Simon Enciso


Simon Enciso is a Filipino-American professional basketball player for the TNT KaTropa of the Philippine Basketball Association.

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.

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. 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.

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.

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. He was then traded to NLEX Road Warriors in exchange for a 2018 second round pick.
In his PBA debut for the Road Warriors, he registered 15 points, three assists and three rebounds in 28 minutes.
On February 18, 2017, he was traded by the Phoenix Fuel Masters to the Alaska Aces in exchange for fellow guard RJ Jazul.
On August 26, 2018, Simon Enciso registered a career-high 30 points and 9 three-pointers made in a 121-95 blowout win over the TNT Katropa.
On January 6, 2020, Simon Enciso was traded from the Alaska Aces to TNT Katropa for Mike DiGregorio, 2020 first draft pick according to Spin.ph

PBA career statistics

SBP Stats

Season-by-season averages

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 goes by the handle of @FilipinoDRose on Twitter and says he has patterned his game after NBA stars Derrick Rose and Kyrie Irving.