Simon Enciso

{{Infobox basketball biography

| image =

| caption =

| nationality = Filipino / American

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1991|2|12}}

| birth_place = San Francisco, California, U.S.

| position = Point guard / shooting guard

| team = TNT Tropang 5G

| league = PBA

| number =

| height_ft = 5

| height_in = 11

| weight_lb = 185

| highschool = Terra Nova (Pacifica, California)

| college = Skyline College (2010–2012)
Notre Dame de Namur (2012–2014)

| draft_year_pba = 2015

| draft_round_pba = 2

| draft_pick_pba = 17

| draft_team_pba = Rain or Shine Elasto Painters

| career_start = 2015

| years1 = 2015–2016

| team1 = NLEX Road Warriors

| years2 = 2016–2017

| team2 = Phoenix Fuel Masters

| years3 = 2017–2019

| team3 = Alaska Aces

| years4 = 2020

| team4 = TNT Tropang Giga

| years5 = 2021

| team5 = Blackwater Bossing

| years6 = 2021–2025

| team6 = San Miguel Beermen

| years7 = 2025–present

| team7 = TNT Tropang 5G

| highlights =

2× PBA champion (2022 Philippine, 2023–24 Commissioner's)

}}

Simon Nicholas Marquez Enciso (born February 12, 1991) is a Filipino-American professional basketball player for the TNT Tropang 5G of the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA).

Amateur career

=High school career=

Enciso attended at Terra Nova High School in California, where he suited up for the Terra Nova HS Tigers. In his senior year in 2008–09, he averaged 18.6 points, 2.9 rebounds, 3.5 assists and 2.5 steals per game.{{cite web|url=http://www.maxpreps.com/athlete/simon-enciso/cI317fTsEeKZ5AAmVebBJg/default.htm|title=Simon Enciso's High School Timeline|website=MaxPreps.com}}

=College career=

Enciso played two seasons of basketball at Skyline College, and then he transferred to Notre Dame de Namur University in 2012. In his junior year at NDNU, he posted per game averages of 7.3 points, 1.9 rebounds, 1.8 assists, 31.5% 3PT FG percentage in 22 games he played (he averaged 24.3 minutes per game).{{Cite web|url=https://ndnuargos.com/sports/mens-basketball/roster/simon-enciso/773|title=Simon Enciso – Men's Basketball|website=Notre Dame de Namur University Athletics}} His senior year saw an increase in his minutes and production, averaging 13.9 points, 4.15 assists, 40.5% FG percentage, 37.4% 3PT FG percentage and 35.1 minutes per game in 26 games (started 25 of them).{{cite web|title=Simon Enciso Player Profile, Notre Dame (CA), NCAA Stats, Game Logs, Bests, Awards – RealGM|url=http://basketball.realgm.com/player/Simon-Enciso/Summary/61524|publisher=RealGM.com|access-date=7 October 2015}}

=PBA D-League=

Enciso applied for the 2014 NBA draft but was not drafted by any team. He decided to move to the Philippines and applied for the 2014 PBA D-League draft, where he was drafted in the third round by the Cebuana Lhuillier Gems.{{cite web|title=2014 PBA D-LEAGUE DRAFT RESULTS (September 15, 2014)|date=15 September 2014 |url=http://pba.inquirer.net/49010/2014-pba-d-league-draft-results|publisher=Philippine Daily Inquirer|access-date=7 October 2015}}

