Simon Enciso
Simon Enciso (born February 12, 1991) is a Filipino-American professional basketball player for the TNT Tropang Giga of the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA).
| No. 0 – TNT Tropang Giga | |
|---|---|
| Position | Point guard / Shooting guard |
| League | PBA |
| Personal information | |
| Born | 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 (Pacifica, California) |
| College | Skyline College Notre Dame de Namur |
| PBA draft | 2015 Round: 2 / Pick: 17th overall |
| Selected by the Rain or Shine Elasto Painters | |
| Playing career | 2015–present |
| Career history | |
| 2015–2016 | NLEX Road Warriors |
| 2016–2017 | Phoenix Fuel Masters |
| 2017–2019 | Alaska Aces |
| 2020–present | TNT Tropang Giga |
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-pointers), three assists and three rebounds in 28 minutes.[7]
On February 18, 2017, he was traded by the Phoenix Fuel Masters to the Alaska Aces in exchange for fellow guard RJ Jazul.
On August 26, 2018, Simon Enciso registered a career-high 30 points and 9 three-pointers made in a 121-95 blowout win over the TNT Katropa.[8]
On January 6, 2020, Simon Enciso was traded from the Alaska Aces to TNT Tropang Giga for Mike DiGregorio, 2020 first draft pick according to Spin.ph
PBA career statistics
| Legend | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GP | Games played | GS | Games started | MPG | Minutes per game |
| FG% | Field-goal percentage | 3P% | 3-point field-goal percentage | FT% | Free-throw percentage |
| RPG | Rebounds per game | APG | Assists per game | SPG | Steals per game |
| BPG | Blocks per game | PPG | Points per game | Bold | Career high |
As of the end of 2020 season[9]
Season-by-season averages
| Year | Team | GP | MPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | PPG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015–16 | NLEX / Phoenix | 37 | 24.6 | .369 | .351 | .727 | 1.7 | 2.8 | .2 | .1 | 7.3 |
| 2016–17 | Phoenix / Alaska | 36 | 26.9 | .329 | .271 | .429 | 2.0 | 3.6 | .8 | .0 | 8.4 |
| 2017–18 | Alaska | 50 | 26.9 | .390 | .336 | .744 | 1.9 | 3.6 | .5 | .1 | 8.9 |
| 2019 | Alaska | 36 | 30.3 | .373 | .333 | .636 | 2.6 | 3.8 | .8 | .1 | 10.2 |
| 2020 | TNT | 22 | 31.7 | .345 | .319 | .533 | 2.3 | 2.8 | .7 | .1 | 9.6 |
| Career | 181 | 27.7 | .364 | .321 | .627 | 2.1 | 3.4 | .6 | .1 | 8.8 | |
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.[10]
References
- "Simon Enciso's High School Timeline". MaxPreps.com.
- "Simon Enciso - 2012-13 Men's Basketball".
- "Simon Enciso Player Profile, Notre Dame (CA), NCAA Stats, Game Logs, Bests, Awards - RealGM". RealGM.com. Retrieved 7 October 2015.
- "2014 PBA D-LEAGUE DRAFT RESULTS (September 15, 2014)". Philippine Daily Inquirer. Retrieved 7 October 2015.
- "SUMMARY - 2015 PBA Rookie Draft". InterAksyon. August 24, 2015. Archived from the original on September 24, 2015. Retrieved September 25, 2015.
- "Rain or Shine trades second-rounder Simon Enciso to NLEX for future pick". InterAksyon. August 27, 2015. Archived from the original on August 28, 2015. Retrieved September 30, 2015.
- Sacamos, Karlo (October 23, 2015). "'FilipinoDRose' Simon Enciso backs up claim with big PBA debut for Road Warrriors". Spin.ph. Retrieved October 23, 2015.
- "Simon Enciso drains nine treys as Aces goes 2-0". Spin.ph. August 26, 2018. Retrieved June 5, 2019.
- Real GM
- 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.