John Simmons 
#20 SF | 6-4, 246lbs | Drillers | Experience: 11 years
Born: 8/5/1940 (34) | College: St. Ignatius | Detroit, MI

 Attributes
  INS JPS FT 3PS HND PAS ORB DRB PSD PRD STL BLK QKN STR JMP STA  
 Current: A- C- C- D+ C+ C B- D C+ D- A- C C+ B- A C  
 Potential: B D D D C C B D C D A D          
 Health: Good
 Status: Active Roster

 Contract
  1974  1975  1976  1977  1978  1979  1980  1981 
 Value: $0  $0  $0  $0  $0  $0  $0  $0 
 Option: None  None  None  None  None  None  None  None 
 Bird Years: 0                

 Season Averages
 Season LGE TEAM G GS MIN PTS ORB DRB AST TO A/T STL BLK PF FG% FT% 3P%  
 1974 CBL DAL 61 0 10.2 5.1 0.6 0.9 1.1 1.3 0.88 0.9 0.0 1.6 .458 .487 .318  
 1973 CBL DAL 78 78 31.4 17.6 2.5 3.2 3.2 3.4 0.95 1.6 0.2 4.3 .465 .502 .308  
 1972 CBL DAL 78 78 35.3 17.3 3.1 3.3 4.5 3.8 1.19 2.6 0.1 4.1 .446 .552 .152  
 1971 CBL DAL 75 75 36.2 20.5 2.9 3.5 5.0 4.0 1.24 2.3 0.1 4.1 .486 .520 .235  
 1970 CBL DAL 78 78 33.2 23.9 3.0 3.6 3.7 3.6 1.02 2.1 0.3 4.0 .526 .558 .313  
 1969 CBL DAL 77 76 32.4 21.4 2.7 3.4 4.6 3.7 1.24 2.3 0.2 3.9 .557 .560 .246  
 1968 CBL DAL 78 78 34.1 21.5 2.6 3.4 4.6 4.1 1.13 2.7 0.2 4.1 .542 .533 .246  
 1967 CBL DAL 58 57 33.1 17.9 2.5 2.7 3.3 4.7 0.71 3.1 0.3 3.4 .508 .588 .167  
 1966 FBL CHI 75 1 14.2 9.4 1.3 1.5 1.7 3.1 0.54 1.7 0.1 1.7 .532 .508 .000  
 1965 FBL CHI 80 19 20.5 10.5 1.8 2.0 1.7 4.1 0.41 2.3 0.3 2.4 .432 .520 .000  
 1964 FBL CHI 63 0 6.9 4.3 0.4 0.5 0.6 1.5 0.36 1.1 0.1 1.0 .521 .582 .000  
 1963 FBL CHI 5 0 4.8 2.0 0.0 0.6 0.2 0.0 1.00 0.2 0.0 0.6 .500 .500 .000  
 Career     806 540 26.5 15.7 2.2 2.6 3.2 3.4 0.92 2.1 0.2 3.2 .500 .539 .245  

