Anfernee Simons Articles - Page 4

Anfernee Simons exploded in the first half of the Portland Trail Blazers’ game against the Utah Jazz on Friday. In the process, he made franchise history that not even Damian Lillard has been able to achieve. The 23-year-old Simons scored 33 points for Portland in the first two quarters of play, setting the record for […]

Trading away CJ McCollum last season signaled a changing of the guard for Damian Lillard the Portland Trail Blazers. It was a huge shakeup that felt necessary after several years of coming up short. But it was also made easier to stomach thanks to the emergence of rising star Anfernee Simons. With the Blazers starting […]

Damian Lillard had nothing but praise for Anfernee Simons after the Portland Trail Blazers youngster exploded in the third quarter of their contest against the Denver Nuggets. Simons only had seven points in the first half, but an incredibly hot shooting streak saw him drop 22 points in the penultimate period alone. He made six […]

Chauncey Billups’ first season as the head coach of the Portland Trail Blazers was mired with a plethora of problems that put a damper on their 2021-22 season. Damian Lillard battled abdominal issues all season long before getting shut down following abdominal surgery, CJ McCollum was diagnosed with a collapsed lung before he was traded […]

NBA Twitter couldn’t help but compare Anfernee Simons to Stephen Curry after the Portland Trail Blazers youngster went nuts in the third quarter of their game against the Denver Nuggets. Simons basically transformed into Curry–or Damian Lillard if you don’t want any mention of the Golden State Warriors star–after he exploded for 22 points in […]

Portland Trail Blazers guard Anfernee Simons hasn’t been off to the best of starts in the newest campaign. After shooting 9-of-22 in the Blazers’ season opener, he proceeded to shoot 5-17 in back-to-back games, which both ended in two-point victories over the Phoenix Suns and the LeBron James-led Los Angeles Lakers. But the 23-year old […]

Anfernee Simons came up clutch for the Portland Trail Blazers on Friday after he banked the game-winner in overtime against the Phoenix Suns. It seems, however, that the Rip City faithful need to thank Damian Lillard as well. Of course who could forget Lillard’s 41 points in the contest? He was basically the reason they […]

Anfernee Simons inked a 4-year, $100 million contract extension with the Portland Trail Blazers this offseason. But Simons has his sights set on more than just a massive payday, as the 23-year old recently revealed his next goal, per Sean Highkin. “Personally, I want to be an All-Star,” Simons said. “That’s one of my personal […]

The Portland Trail Blazers entered the 2022 offseason under a ton of pressure to deliver on Damian Lillard’s wishes for a competitive squad. Now that the 2022 NBA draft and much of the offseason are pretty much done, the Blazers didn’t do too badly. To be honest, the Blazers made every effort to regain their […]

Is this the best team the Portland Trail Blazers ever assembled around Damian Lillard? That might be a bold statement given Lillard played with LaMarcus Aldridge and reached the Western Conference Finals with CJ McCollum, but the Blazers are aggressively retooling around Lillard and hoping to become a legitimate contender. The team acquired Jerami Grant […]

Kevin Durant recently requested a trade and many NBA teams are preparing trade packages to acquire the superstar. Many felt as if the Brooklyn Nets were ready to run it back after Kyrie Irving opted into his player option. But it now appears that both Irving and KD are destined to leave Brooklyn via trade. […]

Amid the flurry of early NBA free agency activity, the Portland Trail Blazers and star guard Anfernee Simons have agreed to a new four-year, $100 million contract extension. The report comes from Adrian Wojnarowski of ESPN, who was informed of the details via Simons’ agent, Bill Duffy of BDA Sports. Portland Trail Blazers guard Anfernee […]

Damian Lillard and the Portland Trail Blazers are still together despite plenty of trade rumors over the years. Lillard has been one of the most discussed players in hypothetical trades over the past 4-5 seasons. And many expected the Blazers to finally cut the cord with him after trading CJ McCollum during the 2021-2022 campaign. […]