Professional career

Enciso was drafted in the second round by the Rain or Shine Elasto Painters with the 17th overall pick in the 2015 PBA draft.{{ cite news |title=SUMMARY – 2015 PBA Rookie Draft |url=http://www.interaksyon.com/interaktv/live-results-2015-pba-rookie-draft |work=InterAksyon |date=August 24, 2015 |access-date=September 25, 2015 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924102153/http://www.interaksyon.com/interaktv/live-results-2015-pba-rookie-draft |archive-date=September 24, 2015 }} He was then traded to NLEX Road Warriors in exchange for a 2018 second round pick.{{ cite news |title=Rain or Shine trades second-rounder Simon Enciso to NLEX for future pick |url=http://www.interaksyon.com/interaktv/rain-or-shine-trades-second-rounder-simon-enciso-to-nlex-for-future-pick |publisher=InterAksyon |date=August 27, 2015 |access-date=September 30, 2015 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150828191605/http://www.interaksyon.com/interaktv/rain-or-shine-trades-second-rounder-simon-enciso-to-nlex-for-future-pick |archive-date=August 28, 2015 }}

In his PBA debut for the Road Warriors, he registered 15 points (from five three-pointers), three assists and three rebounds in 28 minutes.{{ cite news |last=Sacamos |first=Karlo |title='FilipinoDRose' Simon Enciso backs up claim with big PBA debut for Road Warrriors |url=http://www.spin.ph/basketball/pba/news/filipinodrose-simon-enciso-also-wants-to-be-like-the-rest-of-the-nbas-bes |publisher=Spin.ph |date=October 23, 2015 |access-date=October 23, 2015 }}

On May 10, 2016, Enciso, along with Mark Borboran and a 2018 second round pick, was traded to the Phoenix Fuel Masters for Mac Baracael and Emman Monfort.{{Cite web|url=https://www.dugout.ph/2016/05/baracael-monfort-sent-to-nlex-by-phoenix.html|title=Baracael, Monfort sent to NLEX by Phoenix in trade|website=www.dugout.ph}}

On February 18, 2017, he was traded to the Alaska Aces in exchange for fellow guard RJ Jazul.{{Cite web|url=https://www.spin.ph/basketball/pba/rz-jazul-trade-simon-enciso-pba-alaska-trade-phoenix|title=Alaska Aces send RJ Jazul to Phoenix Fuel Masters for Simon Enciso|website=Spin.ph}} On August 26, 2018, he registered a career-high 30 points and 9 three-pointers made in a 121–95 blowout win over the TNT Katropa.{{cite news|url=https://www.spin.ph/basketball/pba/alaska-hands-tnt-an-ugly-beating-as-simon-enciso-hits-nine-treys-a2437-20180826|title=Simon Enciso drains nine treys as Aces goes 2–0|publisher=Spin.ph|date=August 26, 2018|access-date=June 5, 2019}}

On January 6, 2020, he was traded to the TNT KaTropa for Michael DiGregorio and a 2023 second-round draft pick.{{Cite web|url=https://www.espn.com/basketball/pba/story/_/id/28432271/alaska-ships-enciso-tnt-digregorio|title=Alaska ships Enciso to TNT for DiGregorio|date=January 6, 2020|website=ESPN.com}}

On March 11, 2021, Enciso was traded to the Blackwater Bossing in a three-team trade involving Blackwater, TNT, and NLEX Road Warriors.{{cite news |title=NLEX trades No. 4 first round draft pick to Blackwater |url=https://pba.ph/news/nlex-trades-no-4-first-round-draft-pick-to-blackwater |work=PBA.ph |date=March 11, 2021 |access-date=January 28, 2023}}

On September 28, 2021, he was traded to the Terrafirma Dyip for Rashawn McCarthy.{{cite news |author=Ramos, Gerry |title=Blackwater trades Simon Enciso to Terrafirma for Rashawn McCarthy |url=https://www.spin.ph/basketball/pba/pba-trade-simon-enciso-for-rashawn-mccarthy-a793-20210928 |work=Sports Interactive Network |date=September 28, 2021 |access-date=September 28, 2021}} On November 13, 2021, before appearing in a game for Terrafirma, he was traded to the San Miguel Beermen for Alex Cabagnot.{{cite news |title=SMB sends Cabagnot to Terrafirma for Enciso |url=https://www.pba.ph/news/smb-sends-cabagnot-to-terrafirma-for-enciso |work=PBA.ph |date=November 13, 2021 |access-date=November 13, 2021}}

