Derrick Zimmerman

Derrick Dewayne Zimmerman (born December 2, 1981) is an American former professional basketball player. He played collegiately at Mississippi State University.

Derrick Zimmerman
Personal information
Born (1981-12-02) December 2, 1981
Monroe, Louisiana
NationalityAmerican
Listed height6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)
Listed weight195 lb (88 kg)
Career information
High schoolWossman (Monroe, Louisiana)
CollegeMississippi State (1999–2003)
NBA draft2003 / Round: 2 / Pick: 40th overall
Selected by the Golden State Warriors
Playing career2003–2014
PositionGuard
Career history
2003–2005Columbus Riverdragons
2005–2006Austin Toros
2006New Jersey Nets
2006–2007Brose Baskets
2007Air Avellino
2007–2008HKK Široki
2008–2010Budivelnyk
2010–2011Hoverla Ivano-Frankivsk
2011–2012BC Kyiv
2012–2013Dnipro-Azot
2013Neckar Riesen Ludwigsburg
2014Energa Czarni Słupsk
Career highlights and awards
  • 2x D-League Defensive Player of the Year (2005, 2006)
  • All-NBDL Second Team (2005)

College career

For the Mississippi State Bulldogs, he averaged 8.9 points, 5.5 assists, 4.2 rebounds, 1.9 steals and 0.8 blocks. He shot 15 of 52 three-pointers as a senior and 64.9% on free throws.

Professional career

He was selected 40th overall in the 2003 NBA Draft by the Golden State Warriors, and played two games with the NBA's New Jersey Nets during the 2005-06 season.[1] He played in the NBA D-League for the Columbus Riverdragons (2004–05) and Austin Toros (2005–06). Derrick was named the NBDL's Defensive Player of the Year for two consecutive seasons (Austin 2005-06, Columbus 2004-05).[2] In December 2006, he signed a one-month contract with Brose Baskets of the German Basketball Bundesliga.[3] After his contract expired, he signed with Italian team Air Avellino until the end of the season.

In the summer of 2008, he signed with the Ukrainian club Budivelnyk Kyiv. He stayed in Ukraine till 2013, and later played with Hoverla Ivano-Frankivsk, Kyiv and Dnipro-Azot.

In February 2013, Zimmerman moved to Germany and signed with Neckar Riesen Ludwigsburg for the rest of the season.[4] In January 2014, after a couple months without a club, he signed with Energa Czarni Słupsk of Poland for the rest of the season.[5]

gollark: WHAT COULD POSSIBLY GO WRONG
gollark: Actually, have lots of ultrafast collector/express setup highways, but every few blocks or whatever they get funneled through a single dirt road.
gollark: I like to design my serious road network things as one-way hexagon grids with highway uplinks.
gollark: "You want to get to your neighbour's house? You have to loop around the entire city on dirt paths, pay $1000 in tolls, and spend 5 hours in traffic jams."
gollark: I should play again and design the worst road network possible.

References
  1. NBA stats at Basketballreference.com Archived June 29, 2006, at the Wayback Machine.
  2. Derrick Zimmerman Signs With BC Kyiv.
  3. Brose Baskets signs Zimmerman at point.
  4. Neckar Riesen Ludwigsburg announced Derrick Zimmerman.
  5. Energa Czarni sign Derrick Zimmerman.
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