 Shooting Averages
 Season LGE TEAM FGM FGA FG% FTM FTA FT% INM INA IN% JSM JSA JS% 3PM 3PA 3P%  
 1974 CBL DAL 1.9 4.1 .458 1.3 2.6 .487 1.3 2.0 .637 0.5 1.7 .276 0.1 0.4 .318  
 1973 CBL DAL 6.6 14.2 .465 4.1 8.2 .502 5.0 8.7 .577 1.3 4.7 .286 0.3 0.8 .308  
 1972 CBL DAL 6.3 14.2 .446 4.5 8.2 .552 4.6 7.4 .620 1.6 5.8 .275 0.2 1.0 .152  
 1971 CBL DAL 7.9 16.2 .486 4.5 8.6 .520 5.7 9.4 .605 2.0 5.8 .340 0.3 1.1 .235  
 1970 CBL DAL 9.1 17.3 .526 5.4 9.7 .558 7.5 11.9 .626 1.4 4.6 .305 0.3 0.9 .313  
 1969 CBL DAL 8.1 14.5 .557 5.1 9.1 .560 6.2 8.7 .711 1.7 5.1 .341 0.2 0.7 .246  
 1968 CBL DAL 8.3 15.2 .542 4.8 8.9 .533 6.5 9.4 .689 1.6 5.0 .314 0.2 0.8 .246  
 1967 CBL DAL 6.9 13.5 .508 4.1 6.9 .588 5.6 8.2 .679 1.2 4.8 .254 0.1 0.5 .167  
 1966 FBL CHI 3.9 7.3 .532 1.7 3.3 .508 2.8 4.4 .639 1.1 2.9 .373 0.0 0.0 .000  
 1965 FBL CHI 4.0 9.2 .432 2.6 4.9 .520 3.0 5.3 .564 1.0 3.9 .250 0.0 0.0 .000  
 1964 FBL CHI 1.6 3.0 .521 1.1 1.9 .582 1.1 1.7 .664 0.4 1.3 .337 0.0 0.0 .000  
 1963 FBL CHI 0.8 1.6 .500 0.4 0.8 .500 0.8 1.0 .800 0.0 0.6 .000 0.0 0.0 .000  
 Career     6.0 11.9 .500 3.6 6.7 .539 4.5 7.1 .637 1.3 4.2 .303 0.1 0.6 .245  

 Season Totals
 Season G GS MIN FGM FGA FTM FTA 3PM 3PA PTS OREB REB AST STL TO STL BLK PF +/- 
 1974 61 0 623 115 251 77 158 7 22 314 38 95 68 53 77 53 2 95 -168 
 1973 78 78 2453 515 1107 320 638 20 65 1370 195 444 251 123 263 123 14 337 -434 
 1972 78 78 2754 493 1106 353 640 12 79 1351 244 503 353 206 297 206 9 316 -5 
 1971 75 75 2713 592 1217 337 648 19 81 1540 215 479 377 172 303 172 11 309 175 
 1970 78 78 2588 712 1353 421 754 21 67 1866 233 512 289 162 283 162 22 312 680 
 1969 77 76 2494 621 1114 393 702 14 57 1649 210 472 355 175 286 175 12 301 827 
 1968 78 78 2657 645 1189 372 698 15 61 1677 204 471 358 209 318 209 17 321 713 
 1967 58 57 1922 398 783 235 400 5 30 1036 143 298 194 179 273 179 16 196 515 
 1966 75 1 1062 291 547 126 248 0 0 708 94 203 125 130 232 130 9 129 203 
 1965 80 19 1641 316 732 204 392 0 0 836 147 304 133 185 325 185 21 194 -61 
 1964 63 0 437 99 190 71 122 0 0 269 24 55 35 72 96 72 7 64 -71 
 1963 5 0 24 4 8 2 4 0 0 10 0 3 1 1 0 1 0 3 -3 
 Career 806 540 21368 4801 9597 2911 5404 113 462 12626 1747 3839 2539 1667 2753 1667 140 2577 2371 

