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Soon-to-be Orlando Magic forward Jonathon Simmons isn’t regretful of his choice to make a move eastward after two seasons with the San Antonio Spurs. The gritty three-and-D talent signed a three-year, $20 million deal with the organization on Friday after having his rights renounced by the Spurs the day before, actively surveying his options around […]

Newly unrestricted free agent forward Jonathon Simmons has agreed to a three-year, $20 million deal with the Orlando Magic, according to ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski. This comes only a day after the San Antonio Spurs pulled their qualifying offer and renounced his rights, putting him back on the free agent market. Simmons posed a well-rounded package […]

The Dallas Mavericks have had a quiet summer so far. Other than drafting Dennis Smith Jr. with the 9th pick in the 2017 NBA draft, not much has happened. Forward Dirk Nowitzki signed a two-year, $10 million deal, but other than that, it’s been slow in Dallas. One of their own players, center Nerlens Noel, […]

The San Antonio Spurs on Thursday morning made the surprising decision to rescind their $1.6 million qualifying offer on veteran forward Jonathon Simmons making him an unrestricted free agent. According to Jabari Young of San Antonio Express-News, the Spurs had recently turned down a sign-and-trade offer for Simmons that would have sent them center Tyson […]

Unrestricted free agent Jonathon Simmons has had no talking with the San Antonio Spurs ever since the team pulled his qualifying offer on Thursday morning, according to Shams Charania of The Vertical. The Spurs were reportedly still willing to negotiate with Simmons as an unrestricted free agent, but his agent, Cervando Tejada, told Charania the Spurs […]

Spurs swingman Jonathon Simmons had an impressive year for the San Antonio franchise. The former D-League player who barely even made the league is now seeking to get paid. Due to his status as a restricted free agent, the Spurs will be able to match any offer for the guard. However, as Sean Deveney of Sporting News reports, the […]

San Antonio Spurs shooting guard Jonathon Simmons turned a lot of heads last season. The 27-year-old made quite a splash off the Spurs bench, scoring an average of 15.8 points on 45.7 percent field goal shooting in 28.4 minutes of action. In comparison: San Antonio’s actual starting point guard, Danny Green, averaged just 7.8 points […]

San Antonio Spurs forward Jonathon Simmons appears to be on the verge of hitting paydirt. For someone who once paid $150 just to get a try-out in the NBAD-League, the $9 million the Spurs are reportedly preparing to offer Simmons is akin to discovering a gold chest. Marc Stein of ESPN got a whiff of […]

San Antonio Spurs guard Jonathon Simmons had a great sophomore season for the Spurs, especially in the playoffs. He even excelled in the team’s very first regular season game against no one else but the Warriors, when he put up 20 points, four rebounds, and three assists in a 29-point win. However, his best games were in the playoffs. In the series […]

After what was perhaps one of the most disappointing seasons in an illustrious list of awful seasons, the New York Knicks are once again looking to re-tool their roster. This year however, the Knicks will approach their offseason with a specific type of player in mind — two way threats that can help them on […]

The San Antonio Spurs announced before Game 6 of their second-round series against the Houston Rockets on Thursday that All-Star Kawhi Leonard would not play. Leonard injured his ankle in Game 5 and did not play down the stretch in the fourth quarter as well as the entire overtime period. With Leonard missing the game due to […]

The San Antonio Spurs have been in the top two of the Western Conference for several years in a row, but what has frustrated head coach Gregg Popovich the most about his team this season are their lapses in focus and utter reliance on their multi-dimensional star Kawhi Leonard. The bench unit had the chance […]

One of the first names to make any noise to tip-off the season, Jonathon Simmons, an undrafted 27-year-old from Houston, was lighting up the Golden State Warriors for 20 points off the bench in the San Antonio Spurs’ opening day victory at the start of the regular season. The peaks and valleys of the 2016-17 […]

San Antonio Spurs forward Jonathon Simmons had no mercy on the Memphis Grizzlies‘ shooting guard Wayne Selden despite being up 31 points in the fourth quarter, chasing him down in transition and violently rejecting his shot off the backboard. And Jonathon Simmons has ended this game.#GoSpursGo pic.twitter.com/vj7MGjH2pW — Def Pen Hoops (@DefPenHoops) April 16, 2017 […]

With 1:32 left in the fourth quarter of the game between the visiting San Antonio Spurs and Portland Trail Blazers, Jonathon Simmons showed off his mad hops and dunking prowess. The 6-foot-6 shooting guard used the screen set by David Lee and drove hard to the basket, before elevating for a right-handed tomahawk slam over Meyers […]

Jonathon Simmons’ latest dunk was so impressive, one of the greatest shot blockers ever felt the need to weigh in on it. Dikembe Mutombo took to Instagram to comment on the dunk, even suggesting it was so good that he would like to have the chance to block it. Mutombo simply could not believe it. […]

Patty Mills is somewhat of a scorer off the bench for the San Antonio Spurs. He occasionally starts if Tony Parker is out for a game, but his main job is to provide scoring from the bench. Mills has developed some chemistry with newcomer Dewayne Dedmon, which is different than his normal course of play. […]

San Antonio Spurs forward Jonathon Simmons delivered a beautiful chase-down block on Washington Wizards point guard Trey Burke, spiking the ball out of bounds in the process. https://vine.co/v/5ULWgxDhgWn If actions speak louder than words, this block is a straight up sermon and might be one of the best chase-down blocks of the season despite the […]

San Antonio Spurs sensation Jonathon Simmons showed a nice display of hops on Saturday night’s game against the New Orleans Pelicans. The 6-foot-6 shooting guard elevated in traffic and slammed home this put-back dunk over Alexis Ajinca, though it was disallowed shortly after, as the ball was still hovering over the rim. It didn't count, […]

San Antonio Spurs sensation Jonathon Simmons paid his way to have the showing he did against the Golden State Warriors on opening night. Think I meant paved? No. Paid. Once an NBA hopeful, Simmons went through two different community college teams before landing at the University of Houston, where he averaged 14.7 points and five rebounds […]

The Golden State Warriors home opener wasn’t enough for Stephen Curry to forget one thing that haunts him. The play where LeBron James came flying behind him for a chasedown block on a layup he unsuspectingly seemed to perfectly toss at the wrong time. Tonight, Curry will probably have nightmares, because he just relived the […]

San Antonio Spurs shooting guard Jonathon Simmons is not waiting to impress his head coach Gregg Popovich, going full-throttle during his limited run in the first half against the Golden State Warriors on opening night. The second-year Houston native filled up the stat sheet, going 6-of-6 from the field, including 3-of-3 from deep, tallying up […]

Jonathon Simmons had himself a night coming off the bench for the San Antonio Spurs as he scored 20 points in 28 minutes, none sweeter than this tomahawk slam over JaVale McGee to seal a 129-100 win in the season-opener against the Golden State Warriors. Simmons had a great showing and nothing could put it as emphatically as […]