In one high school game in 1986 he scored 69 points, establishing a new single-game scoring record for a high school player in Los Angeles. He was a member of the Team USA silver medal winning 1989 Maccabiah Games basketball team. He is 6 feet 5 inches (1.96 m) tall.[2][3]
Biography
Simon was born and raised in Los Angeles, California.[4] He now lives in Newport Beach, California, with his wife and four children (Barak, Maya, Nadav, and Jacob).
He has since divorced and separated from his wife. [5][6]
He attended and played basketball at John Marshall High School, with the team winning the Los Angeles High School Basketball Championship and him leading the State of California in scoring.[7][4][8] In one game in 1986 Simon scored 69 points, establishing a new single-game scoring record for a high school player in Los Angeles, as his team beat Belmont High School by a score of 98-61.[9][10] For the season he averaged 37.8 points, 18.0 rebounds, and 12.2 assists per game.[11] In 1986 he was High School California All-State and Section 3-A Los Angeles City Player of the Year.[12][10] He was named to the 1985-86 Jewish All-American High School Basketball Team and its Player of the Year.[11]