Read Ebook {PDF EPUB} Santa Wore Spurs by Becky McGraw What became of Jonathan Simmons. When I joined Pounding The Rock , I pitched a project that would cover every player who ever wore a Spurs jersey. Not equally, by any means, but each jersey would be identified numerically by the players who wore it. © Photo by Ronald Martinez/Getty Images. There is a significance to the numbers of jerseys as it pertains to the five NBA Championships that have been won by the San Antonio Spurs. There is only one jersey number associated with all five San Antonio Spurs NBA Championships- #21 . Tim Duncan. He is coincidentally also the only player to be involved in all five titles. There are five numbers associated with four Spurs titles . #9 Tony Parker and #20 Manu Ginobili, as well as #2, #4, and #11. The next set of jersey numbers are those associated with three of the Spurs NBA titles . Those numbers are 3, 5, 8, 12, 17 , and 33. Today we complete our look at #17 with a look at Johnathon Simmons. He was fast. He was fearless. And he seemed to come out of nowhere. If there is a “Road Not Taken” in professional basketball, Jonathon Simmons was the bulldozer who broke the ground. Simmons attended three colleges over three years and passed on his senior year to declare for the NBA draft. After going undrafted, the young Houstonite was signed by the Sugar Land Legends in the American Basketball League. As the legend tells, he then went on to drop $150 to participate in a D-League tryout for the Austin Toros. He spent two season with Spurs affiliate as they transitioned into the G-League Austin Spurs. During the summer of 2015, Jonathon started out with the Brooklyn Nets. While competing in Orlando, the San Antonio Spurs invited him to join the Silver & Black in Las Vegas. The result was the Spurs, led by Becky Hammon, winning the Summer League Championship. Kyle Anderson was the Summer League MVP and Jonathon Simmons was the Championship Game MVP. His quickness and shooting ability took center stage in front of the entire league. Simmons then joined the San Antonio Spurs. His Cinderella story resonated and he quickly became a fan favorite. He signed a 2-year contract worth approximately $1.4M. Not bad on a $150 buy in. He came off the bench averaging 16.6 minutes per game scoring just over 6 points-per- game. Simmons was offered another contract with the Spurs worth $1.6M at the end of 2017, but the Orlando Magic offered $20M/3-years. The boy from Houston had come into his own. Unfortunately, the star dropped as fast as it rose. Simmons never saw the full 20 million. He spent a season-and-a-half with the Magic before being traded along with a pair of draft picks to the Philadelphia 76ers for Markelle Fultz. Simmons completed the season before being traded to and eventually waived by the Washington Wizards during the summer of 2019. Of that original $20M contract, Simmons acquired just over $12M. In February 2020, The Juice then went on join the Santa Cruz Warriors, but by October 2020, Simmons was headed to China to play with Liaoning Flying Leopards. This turned out to be another in a series of short-lived stints as the Flying Leopards terminated Simmons’ contract last month. There is no telling what is next for Jonathon Simmons, and perhaps in the framework of dollars, Simmons’ best days are most assuredly behind him. But everyone loves a comeback. And people love a story that tugs on the heart strings. If anyone is capable, it would be the guy whose rise came from his belief in himself. Welcome to the Thread. Join in the conversation, start your own discussion, and share your thoughts. This is the Spurs community, your Spurs community. Thanks for being here. Our community guidelines apply which should remind everyone to be cool, avoid personal attacks, not to troll and to watch the language. ISBN 13: 9781493615056. Twas the night before Christmas and the house was all hers, until Santa came calling wearing nothing but spurs. SANTA WORE SPURS is a wickedly hot Christmas anthology by Bestselling Authors Desiree Holt, Sable Hunter, Becky McGraw and Sandy Sullivan. This year you won't need cocoa, you'll want a fan and a hot cowboy! You'll find four in this scorching hot anthology. The Novellas in Santa Wore Spurs: Tied Up for Christmas by Desiree Holt Bree Donovan has a thriving career as an architect in Chicago but a long-term relationship with her sub has turned very bad and she needs to get away. A client meeting in Texas prompts her to take some time to recover. Rafe Morales has been searching for the perfect sub for a long time but there always seems to be something missing. When he meets Bree there is instant attraction between them. Watching a performance at a private dungeon they each realize what’s missing is the need to switch, to play both top and bottom. An erotic, lust- filled weekend leaves them wanting more. Much more. The question is: can they make it happen? Breath for Heaven by Sable Hunter