The Portland Trail Blazers may have struggled in 2021-22 in what was essentially a rebuilding year in a sense, but Anfernee Simons proved that he could be Damian Lillard’s next co-star after the departure of CJ McCollum. Heading into restricted free agency this summer, the Blazers are expected to retain the young guard. But, it […]

The Portland Trail Blazers are in the midst of a retooling around Damian Lillard. The Blazers shipped away CJ McCollum, Norman Powell and Robert Covington last season, and they just made a move to acquire Jerami Grant this offseason. Joe Cronin and Co. then selected Shaedon Sharpe with the No. 7 pick instead of trading […]

The Portland Trail Blazers already made a splash this offseason by trading for Detroit Pistons star Jerami Grant. Now, they look ahead to retaining a couple of key free agents: Jusuf Nurkic and Anfernee Simons. As Marc Stein notes, there is expected to be no shortage of interest in the Blazers duo. However, both are […]

Kevin Durant grew closer with Damian Lillard last suymmer while leading Team USA to gold at the Tokyo Olympics, and still has a public, personal affinity for the Pacific Northwest well more than a decade after being drafted by the Seattle Supersonics. Still, odds of the two-time Finals MVP putting the Portland Trail Blazers on […]

The Portland Trail Blazers have already been linked to every major name who could be changing teams this summer. Zach LaVine and Bradley Beal could be the star Portland so desperately wants to pair with Damian Lillard. Jerami Grant and OG Anunoby are the versatile three-and-D forwards who’d give the Blazers some much-needed point-of-attack defense. […]

The Utah Jazz once again failed to meet their postseason aspirations. Despite not having Luka Doncic for the first three games of the series, the Dallas Mavericks were still able to boot out the Jazz in a convincing fashion. The Jazz have made the NBA Playoffs for the past six seasons but have failed to […]

Damian Lillard’s pointed demands for an improved supporting cast have still yet to be addressed. It has been almost a year since the most loyal superstar in basketball threatened to leave Rip City, and all the Portland Trail Blazers have to show for it is the mere possibility of finally meeting his mandate. CJ McCollum […]

The Portland Trail Blazers’ immediate focus once the regular season mercifully comes to a close on Sunday will be the NBA draft. Locked into the league’s sixth-highest lottery odds, Portland is guaranteed a top-10 pick and could net a second lottery selection if the New Orleans Pelicans are ousted from the play-in tournament. But with […]

One week after finally admitting Damian Lillard’s season was over, the Portland Trail Blazers clarified the status of two other franchise pillars who have been sidelined with nagging injuries. The Blazers announced on Monday that Anfernee Simons (left knee patellar tendinopathy) and Jusuf Nurkic (left foot plantar fasciitis) would miss the remainder of 2021-22. Some […]

Anfernee Simons’ may have already played his last game in 2021-22. The Portland Trail Blazers announced last Friday that he’d be “re-evaluated in 1-2 weeks” after an MRI confirmed a prior diagnosis of mild patellar tendinopathy in his left knee, but the organization’s brazen efforts to tank suggest Simons is likelier to take the floor […]

The injury-ravaged Portland Trail Blazers are signing veteran guard Kris Dunn to a 10-day contract, ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski reported on Sunday. The Trail Blazers are signing guard Kris Dunn to a 10-day hardship deal, sources tell ESPN. Dunn gives the Blazers some backcourt depth with Anfernee Simons out 1-to-2 weeks. — Adrian Wojnarowski (@wojespn) March […]

The last time Anfernee Simons took the floor was the last time the Portland Trail Blazers actually looked like they belong in the NBA. That’s not a criticism of the second-round picks, undrafted free agents and G-League call-ups who have comprised Portland’s woefully depleted roster over the last few days, or even an aspersion on […]

The Portland Trail Blazers have had a rough go this season and the chaos just won’t stop. This franchise could be entering a rebuild in the upcoming offseason with Anfernee Simons as a potential building block. However, for Portland’s next game, they will be without their young rising star. According to Casey Holdahl, Anfernee Simons […]