On April 8, 2025, Enciso signed with the TNT Tropang 5G.{{cite news |first=Gerry |last=Ramos |date=April 8, 2025 |title=Simon Enciso signed to two-year deal by grand-slam seeking TNT |url=https://www.spin.ph/basketball/pba/enciso-inks-two-year-deal-in-bid-to-bolster-tnt-grand-slam-a793-20250408?ref=feed_1_section |website=Spin.ph |access-date=April 8, 2025 }}

PBA career statistics

As of the end of 2023–24 season{{Cite web |title=Simon Enciso Player Profile, San Miguel Beermen - RealGM |url=https://basketball.realgm.com/player/Simon-Enciso/Summary/61524 |website=basketball.realgm.com}}

=Season-by-season averages=

| align=left rowspan=2| {{pbay|2015}}

| align=left | NLEX

| rowspan=2|37 || rowspan=2|24.6 || rowspan=2|.369 || rowspan=2|.351 || rowspan=2|.727 || rowspan=2|1.7 || rowspan=2|2.8 || rowspan=2|.2 || rowspan=2|.1 || rowspan=2|7.3

| align=left | Phoenix

| align=left rowspan=2| {{pbay|2016}}

| align=left | Phoenix

| rowspan=2|36 || rowspan=2|26.9 || rowspan=2|.329 || rowspan=2|.271 || rowspan=2|.429 || rowspan=2|2.0 || rowspan=2|3.6 || rowspan=2|.8 || rowspan=2|.0 || rowspan=2|8.4

| align=left | Alaska

| align=left | {{pbay|2017}}

| align=left | Alaska

| 50 || 26.9 || .390 || .336 || .744 || 1.9 || 3.6 || .5 || .1 || 8.9

| align=left | {{pbay|2019}}

| align=left | Alaska

| 36 || 30.3 || .373 || .333 || .636 || 2.6 || 3.8 || .8 || .1 || 10.2

| align=left | {{pbay|2020}}

| align=left | TNT

| 22 || 31.7 || .345 || .319 || .533 || 2.3 || 2.8 || .7 || .1 || 9.6

| align=left rowspan=2|{{pbay|2021}}

| align=left | Blackwater

| rowspan=2|19 || rowspan=2|27.0 || rowspan=2|.376 || rowspan=2|.301 || rowspan=2|.556 || rowspan=2|2.3 || rowspan=2|2.9 || rowspan=2|.3 || rowspan=2|{{sort|-|—}} || rowspan=2|9.3

| align=left | San Miguel

| align=left | {{pbay|2022}}

| align=left | San Miguel

| 59 || 26.5 || .405 || .348 || .300 || 1.9 || 4.3 || .7 || .0 || 7.2

| align=left | {{pbay|2023}}

| align=left | San Miguel

| 30 || 13.3 || .344 || .356 || {{sort|-|—}} || .9 || 1.4 || .3 || .1 || 2.9

|-class=sortbottom

| align="center" colspan=2 | Career

| 289 || 25.9 || .371 || .326 || .590 || 1.9 || 3.3 || .6 || .0 || 7.9

Personal life

Born in San Francisco, California to Filipino parents, Enciso has dreamed of playing professional basketball in any country but had to fulfill his mother and father's wish for him to get a degree before pursuing a career in the sport. He graduated a degree in Kinesiology. He says he patterned his game after NBA stars Derrick Rose and Kyrie Irving.{{ cite news |last1=Terrado |first1=Reuben |title='FilipinoDRose' Simon Enciso admits he's 'nowhere near Derrick Rose,' but strives to make it big in PBA |url=http://www.spin.ph/basketball/news/simon-enciso-filipino-d-rose-twitter-pba-d-league-cebuana-lhuillier |work=Spin.ph |date=January 19, 2015 |access-date=September 30, 2015 }}