KJ Simpson

About

Kenneth Dwayne “KJ” Simpson Jr. (born August 8, 2002) is an American professional basketball player for the Denver Nuggets of the National Basketball Association (NBA), on a two-way contract with the Grand Rapids Gold of the NBA G League. He played college basketball for the Colorado Buffaloes.

Simpson grew up in Panorama City, Los Angeles and attended Chaminade College Preparatory School. He was rated a four-star recruit and initially committed to playing college basketball for Arizona. After Arizona head coach Sean Miller was fired, Simpson requested and was granted a release from his National Letter of Intent and reopened his recruitment. He ultimately signed to play at Colorado.

Simpson was named to the Pac-12 Conference All-Freshman team during his first season playing for the Colorado Buffaloes after averaging 7.4 points per game and also leading the team in total assists and steals. He was named second-team All-Pac-12 after averaging 15.9 points, 4.3 rebounds, 3.8 assists and 1.5 steals per game as a sophomore.
As a junior, Simpson was named to the first-team All-Pac-12, averaging a team-high 19.7 points per game and…