 From a one hundred fifty dollar tryout to a twenty million dollar contract This is the story of Jonathan Simmons. Now before I get started with the story I want to give a massive shout out to C-Geek. Thank you for sponsoring this video Now you've obviously heard of C-Geek before but if you haven't C-Geek is an app that aggregates tickets from all over the web To make buying tickets easy They put a one to one hundred score on each ticket to let you know if you're getting a good deal or a bad deal The green is a good deal. 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Now I thought it was the perfect opportunity to make this story considering that Jonathan Simmons has recently signed a Contract with the Orlando Magic and you know I wasn't gonna make a video on the Jonathan Simmons story because I thought that many of you guys have seen the story before or heard It before but when I looked at other videos I saw that they were missing a lot of information in their video So I thought I might as well make my own video if you've seen it I apologize, but I will talk about the Jonathan Simmons Effect to the Orlando Magic because the guy signed with them 20 million dollars three-year contract the story is amazing But in Orlando, he'll have opportunities and he'll join a team that needs a boost So for Orlando, they picked up a great guy who they really don't know what his potential will be in the NBA and For Jonathan Simmons. Well, this just adds another side to Jonathan Simmons story because well If you haven't heard the story, you will be amazed because his story is incredible. Let's just get into it We start the story here Jonathan Simmons is a five foot seven guard who was considering dropping out of high school He was well a 40% average didn't reach senior year And he was known as a guy that was just gonna drop out of school But by his junior year in basketball Simmons had shot up to six foot three He got recruits from, you know CMU, Texas, A&M, Marquette 6-3 and athletic he looked pretty good. That's why all these colleges want him Unfortunately, though, he just wasn't that good considering Academic struggles forced him to take the junior college route, which pretty much messed him up He played his freshman season at Paris Junior College averaging 12 points And I mean he did make all-conference honors, but he wasn't amazing 12 points and I mean 12 points is good But it's not crazy It's not really NBA level for a guy that wants to do well He didn't transfer to midland for a sophomore season and upped his scoring to 13.3 points per game The thing is though when he did that he became more of a defensive player Which he really is known now for in the NBA He signed a national letter of intent to play at the University of Houston in November 2010 and then he set up the 2010-11 season in compliance with the NCAA's transfer regulation Then afterwards obviously he went to the University of Houston and he did pretty well He declared for the 2012 NBA draft and signed with an agent, but then he went undrafted Which I guess you can kind of see how it happened. I mean he didn't dominate He averaged 14.7 points per game, which I mean like I said it's good But it's not really that good for NBA players I'm talking about the thing was though he had defense he had heart He had determination and that's what really got him here because on January 2013 He was drafted by the American basketball league sugarland legends a D league team, which well They weren't that good, but he then went to average 36.5 points in 16 games He tried out for the spurs D league team, which one of the best choices He's ever made in his life just to clear it up as well The team has since been renamed the Austin Spurs, but to get into that team Jonathan Simmons had to pay $150 registration fee now Jonathan Simmons had a family. He also didn't have much money He failed school and didn't really have much of a future So $150 for him was quite a bit of money and this is why the story is so intriguing Simmons stood out though earning an invitation to a training camp with the San Antonio Spurs Making it onto the team's opening night roster He averaged 9.8 points per game in 23 minutes during his first NBA D League season Then in the 2014-15 season he had a breakout season for the Spurs Simmons said that during his time in Austin He considered giving up on his basketball career Moving back home working a nine-to-five job to take care of his four daughters He said I was just gonna wing it. He then pushed on during his second season He vaulted his way to an NBA Raider the San Antonio Spurs ended up taking him off. They saw what he could do He averaged 15.2 points per game for rebounds 3.7 assists and helped make them to the Western Conference finals He showed what he could do. He then leaves the Spurs summer league team to an NBA championship Simmons was on a bus in Orlando having just completed his third and final game when he received a call from his agent His agent said John you are now an NBA player He said okay the Spurs just gave you a two-year deal and then he's like I'm like what that's all I could say I was like hold on what now then he became a high-flying six foot six guard and Turned into a real nice player under Greg Popovich So that's the Jonathan Simmons story. I mean you can continue it by saying he went and won the MVP in the summer league He went to crack the Spurs rotation in his first ever game in the NBA He went to guard Steph Curry this year at the start of the year the man went crazy Played real well against the Golden State Warriors First game of the year if you all remember that I hope you all remember that you know first game with Kevin Durant playing in Golden State Jonathan Simmons, he's he stole the show the guy dominated. So let me know down below I mean what I have the reason I made this video though is because of this the man Jonathan Simmons You want to talk about a story? This is a story. This is one of the greatest stories I mean he was a five foot seven guard Dropping out of high school then now he paid a hundred and fifty dollars just to enter a Spurs D-League team and now Jonathan Simmons just signed an NBA contract with the Orlando Magic on a three-year deal Now the magic will give him that opportunity that the Spurs didn't really give him because you want to talk about minutes Well, let's just talk about the minutes right now because Orlando they don't have the best team at the moment So for Orlando getting a guy like Simmons Well, they can play him at the small fall position the shooting our position and he can just play as much as he wants But just going from a hundred fifty dollars to a twenty million dollar deal. That just shows you a crazy story in itself He's a perfect 3 and D guy for the Orlando Magic and I mean you want to talk about defense and heart and toughness Simmons was very successful and that's only because of the determination. He's had in the NBA So it'll be interesting to see if he can play that way in Orlando, but let me know down below what you think about the story I mean he paid a hundred fifty dollars just for a tryout for the San Antonio Spurs D-League team after not getting drafted and then in Austin he did it He made it a hundred fifty dollars just turned into twenty million and that's a crazy story right there So let me know down below what you think about this story If you guys enjoyed it definitely hit that subscribe button if you guys want to aim for three thousand likes that would be awesome But yeah, like I said, definitely hit the subscribe button if you're new around here I make a whole bunch of NBA stories as well as NBA content on this channel every two to three days So definitely hit that subscribe button. I'll catch you guys in my next video. I'm out. Peace