Simon Enciso

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Simon Enciso
No. 0–San Miguel Beermen
Position Point guard / shooting guard
League PBA
Personal information
Born (1991-02-12) February 12, 1991 (age 33)
San Francisco, California, U.S.
NationalityFilipino / American
Listed height5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)
Listed weight185 lb (84 kg)
Career information
High school Terra Nova (Pacifica, California)
College Skyline College (2010–2012)
Notre Dame de Namur (2012–2014)
PBA draft 2015: 2nd round, 17th overall pick
Selected by the Rain or Shine Elasto Painters
Playing career2015–present
Career history
2015–2016 NLEX Road Warriors
2016–2017 Phoenix Fuel Masters
2017–2019 Alaska Aces
2020 TNT Tropang Giga
2021 Blackwater Bossing
2021–present San Miguel Beermen
Career highlights and awards

Simon Nicholas Marquez Enciso (born February 12, 1991) is a Filipino-American professional basketball player for the San Miguel Beermen of the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA).

Contents

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 May 10, 2016, Enciso, along with Mark Borboran and a 2018 second round pick, was traded to the Phoenix Fuel Masters for Mac Baracael and Emman Monfort. [8]

On February 18, 2017, he was traded to the Alaska Aces in exchange for fellow guard RJ Jazul. [9] On August 26, 2018, he registered a career-high 30 points and 9 three-pointers made in a 121–95 blowout win over the TNT Katropa. [10]

On January 6, 2020, he was traded to the TNT KaTropa for Michael DiGregorio and a 2023 second-round draft pick. [11]

On March 11, 2021, Enciso was traded to the Blackwater Bossing in a three-team trade involving Blackwater, TNT, and NLEX Road Warriors. [12]

On September 28, 2021, he was traded to the Terrafirma Dyip for Rashawn McCarthy. [13] On November 13, 2021, before appearing in a game for Terrafirma, he was traded to the San Miguel Beermen for Alex Cabagnot. [14]

PBA career statistics

Legend
  GPGames played  GSGames 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 2023–24 season [15]

Season-by-season averages

YearTeamGPMPGFG%3P%FT%RPGAPGSPGBPGPPG
2015–16 NLEX 3724.6.369.351.7271.72.8.2.17.3
Phoenix
2016–17 Phoenix 3626.9.329.271.4292.03.6.8.08.4
Alaska
2017–18 Alaska 5026.9.390.336.7441.93.6.5.18.9
2019 Alaska 3630.3.373.333.6362.63.8.8.110.2
2020 TNT 2231.7.345.319.5332.32.8.7.19.6
2021 Blackwater 1927.0.376.301.5562.32.9.3—9.3
San Miguel
2022–23 San Miguel 5926.5.405.348.3001.94.3.7.07.2
2023–24 San Miguel 3013.3.344.356—.91.4.3.12.9
Career28925.9.371.326.5901.93.3.6.07.9

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 says he patterned his game after NBA stars Derrick Rose and Kyrie Irving. [16]

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References

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  2. ↑ "Simon Enciso – Men's Basketball". Notre Dame de Namur University Athletics.
  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. 15 September 2014. Retrieved 7 October 2015.
  5. ↑ "SUMMARY – 2015 PBA Rookie Draft". InterAksyon. August 24, 2015. Archived from the original on September 24, 2015. Retrieved September 25, 2015.
  6. ↑ "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.
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  8. ↑ "Baracael, Monfort sent to NLEX by Phoenix in trade". www.dugout.ph.
  9. ↑ "Alaska Aces send RJ Jazul to Phoenix Fuel Masters for Simon Enciso". Spin.ph.
  10. ↑ "Simon Enciso drains nine treys as Aces goes 2–0". Spin.ph. August 26, 2018. Retrieved June 5, 2019.
  11. ↑ "Alaska ships Enciso to TNT for DiGregorio". ESPN.com. January 6, 2020.
  12. ↑ "NLEX trades No. 4 first round draft pick to Blackwater". PBA.ph. March 11, 2021. Retrieved January 28, 2023.
  13. ↑ Ramos, Gerry (September 28, 2021). "Blackwater trades Simon Enciso to Terrafirma for Rashawn McCarthy". Sports Interactive Network. Retrieved September 28, 2021.
  14. ↑ "SMB sends Cabagnot to Terrafirma for Enciso". PBA.ph. November 13, 2021. Retrieved November 13, 2021.
  15. ↑ "Simon Enciso Player Profile, San Miguel Beermen - RealGM". basketball.realgm.com.
  16. ↑ 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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