 Efficiency
 Season LGE TEAM TS% PPS AST TO USG ORR DRR RR PER VA EWA +/- OEFF DEFF  
 1974 CBL DAL .489 1.25 14.6 16.5 26.7 5.8 9.9 7.7 14.4 36.3 1.2 -2.8 90.8 102.4  
 1973 CBL DAL .494 1.24 13.2 13.8 27.9 7.2 10.6 8.8 16.0 164.5 5.5 -5.6 94.2 99.9  
 1972 CBL DAL .487 1.22 17.3 14.6 26.3 8.3 9.7 9.0 16.8 258.5 8.6 -0.1 95.5 95.1  
 1971 CBL DAL .513 1.27 17.3 13.9 28.4 7.8 9.8 8.8 19.2 352.4 11.7 2.3 96.9 93.9  
 1970 CBL DAL .554 1.38 12.8 12.5 31.8 9.0 10.6 9.8 24.5 502.4 16.7 8.7 102.6 91.7  
 1969 CBL DAL .579 1.48 17.2 13.9 30.0 8.7 10.7 9.7 25.0 539.9 18.0 10.7 103.7 89.3  
 1968 CBL DAL .560 1.41 16.5 14.6 28.8 8.0 9.9 9.0 23.1 499.0 16.6 9.1 102.4 91.0  
 1967 CBL DAL .540 1.32 13.6 19.1 27.2 8.1 8.4 8.3 19.5 259.5 8.6 8.9 93.7 82.0  
 1966 FBL CHI .540 1.29 12.3 22.9 34.7 7.6 8.7 8.1 25.4 236.3 7.9 2.7 79.6 73.6  
 1965 FBL CHI .462 1.14 9.8 23.9 31.1 8.0 8.3 8.1 17.8 154.9 5.2 -0.8 72.8 74.2  
 1964 FBL CHI .549 1.42 9.3 25.6 32.4 5.1 6.5 5.8 21.6 72.2 2.4 -1.1 70.8 76.6  
 1963 FBL CHI .500 1.25 9.1 0.0 16.7 0.0 17.6 6.7 19.8 3.3 0.1 -0.6 86.7 93.3  
 Career     .527 1.32 14.7 15.9 29.1 8.0 9.7 8.8 20.5 3079.3 102.6 2.9 94.3 89.6  

 Playoff Averages
 Season LGE TEAM G GS MIN PTS ORB DRB AST TO A/T STL BLK PF FG% FT% 3P%  
 1972 CBL DAL 17 17 29.6 16.6 3.2 2.9 3.6 3.6 1.00 1.4 0.1 3.9 .487 .576 .294  
 1971 CBL DAL 4 4 33.5 16.3 3.3 2.5 5.5 4.8 1.16 1.8 0.0 4.3 .500 .433 .000  
 1970 CBL DAL 5 5 35.4 21.6 2.8 4.2 5.6 3.4 1.65 3.4 0.6 4.8 .473 .476 .000  
 1969 CBL DAL 3 3 40.7 26.3 2.3 2.0 6.0 4.7 1.29 2.3 0.0 4.7 .682 .439 1.000  
 1968 CBL DAL 9 9 36.8 22.1 2.9 3.0 3.8 5.2 0.72 2.4 0.1 3.6 .608 .480 .167  
 1967 CBL DAL 16 16 30.1 28.4 4.6 4.0 5.1 7.4 0.69 3.4 0.3 4.3 .519 .614 .143  
 1966 FBL CHI 13 0 16.0 10.5 1.2 0.8 1.7 3.8 0.44 3.0 0.2 2.4 .505 .558 .000  
 1965 FBL CHI 3 3 32.3 13.3 1.7 4.7 2.3 2.3 1.00 1.7 0.0 4.0 .349 .556 .000  
 1964 FBL CHI 5 0 4.6 1.8 0.4 0.4 0.2 0.4 0.50 0.2 0.2 1.0 .429 .750 .000  
 Career     75 57 27.7 18.3 2.8 2.7 3.7 4.5 0.82 2.4 0.2 3.6 .517 .546 .176  

 Playoff Shooting
 Season LGE TEAM FGM FGA FG% FTM FTA FT% INM INA IN% JSM JSA JS% 3PM 3PA 3P%  
 1972 CBL DAL 6.7 13.8 .487 2.9 5.0 .576 4.9 7.8 .629 1.5 5.0 .306 0.3 1.0 .294  
 1971 CBL DAL 6.5 13.0 .500 3.3 7.5 .433 6.0 8.0 .750 0.5 3.8 .133 0.0 1.3 .000  
 1970 CBL DAL 8.8 18.6 .473 4.0 8.4 .476 6.2 10.2 .608 2.6 6.8 .382 0.0 1.6 .000  
 1969 CBL DAL 10.0 14.7 .682 6.0 13.7 .439 8.0 9.3 .857 1.7 5.0 .333 0.3 0.3 1.000  
 1968 CBL DAL 9.7 15.9 .608 2.7 5.6 .480 7.6 10.9 .694 2.0 4.3 .462 0.1 0.7 .167  
 1967 CBL DAL 11.4 21.9 .519 5.6 9.1 .614 8.8 13.9 .632 2.4 7.1 .342 0.1 0.9 .143  
 1966 FBL CHI 4.3 8.5 .505 1.8 3.3 .558 2.5 3.9 .647 1.8 4.6 .383 0.0 0.0 .000  
 1965 FBL CHI 5.0 14.3 .349 3.3 6.0 .556 3.0 8.0 .375 2.0 6.3 .316 0.0 0.0 .000  
 1964 FBL CHI 0.6 1.4 .429 0.6 0.8 .750 0.4 1.0 .400 0.2 0.4 .500 0.0 0.0 .000  
 Career     7.4 14.4 .517 3.3 6.1 .546 5.5 8.6 .644 1.8 5.1 .347 0.1 0.7 .176  

