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Jericho Eduard Sims (born October 20, 1998) is an American professional basketball player for the Milwaukee Bucks of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He played college basketball for the Texas Longhorns.
Sims attended Cristo Rey Jesuit High School in Minneapolis, Minnesota. In his junior season, he averaged 21.8 points, 11.2 rebounds and 3.7 assists per game. As a senior, he averaged 25 points and 10 rebounds per game. Sims left as Cristo Rey Jesuit’s all-time leading scorer, with 2,005 points. A consensus four-star recruit, he committed to playing college basketball for Texas, choosing the Longhorns over Minnesota.
As a freshman at Texas, Sims averaged five points and 3.9 rebounds per game. He assumed a more important role late in the season after an injury to Mo Bamba. He averaged 4.2 points and 3.6 rebounds per game as a sophomore while missing time with an ankle injury. Sims’ junior season was cut short by a stress fracture in his back against Baylor on February 10, 2020. As a junior, he averaged 9.7 points, 8.2 rebounds and 1.2 blocks per game, earning All-Big 12 Honorable Mention. On March 13, 2021, Sims posted 21 points and 14 rebounds…
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