Cade and Abby have a history. Ten years ago they were in love. But something happened. Abby pushed Cade away and he never knew why. Since then, sparks fly when they’re together. Antagonizing one another has become their favorite sport. The only problem is. it’s all a front. They bicker because they both want the same thing – each other. A Christmas wedding brings them together and Cade is determined to learn Abby’s secret. He’ll do whatever it takes to win her love. Meet the King Family of El Camino Real – five brothers, one sister and a legacy as big as Texas. Hope for Christmas by Becky McGraw Cord Dixon, Mr. Laramie in the world of western clothing modeling, loses his job because he refuses to sleep with his female boss. Christmas is coming, and his bills are due, so he takes the only job he can find. A mall Santa. Socialite wedding photographer, Hope Carlisle’s life disintegrates when she ruins the wedding of the year. In one fell swoop, she loses her best friend, her business partner and her fiancé. Unemployed and needing a job fast, Hope takes a job as an elf photographer at the local mall. She is not looking forward to her new job, until she meets her sexy Santa. Individually, Hope and Cord’s lives seem to be a hopeless mess. But with the magic of Christmas in the air, they work together to reclaim their lives and find love in the process. A Cowboy for Christmas by Sandy Sullivan A blizzard, a diner, and two lonely people. can it be love at first sight? Eli Chandler doesn’t believe in love. After being burned, he’s only looking for a little warmth for the hearth on a cold winter’s night stuck in a blizzard in Colorado. Catlin is alone at the diner, searching for her next big break in the storm to get home until a stranger walks in looking for some hot coffee and a meal. Two ships passing in the night. can there ever be more? Hard Landing Becky McGraw. When Maddie Carter comes back from the grave, will Hawk have a fresh start with the one who got away? Deep Six pilot, former Army Nightstalker, Rhett Hawkins, knew the day would come, but he had hoped it wouldn't be until after he was gone. Maddie Carter was destined to die young, because that is just how she lived. She flew by the seat of her pants and flying as all she cared about. He'd learned that the hard way, when he asked her to marry him and she shot him down. But after her memorial service, Hawk just couldn't get past the feeling that something was wrong with the recounting of the events that led to the crash and her supposed death. Neither the helo or her body had been found. It drove him insane until he decided to do some investigation of his own. After getting conflicting stories from two surviving special operators, he knew he had to go the full distance to settle his mind. Once in Central America, Hawk realizes there is much more going on than the Army knows. Not only is the now blacked-out military helicopter back in service, Maddie is behind the stick making drug runs for a brutal cartel. When he has to convince her she needs to be rescued, Hawk quickly realizes she is not the same. Captain Maddie Carter is scarred, hardened and has no memory of him or her former life at all. When her memory starts to return and secrets are revealed, would they mean he'd saved her only to have to bury her again? And would those secrets change his own life forever, either way? Santa Wore Spurs Sandy Sullivan, Desiree Holt, Sable Hunter, Becky McGraw. Bree Donovan has a thriving career as an architect in Chicago but a long-term relationship with her sub has turned very bad and she needs to get away. A client meeting in Texas prompts her to take some time to recover. Rafe Morales has been searching for the perfect sub for a long time but there always seems to be something missing. When he meets Bree there is instant attraction between them. Watching a performance at a private dungeon they each realize what's missing is the need to switch, to play both top and bottom. An erotic, lust-filled weekend leaves them wanting more. Much more. The question is: can they make it happen? Breath for Heaven. Cade and Abby have a history. Ten years ago they were in love. But something happened. Abby pushed Cade away and he never knew why. Since then, sparks fly when they're together. Antagonizing one another has become their favorite sport. The only problem is. it's all a front. They bicker because they both want the same thing -- each other. A Christmas wedding brings them together and Cade is determined to learn Abby's secret. He'll do whatever it takes to win her love. Meet the King Family of El Camino Real -- five brothers, one sister and a legacy as big as Texas. Hope for Christmas. Cord Dixon, Mr. Laramie in the world of western clothing modeling, loses his job because he refuses to sleep with his female boss. Christmas is coming, and his bills are due, so he takes the only job he can find. A mall Santa. Socialite wedding photographer, Hope Carlisle's