Henry Sims

Sims played for Mt. Saint Joseph High averaging 19 points and 13 rebounds as a senior. He led his team to three BCL and MIAA Championships and earned Player of the Year and All Metro honors.^[1]

Sims played for four years at Georgetown where he played in 104 games, starting 17, averaging 3.8 points, 2.6 rebounds. He had his best year as a senior, averaging 11.6 points, 6.0 rebounds and 3.5 assists per game connecting on 46.3 percent of his field goals.^[2]

After going undrafted in the 2012 NBA draft, Sims joined the Utah Jazz for the Orlando Summer League and Chicago Bulls for the Las Vegas Summer League.^[3] On September 10, 2012, he signed with the New York Knicks.^[4] However, he was waived on October 27.^[5] In November 2012, he was acquired by the Erie BayHawks.^[4]

On February 4, 2013, Sims was named to the Prospects All-Star roster for the 2013 NBA D-League All-Star Game.^[6]

On March 3, 2013, Sims signed a 10-day contract with the New Orleans Hornets.^[7] He appeared in two games for the Hornets recording a total of four points and two rebounds. He was released by the Hornets on March 12, 2013^[8] and returned to the BayHawks. On April 1, 2013, his contract was bought out by the BayHawks,^[4] and a day later, signed with the Petron Blaze Boosters of the Philippines.^[9]

He joined the Charlotte Bobcats for the 2013 NBA Summer League. On September 30, 2013, he signed with the Cleveland Cavaliers.^[4] On December 5, 2013, he was assigned to the Canton Charge of the NBA D-League.^[10] He was recalled by the Cavaliers on December 9.^[11] On December 11, he was reassigned to Canton.^[12] He was recalled the next day.

On February 20, 2014, Sims was traded to the Philadelphia 76ers along with Earl Clark and two future second-round picks in exchange for Spencer Hawes.^[13] On March 22, 2014, Sims recorded 18 points and a career high 15 rebounds in an 81–91 loss to the Chicago Bulls.^[14] On April 4, 2014, Sims recorded a career high 24 points in a 111–102 win over the Boston Celtics.^[15]

On September 16, 2015, Sims signed with the Phoenix Suns.^[16] However, he was later waived by the Suns on October 24 after appearing in all six of the team's preseason games.^[17] On November 12, he was acquired by the Grand Rapids Drive of the NBA Development League.^[18] On November 14, he made his debut for Grand Rapids in a 113–101 win over the Delaware 87ers, recording 15 points, seven rebounds, one assist and one block in 19 minutes off the bench.^[19]

On March 17, 2016, Sims signed a 10-day contract with the Brooklyn Nets.^[20] Two days later, he made his debut in a 115–113 loss to the Detroit Pistons, recording 10 points, eight rebounds, one steal and one block in 20 minutes off the bench.^[21] On March 27, he signed a second 10-day contract with the Nets,^[22] and on April 6, he signed with the team for the rest of the season.^[23]

On September 22, 2016, Sims signed with the Utah Jazz,^[24] but was waived on October 20 after appearing in three preseason games.^[25] On October 31, he was acquired by the Salt Lake City Stars of the NBA Development League.^[26] On December 12, Sims early terminated his contract with Salt Lake City.^[27] In 11 games, he averaged 18.2 points, 8.3 rebounds and 2.0 assists in 29.7 minutes.^[28]

On December 20, 2016, Sims signed with the Shanxi Brave Dragons of the Chinese Basketball Association.^[29]

On February 27, 2017, Sims was acquired by the Salt Lake City Stars of the NBA Development League, returning to the franchise for a second stint.^[30][31]

On August 15, 2017, Sims signed with Italian club Vanoli Cremona of the Lega Basket Serie A.^[32]

Sims signed with Virtus Roma of the Italian second division on August 6, 2018.^[33]

On August 6, 2019, he has signed contract with Fortitudo Bologna of the Italian Lega Basket Serie A (LBA).^[34] Sims averaged 15.1 points and 8.9 rebounds per game. He opted out of his deal on July 7, 2020.^[35]

On July 8, 2020, Sims signed with the Incheon Electroland Elephants.^[36]

On February 14, 2021, Sims returned to Italy and signed until the end of the season for Reggio Emilia of the Italian Lega Basket Serie A (LBA) that was also playing the FIBA Europe Cup.^[37] He left the team one match before the end of the regular season.^[38]

On July 23, 2021, Sims signed with Universo Treviso.^[39]

Sims is the son of Brenda and Henry Sims Sr., and the step-son of Terry Awkward. He has four siblings, Myra Moore, Karigan Awkward, Brandon Awkward, and Datren Awkward.^[1]

• Career statistics and player information from NBA.com and Basketball-Reference.com
• Official website Archived 2020-02-04 at the Wayback Machine
• Henry Sims D-League stats
• Henry Sims college stats