Krunoslav Simon (born 24 June 1985) is a Croatian professional basketball currently playing for Samobor of the Croatian second-tier First Men's Basketball League.
 Simon with Anadolu Efes in 2017 | |||||||||||||||
| No. 44 – Samobor | |||||||||||||||
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| Position | Shooting guard / small forward | ||||||||||||||
| League | First Men's Basketball League | ||||||||||||||
| Personal information | |||||||||||||||
| Born | 24 June 1985 Zagreb, SR Croatia, SFR Yugoslavia | ||||||||||||||
| Nationality | Croatian | ||||||||||||||
| Listed height | 1.97 m (6 ft 6 in) | ||||||||||||||
| Listed weight | 100 kg (220 lb) | ||||||||||||||
| Career information | |||||||||||||||
| NBA draft | 2007: undrafted | ||||||||||||||
| Playing career | 2002–present | ||||||||||||||
| Career history | |||||||||||||||
| 2002–2012 | Zagreb | ||||||||||||||
| 2012–2013 | Unicaja Málaga | ||||||||||||||
| 2013–2015 | Lokomotiv Kuban | ||||||||||||||
| 2015–2017 | Olimpia Milano | ||||||||||||||
| 2017–2022 | Anadolu Efes | ||||||||||||||
| 2022–2023 | Cedevita Junior | ||||||||||||||
| 2023–present | Samobor | ||||||||||||||
| Career highlights and awards | |||||||||||||||
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Medals
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Professional career
editAfter spending his youth years in KK Maksimir and KK Zrinjevac, Simon joined KK Zagreb in 1998, and he played there until 2012, when he signed with Unicaja Málaga of the Spanish League. On 25 June 2013 Simon signed a two-year deal with Lokomotiv Kuban.[1]
On 22 July 2015 Simon signed a one-year contract with the Italian club EA7 Emporio Armani Milano.[2] On 11 July 2016 he signed a two-year contract extension with Milano.[3]
Anadolu Efes
editOn 9 July 2017 Simon signed a two-year contract with the Turkish club Anadolu Efes, with second year being optional.[4] In 2017–18 season, he won the Turkish Basketball Cup with the club and was named the Turkish Basketball Cup Final MVP. In 26 appearances in the 2017–18 EuroLeague, he averaged 9.2 points, 3.9 rebounds and 3.4 assists per game.
In 2018–19 season, Simon improved his shooting accuracy from the field, as he averaged 9.4 points over 37 games in the 2018–19 EuroLeague with 48.3% shooting from the field. Anadolu Efes made its first appearance in the EuroLeague Final Four where they lost to the CSKA Moscow in the final game.
On 24 May 2019 Simon signed a two-year contract extension with Anadolu Efes.[5] He signed another two-year (1+1) contract extension with the team on 20 July 2020.[6]
On 8 July 2022, Simon parted ways with Anadolu Efes after five successful seasons together. The Turkish club also announced that they would retire the Croatian player's #44 jersey.
National team career
editSimon debuted with the senior Croatian national team at the 2011 EuroBasket. He also represented Croatia at the 2013 EuroBasket, 2015 EuroBasket, 2017 EuroBasket and 2022 EuroBasket. He also represented Croatia at the 2014 FIBA World Cup and the 2016 Summer Olympics.[7][8][9]
Career statistics
edit| 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 | PIR | Performance Index Rating |
| Bold | Career high |
EuroLeague
edit| † | Denotes season in which Simon won the EuroLeague |
| * | Led the league |