Officially, the Portland Trail Blazers are still leaving the door open for Damian Lillard to return before season’s end. The team announced late last month that Lillard had passed the “initial phase” of rehabilitation from mid-January surgery on his abdomen, and would soon begin the “reconditioning phase” of his recovery. The first week of March […]

The Portland Trail Blazers entered their two-game set with the Minnesota Timberwolves at Target Center one-and-a-half games back of the final spot in the Western Conference play-in tournament. Portland would be underdogs no matter what with Damian Lillard and Jusuf Nurkic sidelined, but at least Minnesota’s absences—Anthony Edwards and Patrick Beverly missed Saturday’s game—ensured it […]

The Portland Trail Blazers are one of the more stable playoff teams in the NBA. Well, at least, they were up until this season. The Blazers entered 2021-22 having made the playoffs in eight straight seasons, the longest active streak in the NBA. But they traded away C.J. McCollum, Norman Powell and other key contributors […]

The Portland Trail Blazers finally ran out of gas in the fourth quarter on Saturday night, falling to Karl-Anthony Towns and the Minnesota Timberwolves 135-121. Don’t mistake another double-digit loss, Portland’s fourth straight, for any of its more lopsided predecessors, though. Not only did the Blazers put up a hard road fight against a quality […]

Chris Paul is out at least another month with a broken right thumb, and Devin Booker entered health and safety protocols hours before tipoff. Even with their opponent absent both members of basketball’s best backcourt, though, the depleted, rebuilding Portland Trail Blazers were still sent to a third straight blowout loss. The Phoenix Suns routed […]

Anfernee Simons is the light at the end of the tunnel for the Portland Trail Blazers. Amid an injury-riddled season and constant roster churn, the young point guard is showing flashes of brilliance on a consistent basis. His 17.1 points, 3.9 assists and 3.1 triples per game are all career-highs by a wide margin. According […]

The Portland Trail Blazers made the decision to split up the franchise’s longtime backcourt tandem of CJ McCollum and Damian Lillard at the NBA trade deadline. While McCollum was a fan favorite, the decision to trade him to the New Orleans Pelicans was one that had to be made, especially amid the emergence of Anfernee […]

So much for consternation over a wholly transformative trade deadline. Instead of reeling from finally breaking up its longtime core, the Portland Trail Blazers entered the All-Star break winners of four straight games, playing with activity and intensity that had often been absent during Chauncey Billups’ inaugural season on the sidelines. The Blazers can’t count […]

The 2021-22 NBA season is officially past its halfway mark and the race towards the postseason is now on. With this in mind, basketball card collectors are looking forward to knowing who’s going to end up with the major awards in the league. While everyone is looking forward to the MVP race, the fight for […]

Anfernee Simons didn’t quite see the gravity of his breakout season coming. Entering his fourth NBA season firmly behind Damian Lillard and C.J. McCollum in the Portland Trail Blazers’ backcourt, he expected to play a supporting role for a contender instead of cementing himself as a budding star with Lillard watching from the sidelines and […]

When it comes to the 2018 Draft Class, the obvious guys to get in the hobby are Luka Doncic and Trae Young cards. To an extent, one could score great deals on Collin Sexton or Shai Gilgeous-Alexander stocks in the market. But among these players, there’s one option that’s slowly making noise out there – […]

CJ McCollum may no longer be with the Portland Trail Blazers, but he remains supportive of the team and his former teammates as they try to navigate the season without their stars. In fact, he recently showed love to rising star Anfernee Simons, who has taken over for Portland amid Damian Lillard’s injury and McCollum’s […]

The Portland Trail Blazers finally tore it down at the trade deadline, sending out C.J. McCollum and three other impact veterans in a series of moves that placed the organization’s focus firmly on next season. Don’t tell that to Chauncey Billups and his team’s new-look locker room, though. Rejuvenated by the additive presence of Josh […]