Phoenix Suns roster for the 2012 Las Vegas Summer League.
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DeShawn Sims was expected to join the Boston Celtics' 2013 Orlando Summer League team.
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On September 30,2013, DeShawn Sims signed with the Boston Celtics.
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DeShawn Sims was one of four nonguaranteed training camp invites, vying for the final roster spot after accounting for the 14 guaranteed contracts.
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DeShawn Sims was one of three small forwards invited to camp, along with Jeff Green, Gerald Wallace.
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DeShawn Sims was the only one of the four who did not sign with the Red Claws by the end of the month.
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On March 6,2015, DeShawn Sims signed with Champville of the Lebanese Basketball League.
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On March 1,2016, DeShawn Sims signed with Maccabi Kiryat Gat BC of the Israeli Basketball Premier League.
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On July 6,2017, DeShawn Sims signed with Italian club Eurobasket Roma, after a monstre season with NPC Rieti.
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DeShawn Sims averaged 18.2 points per game on the team.
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On July 20,2020, DeShawn Sims has signed with Pistoia of the Serie A2 Basket.
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DeShawn Sims began his coaching career as a coach for his high school alma mater Pershing on April 9,2024.