| Year | Team | GP | GS | MPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | PPG | PIR |
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| 2011–12 | Zagreb | 10 | 10 | 30.2 | .429 | .295 | .962 | 4.6 | 2.5 | .7 | .0 | 13.4 | 12.6 |
| 2012–13 | Málaga | 22 | 17 | 24.9 | .391 | .380 | .885 | 3.3 | 2.5 | .4 | .1 | 10.0 | 8.8 |
| 2013–14 | Lokomotiv | 23 | 14 | 25.0 | .422 | .351 | .800 | 3.3 | 2.6 | 1.0 | .3 | 10.6 | 11.6 |
| 2015–16 | Milano | 10 | 4 | 26.5 | .444 | .271 | .704 | 4.0 | 2.8 | .6 | .3 | 10.7 | 9.3 |
| 2016–17 | 21 | 9 | 27.6 | .451 | .370 | .875 | 3.6 | 3.9 | 1.0 | .2 | 11.0 | 12.7 | |
| 2017–18 | Anadolu Efes | 26 | 22 | 28.2 | .384 | .339 | .818 | 3.9 | 3.4 | .8 | .2 | 9.2 | 9.5 |
| 2018–19 | 37* | 22 | 24.8 | .483 | .403 | .843 | 3.8 | 2.8 | .9 | .2 | 9.4 | 11.9 | |
| 2019–20 | 27 | 13 | 23.3 | .479 | .440 | .857 | 3.9 | 2.9 | .6 | .2 | 8.9 | 10.9 | |
| 2020–21† | 35 | 28 | 25.6 | .486 | .403 | .769 | 3.1 | 3.3 | .5 | .3 | 10.3 | 12.2 | |
| 2021–22† | 27 | 13 | 21.2 | .417 | .274 | .926 | 2.8 | 2.6 | .5 | .1 | 6.9 | 7.7 | |
| Career | 238 | 155 | 25.3 | .437 | .367 | .838 | 3.5 | 2.9 | .7 | .2 | 9.7 | 10.8 | |
National team
edit| Year | Competition | GP | GS | MPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | PPG |
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| 2011 | EuroBasket | 5 | 5 | 23.0 | .450 | .267 | .625 | 3.6 | 1.8 | .6 | .0 | 9.0 |
| 2013 | EuroBasket | 11 | 11 | 23.8 | .461 | .447 | .786 | 3.8 | 2.1 | .1 | .2 | 9.3 |
| 2014 | FIBA Basketball World Cup | 6 | 6 | 28.2 | .333 | .367 | .750 | 4.2 | 2.3 | 1.0 | .5 | 9.5 |
| 2015 | EuroBasket | 6 | 6 | 24.5 | .542 | .542 | .850 | 4.7 | 3.7 | .8 | .0 | 13.7 |
| 2016 | Olympic Games | 6 | 6 | 25.5 | .294 | .333 | 1.000 | 5.3 | 4.3 | .8 | .0 | 8.8 |
| 2017 | EuroBasket | 6 | 2 | 20.5 | .367 | .200 | 1.000 | 4.0 | 4.0 | .7 | .0 | 4.3 |
| 2022 | EuroBasket | 6 | 1 | 22.1 | .512 | .375 | .833 | 3.8 | 3.0 | .5 | .5 | 8.8 |
References
edit- ^ "Lokomotiv Kuban signs Krunoslav Simon". Sportando.net. Retrieved 25 June 2013.
- ^ "EA7 Milan tabs experienced swingman Simon". Euroleague.net. 22 July 2015. Retrieved 22 July 2015.
- ^ "Olimpia Milano signs Krunoslav Simon to a contract extension". Sportando.com. 11 July 2016. Retrieved 11 July 2016.
- ^ "Efes adds crafty swingman Simon". Euroleague.net. 9 July 2017. Retrieved 9 July 2017.
- ^ "Efes, Simon agree for two more years". euroleague.net. 24 May 2019. Retrieved 26 May 2019.
- ^ Carchia, Emiliano (July 20, 2020). "Efes signs Kruno Simon to 1+1 contract extension". Sportando. Retrieved July 20, 2020.
- ^ "CROATIA UNVEIL AMBITIOUS EUROBASKET SQUAD". eurobasket2015.org. 4 September 2015. Archived from the original on 13 September 2015. Retrieved 13 September 2015.
- ^ "CZECHS MAKE FIRST QUARTER-FINAL TRIP". .eurobasket2015.org. 13 September 2015. Archived from the original on 14 September 2015. Retrieved 13 September 2015.
- ^ "Krunoslav Simon". FIBA Europe. Archived from the original on 21 November 2015. Retrieved 13 September 2015.
External links
edit- Krunoslav Simon at euroleague.net
- Krunoslav Simon at FIBA archive
- Krunoslav Simon at FIBA Europe
- Krunoslav Simon at eurobasket.com
- Krunoslav Simon Archived 2016-06-02 at the Wayback Machine at legabasket.it (in Italian)
- Krunoslav Simon at acb.com (in Spanish)
- Krunoslav Simon at tblstat.net