Chester "Tre" Simmons III (born on July 24, 1982 in Seattle, Washington, USA) is an American

United States

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 professional basketball

Basketball

Basketball is a team sport in which two teams of five players try to score points by throwing or "shooting" a ball through the top of a basketball hoop while following a set of rules...

 player. He is a 1.98 m (6'6") swingman

Swingman

A Swingman is a basketball term denoting a player who can play both the small forward and shooting guard positions, and, in essence, swing between the shooting guard and small forward positions." Swingmen males are often between 6'5" and 6'8" .John Havlicek, who played for the Boston Celtics in...

 who currently plays for Hapoel Jerusalem B.C..

College career

Simmons played college basketball

College basketball

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 at Odessa Junior College, Green River Community College and with the University of Washington

University of Washington

University of Washington is a public research university, founded in 1861 in Seattle, Washington, United States. The UW is the largest university in the Northwest and the oldest public university on the West Coast. The university has three campuses, with its largest campus in the University...

's men's basketball team the Washington Huskies

Washington Huskies

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. He was named to the 2004-05 season's All-Pac 10 First Team.

Pro career

Simmons began his professional career in 2006 when he joined the Greek League

A1 Ethniki

The Greek Basket League , commonly referred to as the Greek Basketball League or Greek Basketball Championship, is the highest professional basketball league in Greece. It is run by HEBA...

 club PAOK

PAOK BC

P.A.O.K. Thessaloniki B.C. is the professional basketball department of the Greek multi-sports club P.A.O.K., originally founded in 1926 and is based in Thessaloniki, Greece. The club has established a firm reputation in Greek sports, especially for its success in European leagues...

. He then moved to the Spanish League and ULEB Cup

ULEB Cup

Eurocup Basketball is the second-tier level transnational professional basketball competition in Europe. The Eurocup is the level that is one tier below the Turkish Airlines Euroleague level...

 club Gran Canaria

CB Gran Canaria

Club Baloncesto Gran Canaria - Claret, S.A.D. is a professional basketball team that plays in the Asociación de Clubes de Baloncesto. The team is based in the autonomous community's capital and largest city, Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Canary Islands. It plays at Centro Insular.-History:CB Gran...

 for the 2006-07 season

2006-2007 ACB season

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, but in the midst of the season moved to Israel

Israel

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 and signed for the Superleague

Ligat Winner

Ligat HaAl , or the Israeli Basketball Super League, is the top tier of league basketball competition in Israeli basketball, making it Israel's primary basketball competition. For sponsorship reasons, the league is also referred to as Ligat Loto , lit...

 club Hapoel Galil Elyon

Hapoel Galil Elyon

Hapoel Galil-Elyon was an Israeli basketball club. The team represented the north-east region of the country – the Upper Galilee, and the Israeli settlements in the Golan Heights...

. The following season he moved to Hapoel Holon

Hapoel Holon

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 with whom he won the league championship.

He joined the Euroleague

Euroleague

Euroleague Basketball, commonly known as the Euroleague, is the highest level tier and most important professional club basketball competition in Europe, with teams from up to 18 different countries, members of FIBA Europe. For sponsorship reasons, for five seasons starting with 2010–2011, it is...

 club Maccabi Tel Aviv

Maccabi Tel Aviv (basketball)

Maccabi Electra Tel Aviv B.C. is a professional Israeli basketball club based in Tel Aviv. The team plays in three leagues: the Euroleague, the Israeli Basketball Super League, and the Adriatic League....

 for the 2008-09 season.
For the 2009-10 season he signed with Hapoel Jerusalem B.C..

External links

• Euroleague.net Player Profile