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Portland Trail Blazers sophomore guard Anfernee Simons was lighting up the Utah Jazz in the Las Vegas Summer League before his night took a turn for the worse just moments before the final buzzer sounded. Simons had already scored a league-high 35 points before he turned his ankle late in the fourth quarter. Peter Socotch […]

With NBA free agency just around the corner, the internet and NBA Twitter are thick with unsubstantiated rumors and reports from various sources. However, one interesting piece of news has the ring of truth to it regarding Anfernee Simons and the Portland Trail Blazers. Per Keith Smith of Yahoo, teams have been “calling” the Blazers […]

Kent Bazemore, now of the Portland Trail Blazers, promised to look out for Anfernee Simons after the second-year man allowed him to take jersey no. 24. Simons, who wore no. 24 before Bazemore was sent from the Atlanta Hawks to the Trail Blazers, changed to no. 1 after the trade was sealed. Per Jamie Hudson […]

Last year, the Portland Trail Blazers drafted guard Anfernee Simons with the 24th overall pick, but Simons did not see much action during his rookie campaign, appearing in just 20 games. However, Blazers general manager Neil Olshey has very high hopes for Simons going forward: “It’s kind of all coming together for him,” said Olshey, […]

Portland Trail Blazers superstar point guard Damian Lillard is already looking ahead. Recently, the four-time All-Star gave us a brief glimpse of how the future is shaping up for Portland, as he shared how high he is on incoming sophomore shooting guard Anfernee Simons. “His potential is crazy,” Lillard said, via Jason Quick of The […]

Anfernee Simons is one of the most anonymous players in the NBA. If Damian Lillard has anything to say about it, though, this time next year his rookie teammate will have just become an overnight star. The Portland Trail Blazers superstar tweeted on Monday that Simons is “comin” for the 2020 dunk contest crown. Ant […]

Anfernee Simons is already making a name for himself in the NBA, but it has nothing to do with anything he has done on the court. The Portland Trail Blazers rookie has a puzzling theory about the wetness of water: https://twitter.com/wastro/status/1047600844537909249 It kind of makes sense, right? Water is just water. It’s everything else that […]

The San Antonio Spurs will be picking 18th at this week’s 2018 NBA Draft, providing the franchise with a chance to nab a young stud who could become one of the team’s core players in the future. Picking at such a late juncture in the draft normally doesn’t give any team a potential star, but […]

Guard Anfernee Simons of IMG Academy has decided to forego his college eligibility and declared for the NBA Draft, according to ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski. Simons is ranked as the 19th overall prospect in ESPN’s most recent mock draft and will be represented by super-agent Drew Rosenhaus and Bobby Petriella. Simons will turn 19 in June […]

The Louisville Cardinals are in a bit of trouble. Not only is the FBI cornering in on the program’s connections to a shoe company, but Louisville was forced to fire Rick Pitino, and now two of the team’s top high school commitments — Courtney Ramey and Anfernee Simons — are bailing on them. For good reason, too. […]