life disintegrates when she ruins the wedding of the year. In one fell swoop, she loses her best friend, her business partner and her fiancé. Unemployed and needing a job fast, Hope takes a job as an elf photographer job at the local mall. She is not looking forward to her new job, until she meets her sexy Santa. Individually, Hope and Cord's lives seem to be a hopeless mess. But with the magic of Christmas in the air, they work together to reclaim their lives and find love in the process. A Cowboy for Christmas. A blizzard, a diner, and two lonely people. can it be love at first sight? Eli Chandler doesn't believe in love. After being burned, he's only looking for a little warmth for the hearth on a cold winter's night stuck in a blizzard in Colorado. Catlin is alone at the diner, searching for her next big break in the storm to get home until a stranger walks in looking for some hot coffee and a meal. Two ships passing in the night. can there ever be more? What became of Jonathon Simmons. Once upon a time, The Juice was riding high in the NBA. Share this story. Share this on Facebook Share this on Twitter. Share All sharing options for: What became of Jonathon Simmons. Photo by Ronald Martinez/Getty Images. When I joined Pounding The Rock , I pitched a project that would cover every player who ever wore a Spurs jersey. Not equally, by any means, but each jersey would be identified numerically by the players who wore it. There is a significance to the numbers of jerseys as it pertains to the five NBA Championships that have been won by the San Antonio Spurs. There is only one jersey number associated with all five San Antonio Spurs NBA Championships- #21 . Tim Duncan. He is coincidentally also the only player to be involved in all five titles. There are five numbers associated with four Spurs titles . #9 Tony Parker and #20 Manu Ginobili, as well as #2, #4, and #11. The next set of jersey numbers are those associated with three of the Spurs NBA titles . Those numbers are 3, 5, 8, 12, 17 , and 33. Today we complete our look at #17 with a look at Johnathon Simmons. Photo by Ronald Cortes/Getty Images. He was fast. He was fearless. And he seemed to come out of nowhere. If there is a “Road Not Taken” in professional basketball, Jonathon Simmons was the bulldozer who broke the ground. Simmons attended three colleges over three years and passed on his senior year to declare for the NBA draft. After going undrafted, the young Houstonite was signed by the Sugar Land Legends in the American Basketball League. As the legend tells, he then went on to drop $150 to participate in a D-League tryout for the Austin Toros. He spent two season with Spurs affiliate as they transitioned into the G-League Austin Spurs. During the summer of 2015, Jonathon started out with the Brooklyn Nets. While competing in Orlando, the San Antonio Spurs invited him to join the Silver & Black in Las Vegas. The result was the Spurs, led by Becky Hammon, winning the Summer League Championship. Kyle Anderson was the Summer League MVP and Jonathon Simmons was the Championship Game MVP. His quickness and shooting ability took center stage in front of the entire league. Simmons then joined the San Antonio Spurs. His Cinderella story resonated and he quickly became a fan favorite. He signed a 2-year contract worth approximately $1.4M. Not bad on a $150 buy in. He came off the bench averaging 16.6 minutes per game scoring just over 6 points-per- game. Simmons was offered another contract with the Spurs worth $1.6M at the end of 2017, but the Orlando Magic offered $20M/3-years. The boy from Houston had come into his own. Unfortunately, the star dropped as fast as it rose. Simmons never saw the full 20 million. He spent a season-and-a-half with the Magic before being traded along with a pair of draft picks to the Philadelphia 76ers for Markelle Fultz. Simmons completed the season before being traded to and eventually waived by the Washington Wizards during the summer of 2019. Of that original $20M contract, Simmons acquired just over $12M. In February 2020, The Juice then went on join the Santa Cruz Warriors, but by October 2020, Simmons was headed to China to play with Liaoning Flying Leopards. This turned out to be another in a series of short-lived stints as the Flying Leopards terminated Simmons’ contract last month. There is no telling what is next for Jonathon Simmons, and perhaps in the framework of dollars, Simmons’ best days are most assuredly behind him. But everyone loves a comeback. And people love a story that tugs on the heart strings. If anyone is capable, it would be the guy whose rise came from his belief in himself. Welcome to the Thread. Join in the conversation, start your own discussion, and share your thoughts. This is the Spurs community, your Spurs community. Thanks for being here. Our community guidelines apply which should remind everyone to be cool, avoid personal attacks, not to troll and to watch the language.