Promitheas ink Simi Shittu

Simi Shittu

ASP Promitheas Patras (GBL) agreed terms with 25-year old Canadian center Simi Shittu (208cm-109kg-1999, college: Vanderbilt). He already started the season at Merkezefendi in Turkish BSL league. In 7 games he had just 2.9ppg and 2.9rpg. The last season season he played at Kolossos H Hotels Rodou. He also played for Limoges CSP Elite (Betclic ELITE ProA) in French league.
Shittu represented Canada at the World Championship U17 in Zaragoza (Spain) eight years ago. During this event he scored an average of 9.3 points per game and had 7.7 rebounds per game.
He is quite experienced player. His career allowed him to visit three different continents, while he played in eight different countries. Shittu tasted the life as a pro basketball player in Europe, Latin America and of course North America. He has played previously professionally in Canada (Surge), France, Israel (Ironi Nes Ziona), Puerto Rico (Mets), NBA (Chicago Bulls and NY Knicks), NBA G League (Iowa Wolves, Westchester Knicks, Windy City Bulls and Osceola Magic) and NBA Summer League (Chicago Bulls and Indiana Pacers).
Among many awards he was voted to USBasket.com CEBL All-Domestic Players Team in 2023.
Shittu attended Vanderbilt University until 2019 and it is his sixth season as a professional player.

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