 Playoff Totals
 Season G GS MIN FGM FGA FTM FTA 3PM 3PA PTS OREB REB AST STL TO STL BLK PF +/- 
 1972 17 17 503 114 234 49 85 5 17 282 55 105 62 24 62 24 1 67 76 
 1971 4 4 134 26 52 13 30 0 5 65 13 23 22 7 19 7 0 17 15 
 1970 5 5 177 44 93 20 42 0 8 108 14 35 28 17 17 17 3 24 0 
 1969 3 3 122 30 44 18 41 1 1 79 7 13 18 7 14 7 0 14 18 
 1968 9 9 331 87 143 24 50 1 6 199 26 53 34 22 47 22 1 32 -42 
 1967 16 16 482 182 351 89 145 2 14 455 73 137 81 55 118 55 4 68 150 
 1966 13 0 208 56 111 24 43 0 0 136 15 26 22 39 50 39 3 31 -34 
 1965 3 3 97 15 43 10 18 0 0 40 5 19 7 5 7 5 0 12 -39 
 1964 5 0 23 3 7 3 4 0 0 9 2 4 1 1 2 1 1 5 -1 
 Career 75 57 2077 557 1078 250 458 9 51 1373 210 415 275 177 336 177 13 270 143 

 Playoff Efficiency
 Season LGE TEAM TS% PPS AST TO USG ORR DRR RR PER VA EWA +/- OEFF DEFF  
 1972 CBL DAL .520 1.21 15.7 15.7 28.0 10.0 10.0 10.0 14.3 28.9 1.0 4.5 101.4 94.8  
 1971 CBL DAL .492 1.25 20.8 17.9 28.1 10.1 11.0 10.5 12.4 3.7 0.1 3.8 106.6 99.7  
 1970 CBL DAL .486 1.16 17.9 10.9 30.0 6.8 11.4 8.9 18.7 18.9 0.6 0.0 92.6 93.0  
 1969 CBL DAL .645 1.80 19.1 14.9 28.3 7.6 5.0 6.2 21.3 19.7 0.7 6.0 103.1 97.2  
 1968 CBL DAL .606 1.39 13.8 19.1 27.2 8.3 8.3 8.3 16.7 30.5 1.0 -4.7 96.3 100.7  
 1967 CBL DAL .549 1.30 13.2 19.2 46.1 10.4 9.4 9.9 19.5 64.7 2.2 9.4 91.6 83.3  
 1966 FBL CHI .523 1.23 10.9 24.8 36.3 5.6 5.0 5.3 18.3 24.3 0.8 -2.6 73.4 78.8  
 1965 FBL CHI .392 0.93 10.8 10.8 23.3 4.7 13.3 9.0 12.3 1.2 0.0 -13.0 65.0 78.4  
 1964 FBL CHI .444 1.29 8.3 16.7 19.1 6.5 9.1 7.5 11.1 0.1 0.0 -0.2 83.3 89.7  
 Career     .536 1.27 14.5 17.8 32.8 8.7 9.1 8.9 16.8 192.0 6.4 1.9 92.5 89.8  

