Simon Enciso

Simon Enciso
No. 0 NLEX Road Warriors
Position Point guard
League PBA
Personal information
Born (1991-02-12) February 12, 1991
San Francisco, California
Nationality Filipino / American
Listed height 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)
Listed weight 185 lb (84 kg)
Career information
High school Terra Nova High School (California)
College Skyline College
Notre Dame de Namur University
NBA draft 2014 / Undrafted
PBA draft 2015 Round: 2 / Pick: 17th overall
Selected by the Rain or Shine Elasto Painters
Playing career 2015–present
Career history
2014–2015 Cebuana Lhuillier Gems
(PBA D-League)
2015–present NLEX Road Warriors

Simon N. Enciso (born February 12, 1991), is a Filipino American professional basketball player who plays for the NLEX Road Warriors of the Philippine Basketball Association (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.[1]

College career

Enciso played two seasons of basketball at Skyline College, and then he transferred to Notre Dame de Namur University 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).[2] 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).[3]

PBA D-League

Enciso applied for the 2014 NBA draft 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 Cebuana Lhuillier Gems.[4]

Professional career

Enciso was drafted in the second round by the Rain or Shine Elasto Painters with the 17th overall pick in the 2015 PBA draft.[5] He was then traded to NLEX Road Warriors in exchange for a 2018 second round pick.[6]

In his PBA debut for the Road Warriors, he registered 15 points (from five [[three-point field goal|three-pointers), three assists and three rebounds in 28 minutes.[7]

Personal life

Born in San Francisco, California 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 Kinesiology. He goes by the handle of @FilipinoDRose on Twitter (however, as of February 2016 he has changed his handle to @Simon0Enciso) and says he has patterned his game after NBA stars Derrick Rose and Kyrie Irving.[8]

References

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  3. "Simon Enciso Player Profile, Notre Dame (CA), NCAA Stats, Game Logs, Bests, Awards - RealGM". RealGM.com. Retrieved 7 October 2015.
  4. "2014 PBA D-LEAGUE DRAFT RESULTS (September 15, 2014)". Philippine Daily Inquirer. Retrieved 7 October 2015.
  5. "SUMMARY - 2015 PBA Rookie Draft". InterAksyon. August 24, 2015. Retrieved September 25, 2015.
  6. "Rain or Shine trades second-rounder Simon Enciso to NLEX for future pick". InterAksyon. August 27, 2015. Retrieved September 30, 2015.
  7. Sacamos, Karlo (October 23, 2015). "'FilipinoDRose' Simon Enciso backs up claim with big PBA debut for Road Warrriors". Spin.ph. Retrieved October 23, 2015.
  8. Terrado, Reuben (January 19, 2015). "'FilipinoDRose' Simon Enciso admits he's 'nowhere near Derrick Rose,' but strives to make it big in PBA". Spin.ph. Retrieved September 30, 2015.

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