<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px;    font-size: 18px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px;    font-size: 16px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: #0000FF;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 16px;    text-decoration: none;}ul {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 16px;}ol {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    padding: 0px 0px 0px 15px;    font-size: 16px;    border-left: 2px solid black;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 12px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;    background-color: #EFEFEF;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article><header><figure><img src="https://clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/Damian-Lillard-Anfernee-Simons-Trail-Blazers.jpg"></figure><h1>Damian Lillard reveals his unknown part in Anfernee Simons’ Dunk Contest success</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2021-03-09T19:38:46-08:00">March 9th, 7:38pm</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2021-03-09T19:38:46-08:00">March 9th, 7:38pm</time><address><a>Virgil Villanueva</a></address><h3 class="op-kicker">NBA</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>Anfernee Simons’ ‘Kiss Dunk’ in the NBA Slam Dunk Contest last Sunday was perhaps the most talked-about throwdown that evening and may have been the main reason for his win. In a recent interview, Portland Trail Blazers star Damian Lillard revealed that he played a key part in prodding Simons to go for the gimmick.</p><p>Per <a href="https://theathletic.com/2434268/2021/03/08/trail-blazers-anfernee-simons-seals-slam-dunk-title-with-a-kiss/?source=user_shared_article">Jason Quick of The Athletic</a>, Simons admitted he has never tried the ‘Kiss Dunk’ in practice. But like any other competitor, he wanted to take the Slam Dunk Contest plum. And his mentor Lillard was ready with some advice.</p><blockquote>“I told him, ‘If you do the kiss dunk—I’ve never seen nobody do that.’ I have to take credit for that. That was my idea to blow a kiss at the rim so people know that’s what he was doing.”</blockquote><p>The 21-year-old Simons, who’s <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/sports/nba/players/anfernee-simons/ae7c0944/stats">having his best year for the Trail Blazers</a>, immediately agreed to Lillard’s tip. Knowing the dangers of trying to kiss the rim, Simons tried putting on a mouthpiece but it didn’t fit. Pressed for time, he just tried his best to sell the effect.</p><blockquote>“In practice, I’ve never actually kissed the rim, but I was like, ‘I’ve got to commit to it.’ So I tried to put a mouthpiece in at the last minute, but it didn’t fit my mouth, so I scratched it and emphasized the smooch face so people know I’m right there next to the rim and I’m trying to kiss it.”</blockquote><p>It’s definitely a nice bit of trivia. It’s good to know that Anfernee Simons trusts Damian Lillard’s instincts. Maybe they should share the NBA Slam Dunk Contest trophy?</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Damian Lillard reveals his unknown part in Anfernee Simons’ Dunk Contest success

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px;    font-size: 18px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px;    font-size: 16px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: #0000FF;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 16px;    text-decoration: none;}ul {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 16px;}ol {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    padding: 0px 0px 0px 15px;    font-size: 16px;    border-left: 2px solid black;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 12px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;    background-color: #EFEFEF;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article><header><figure><img src="https://clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/bre.jpg"></figure><h1>Meet Bre Hudson, Anfernee Simons’ girlfriend going viral after he won the dunk contest</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2021-03-08T16:50:06-08:00">March 8th, 4:50pm</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2021-03-09T15:00:08-08:00">March 9th, 3:00pm</time><address><a>Paolo Songco</a></address><h3 class="op-kicker">NBA</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p><a href="https://clutchpoints.com/sports/nba/portland-trail-blazers" rel="noopener">Portland Trail Blazers</a> stud Anfernee Simons wasn’t the only one that made headlines on Sunday after the 21-year-old bagged the title for the NBA All-Star Slam Dunk Contest. His girlfriend, Bre Hudson, also made waves after making a cameo during the highly anticipated Dunk Contest.</p><p>The folks over on social media were swooning over Simons’ beau. In case you were wondering why, then you can go ahead and check Hudson’s <a href="https://www.instagram.com/brehudsonn/?hl=en">Instagram</a> profile.</p><p>Of course, she had a couple of images with Anfernee Simons and the Slam Dunk Contest trophy:</p><figure class="op-interactive"><blockquote class="instagram-media"><div style="padding: 16px;"><p> </p><div style="display: flex;"><div style="background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; height: 40px; margin-right: 14px; width: 40px;"></div><div style="display: flex;"><div style="background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; height: 14px; margin-bottom: 6px; width: 100px;"></div><div style="background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; height: 14px; width: 60px;"></div></div></div><div style="padding: 19% 0;"></div><div style="display: block; height: 50px; margin: 0 auto 12px; width: 50px;"></div><div style="padding-top: 8px;"><div style="color: #3897f0; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: 550; line-height: 18px;">View this post on Instagram</div></div><div style="padding: 12.5% 0;"></div><div style="display: flex; margin-bottom: 14px;"><div><div></div><div></div><div></div></div><div style="margin-left: 8px;"><div style="background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; height: 20px; width: 20px;"></div><div></div></div><div style="margin-left: auto;"><div></div><div></div><div></div></div></div><div style="display: flex; margin-bottom: 24px;"><div style="background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; height: 14px; margin-bottom: 6px; width: 224px;"></div><div style="background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; height: 14px; width: 144px;"></div></div><p> </p><p style="color: #c9c8cd; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 17px; margin-bottom: 0; margin-top: 8px; overflow: hidden; padding: 8px 0 7px; text-align: center; white-space: nowrap;"><a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/CMK88OSlG09/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading" rel="noopener" style="color: #c9c8cd; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 17px; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">A post shared by Bre Hudson (@brehudsonn)</a></p></div></blockquote><p></p></figure><figure class="op-interactive"><blockquote class="instagram-media"><div style="padding: 16px;"><p> </p><div style="display: flex;"><div style="background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; height: 40px; margin-right: 14px; width: 40px;"></div><div style="display: flex;"><div style="background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; height: 14px; margin-bottom: 6px; width: 100px;"></div><div style="background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; height: 14px; width: 60px;"></div></div></div><div style="padding: 19% 0;"></div><div style="display: block; height: 50px; margin: 0 auto 12px; width: 50px;"></div><div style="padding-top: 8px;"><div style="color: #3897f0; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: 550; line-height: 18px;">View this post on Instagram</div></div><div style="padding: 12.5% 0;"></div><div style="display: flex; margin-bottom: 14px;"><div><div></div><div></div><div></div></div><div style="margin-left: 8px;"><div style="background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; height: 20px; width: 20px;"></div><div></div></div><div style="margin-left: auto;"><div></div><div></div><div></div></div></div><div style="display: flex; margin-bottom: 24px;"><div style="background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; height: 14px; margin-bottom: 6px; width: 224px;"></div><div style="background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; height: 14px; width: 144px;"></div></div><p> </p><p style="color: #c9c8cd; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 17px; margin-bottom: 0; margin-top: 8px; overflow: hidden; padding: 8px 0 7px; text-align: center; white-space: nowrap;"><a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/CMJbhSVlToH/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading" rel="noopener" style="color: #c9c8cd; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 17px; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">A post shared by Bre Hudson (@brehudsonn)</a></p></div></blockquote><p></p></figure><p>Here are a couple more images of the stunning Hudson from her social media accounts:</p><figure class="op-interactive"><blockquote class="instagram-media"><div style="padding: 16px;"><p> </p><div style="display: flex;"><div style="background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; height: 40px; margin-right: 14px; width: 40px;"></div><div style="display: flex;"><div style="background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; height: 14px; margin-bottom: 6px; width: 100px;"></div><div style="background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; height: 14px; width: 60px;"></div></div></div><div style="padding: 19% 0;"></div><div style="display: block; height: 50px; margin: 0 auto 12px; width: 50px;"></div><div style="padding-top: 8px;"><div style="color: #3897f0; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: 550; line-height: 18px;">View this post on Instagram</div></div><div style="padding: 12.5% 0;"></div><div style="display: flex; margin-bottom: 14px;"><div><div></div><div></div><div></div></div><div style="margin-left: 8px;"><div style="background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; height: 20px; width: 20px;"></div><div></div></div><div style="margin-left: auto;"><div></div><div></div><div></div></div></div><div style="display: flex; margin-bottom: 24px;"><div style="background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; height: 14px; margin-bottom: 6px; width: 224px;"></div><div style="background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; height: 14px; width: 144px;"></div></div><p> </p><p style="color: #c9c8cd; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 17px; margin-bottom: 0; margin-top: 8px; overflow: hidden; padding: 8px 0 7px; text-align: center; white-space: nowrap;"><a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/CL0979aFSLy/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading" rel="noopener" style="color: #c9c8cd; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 17px; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">A post shared by Bre Hudson (@brehudsonn)</a></p></div></blockquote><p></p></figure><figure class="op-interactive"><blockquote class="instagram-media"><div style="padding: 16px;"><p> </p><div style="display: flex;"><div style="background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; height: 40px; margin-right: 14px; width: 40px;"></div><div style="display: flex;"><div style="background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; height: 14px; margin-bottom: 6px; width: 100px;"></div><div style="background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; height: 14px; width: 60px;"></div></div></div><div style="padding: 19% 0;"></div><div style="display: block; height: 50px; margin: 0 auto 12px; width: 50px;"></div><div style="padding-top: 8px;"><div style="color: #3897f0; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: 550; line-height: 18px;">View this post on Instagram</div></div><div style="padding: 12.5% 0;"></div><div style="display: flex; margin-bottom: 14px;"><div><div></div><div></div><div></div></div><div style="margin-left: 8px;"><div style="background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; height: 20px; width: 20px;"></div><div></div></div><div style="margin-left: auto;"><div></div><div></div><div></div></div></div><div style="display: flex; margin-bottom: 24px;"><div