 College Averages
 Season TEAM G GS MIN PTS ORB DRB AST TO A/T STL BLK PF FG% FT% 3P%  
 1961 - 34 0 31.1 17.5 2.7 2.9 4.6 2.0 2.28 2.2 0.4 2.4 .493 .546 .326  
 Total   34 0 31.1 17.5 2.7 2.9 4.6 2.0 2.28 2.2 0.4 2.4 .493 .546 .326  

 College Totals
 Season G GS MIN FGM FGA FTM FTA 3PM 3PA PTS OREB REB AST STL TO STL BLK PF +/- 
 1961 34 0 1056 264 536 53 97 15 46 596 93 193 155 74 68 74 13 82 0 
 Career 34 0 1056 264 536 53 97 15 46 596 93 193 155 74 68 74 13 82 0 

 Career Highs
 Type PTS OREB REB AST STL BLK TO FGM FGA FTM FTA 3PM 3PA  
 Season 21 5 7 6 5 1 4 7 13 6 10 1 2  
 Playoff 44 14 20 10 12 1 19 19 36 11 15 1 4  
 Career 47 14 20 12 12 2 19 20 37 16 31 3 6  

 Game Logs
 Date Opp W/L MIN FGM FGA FTM FTA 3PM 3PA PTS ORB REB AST TO STL BLK PF +/-
 10/16 PHM W 9 1 4 0 0 0 0 2 1 2 2 1 2 0 1 -2
 10/21 LOU L 15 2 5 0 2 0 0 4 0 0 1 3 2 0 2 -9
 10/22 SA L 11 1 4 3 4 0 1 5 1 3 2 1 0 0 0 -9
 10/25 KCM L 15 6 6 0 0 1 1 13 0 1 1 3 2 0 4 8
 10/26 DEN L 9 1 5 1 2 0 0 3 1 1 1 1 2 0 2 5
 10/29 KCM L 15 1 3 1 4 0 0 3 1 3 2 4 0 0 3 -5
 10/30 NJ W 31 7 9 6 10 1 1 21 1 3 0 3 0 0 2 8
 11/1 DEN L 13 6 10 0 6 1 2 13 0 1 0 1 1 0 2 -10
 11/3 BAL W 8 3 4 3 5 0 0 9 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 4
 11/4 DEN L 18 1 6 3 4 0 1 5 0 3 3 2 3 0 2 -4
 11/7 SA L 15 1 8 2 2 0 0 4 2 3 3 1 3 0 2 -12
 11/11 SD W 21 4 11 0 1 0 1 8 1 2 4 4 3 0 4 -5
 11/13 SA L 8 1 3 1 5 0 1 3 0 1 0 2 0 0 4 -9
 11/17 POR L 8 1 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 2 2 0 1 1
 11/18 SD W 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 -1
 11/20 KCM W 11 4 6 0 0 0 0 8 0 2 2 0 1 0 3 8
 11/25 PHM L 8 3 4 0 0 0 0 6 0 0 1 0 1 0 3 5
 11/26 DEN L 12 3 3 2 9 0 0 8 0 0 3 2 0 0 2 -12
 11/29 SA W 4 1 3 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 1 1 0 1 -12
 11/30 LOU L 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 4 -7
 12/4 SD W 5 0 0 2 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 5
 12/8 SD L 17 5 8 2 4 0 0 12 1 2 1 2 2 0 3 -3
 12/10 DEN L 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 -5
 12/12 POR L 14 1 5 1 4 0 1 3 0 1 2 1 1 0 2 -8
 12/14 KCM W 5 1 2 2 4 0 0 4 1 2 0 0 0 0 1 3
 12/15 DEN L 20 3 5 3 8 0 0 9 0 0 6 4 2 0 3 -9
 12/18 BAL L 16 2 5 0 2 0 0 4 2 3 0 4 1 0 6 -9
 12/19 LOU L 14 3 6 0 2 0 0 6 1 2 1 1 2 0 4 -13
 12/23 POR W 11 1 2 0 0 0 0 2 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 1
 12/26 SA L 3 0 1 2 2 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1
 12/30 SD L 3 1 4 1 2 0 1 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 -4
 12/31 KCM W 5 0 0 1 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
 1/4 SA W 12 4 8 2 2 0 0 10 1 4 0 4 0 0 3 5
 1/5 SD L 8 1 2 4 6 0 0 6 1 2 0 1 1 0 2 -3
 1/8 POR L 11 1 2 1 2 0 0 3 3 4 2 2 3 0 0 -17
 1/9 SD W 3 0 2 1 2 0 0 1 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 -1
 1/18 DEN W 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 2
 1/20 SA W 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 -2
 1/21 DEN L 7 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 -3
 1/25 SA L 24 5 13 0 2 0 1 10 2 5 1 4 1 0 1 -15
 1/27 DEN W 22 5 9 3 6 0 1 13 5 7 3 1 1 0 5 -2
 1/28 PHM W 15 4 6 2 2 1 1 11 0 0 2 2 0 1 2 8
 2/1 SD L 4 2 2 0 0 0 0 4 1 2 1 0 0 0 1 -3
 2/3 DEN L 22 5 9 5 10 1 1 16 2 5 4 1 1 0 4 -1
 2/5 POR L 13 2 5 0 0 0 0 4 1 2 3 1 0 0 1 -5
 2/6 POR L 9 2 4 0 0 0 1 4 0 1 0 0 1 0 2 -3
 2/11 SD L 27 4 12 4 10 0 2 12 3 5 3 1 5 0 2 -17
 2/19 POR W 1 2 2 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -2
 3/1 PIT L 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 -2
 3/13 SA L 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
 3/14 POR W 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
 3/18 SD W 8 1 5 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 1 0 2 0 0 6
 3/19 KCM L 12 3 7 3 3 1 2 10 1 2 0 2 1 0 4 -5
 3/23 CIN L 10 1 3 0 0 1 1 3 0 1 3 0 1 0 0 -14
 3/25 SD L 7 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 7
 3/27 DEN L 18 2 6 4 6 0 1 8 1 2 2 3 2 0 1 -13
 3/28 SD L 5 0 0 1 2 0 0 1 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 -2
 3/31 SA L 13 2 7 4 6 0 0 8 2 3 1 0 0 0 3 -14
 4/1 DEN W 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 2
 4/5 SA W 15 3 9 1 4 0 0 7 1 2 0 2 1 0 2 12
 4/6 SD W 10 1 3 1 2 0 0 3 0 0 2 2 1 0 0 6
 4/9 KCM L 10 3 6 2 4 1 1 9 0 1 0 1 1 0 2 9
 4/11 KCM W 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 2
 4/12 POR L 22 3 7 5 9 0 1 11 1 4 2 4 2 0 3 -11
 4/14 KCM L 10 4 6 2 2 0 0 10 0 1 1 3 3 0 2 3
 4/16 POR W 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -2

 Awards & Achievements
 Season Award
 Total Player of the Game: 83
 Total Player of the Week: 5
 Total Player of the Month: 2
 Total All-Star Appearances: 5
 Total All-League First Team: 2
 Total All-League Second Team: 1
 Total All-Defensive First Team: 4
 Total All-Defensive Second Team: 2
 Total Championships: 2
 Total Steals Leader: 1
 1962 FBL Rookie Game Participant
 1963 FBL All-Rookie Second Team
 1964 FBL Rookie Game Participant
 1965 FBL All-Defensive Second Team
 1967 CBL All-Defensive First Team
 1967 Continental Basketball League Champion
 1968 CBL All-Star
 1968 CBL All-League First Team
 1968 CBL All-Defensive First Team
 1968 CBL Steals Leader
 1969 CBL All-Star
 1969 CBL All-League First Team
 1969 CBL All-Defensive First Team
 1970 CBL All-Star
 1970 CBL All-League Second Team
 1971 CBL All-Star
 1971 CBL All-Defensive Second Team
 1972 CBL Slam-Dunk Contest Champion
 1972 CBL All-Star
 1972 CBL All-Defensive First Team
 1972 Continental Basketball League Champion

 Transactions
 Date Action
 6/27/1962 Drafted by the Panthers with pick #2 of round 2.

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