style="background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; height: 14px; margin-bottom: 6px; width: 224px;"></div><div style="background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; height: 14px; width: 144px;"></div></div><p> </p><p style="color: #c9c8cd; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 17px; margin-bottom: 0; margin-top: 8px; overflow: hidden; padding: 8px 0 7px; text-align: center; white-space: nowrap;"><a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/CLD0bzyFd26/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading" rel="noopener" style="color: #c9c8cd; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 17px; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">A post shared by Bre Hudson (@brehudsonn)</a></p></div></blockquote><p></p></figure><figure class="op-interactive"><blockquote class="instagram-media"><div style="padding: 16px;"><p> </p><div style="display: flex;"><div style="background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; height: 40px; margin-right: 14px; width: 40px;"></div><div style="display: flex;"><div style="background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; height: 14px; margin-bottom: 6px; width: 100px;"></div><div style="background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; height: 14px; width: 60px;"></div></div></div><div style="padding: 19% 0;"></div><div style="display: block; height: 50px; margin: 0 auto 12px; width: 50px;"></div><div style="padding-top: 8px;"><div style="color: #3897f0; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: 550; line-height: 18px;">View this post on Instagram</div></div><div style="padding: 12.5% 0;"></div><div style="display: flex; margin-bottom: 14px;"><div><div></div><div></div><div></div></div><div style="margin-left: 8px;"><div style="background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; height: 20px; width: 20px;"></div><div></div></div><div style="margin-left: auto;"><div></div><div></div><div></div></div></div><div style="display: flex; margin-bottom: 24px;"><div style="background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; height: 14px; margin-bottom: 6px; width: 224px;"></div><div style="background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; height: 14px; width: 144px;"></div></div><p> </p><p style="color: #c9c8cd; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 17px; margin-bottom: 0; margin-top: 8px; overflow: hidden; padding: 8px 0 7px; text-align: center; white-space: nowrap;"><a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/CJTyJfhlAP6/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading" rel="noopener" style="color: #c9c8cd; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 17px; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">A post shared by Bre Hudson (@brehudsonn)</a></p></div></blockquote><p></p></figure><h2><b>Anfernee Simons’ Girlfriend</b></h2><p>This isn’t actually the first time Bre Hudson went viral. A couple of months back, Anfernee Simons introduced her to social media in a <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/blazers-video-damian-lillard-hilariously-calls-out-anfernee-simons-not-telling-him-about-girlfriend/" rel="noopener">Instagram live video feed</a>.</p><p>What Simons did not expect was how Blazers superstar teammate Damian Lillard was going to drop in on the call. Lillard asked all the right questions (not exactly the right ones from Simons’ perspective though) and he surely pushed the right buttons. Simons tried his best to address Dame’s awkward queries about his then-new-found love affair, but it was clear that he was more than a little embarrassed.</p><p>While the Blazers youngster may have regretted answering Lillard’s call, it isn’t unlikely that that particular exchange actually helped take Simons’ relationship with Hudson to the next level. That’s Dame for you–dishing out dimes both on and off the court.</p><p>Whatever the case may be, Hudson now appears to be a social media star. She’s certainly going to see a rise in her Twitter and Instagram (and TikTok?) followers in the coming days, which is not going to be surprising at all.</p><p>The Blazers’ rising star certainly snatched a keeper in Hudson, and he better make sure to hold on tight considering how she’s now gained more than a few admirers overnight.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Meet Bre Hudson, Anfernee Simons’ girlfriend going viral after he won the dunk contest

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px;    font-size: 18px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px;    font-size: 16px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: #0000FF;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 16px;    text-decoration: none;}ul {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 16px;}ol {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    padding: 0px 0px 0px 15px;    font-size: 16px;    border-left: 2px solid black;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 12px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;    background-color: #EFEFEF;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article><header><figure><img src="https://clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/Zach-LaVine-Anfernee-Simons-Bulls-Trail-Blazers-NBA-Slam-Dunk-Contest.jpg"></figure><h1>Anfernee Simons admits asking Zach LaVine’s approval for all his dunks</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2021-03-07T22:36:11-08:00">March 7th, 10:36pm</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2021-03-07T22:36:11-08:00">March 7th, 10:36pm</time><address><a>Paolo Mariano</a></address><h3 class="op-kicker">NBA</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>Not many banked on Anfernee Simons to win the NBA Slam Dunk Contest. After all, he’s more known as a shooter with the Portland Trail Blazers. But Simons took home the trophy, proving he doesn’t need the approval of people. Well, maybe except Zach LaVine.</p><p>In the postgame interview, the 21-year-0ld Simons was asked why he kept on talking to LaVine during the event, and he admitted he was seeking the nod of the <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/sports/nba/players/zach-lavine/aa5f0914">Chicago Bulls’ All-Star</a> guard (via <a href="https://twitter.com/WorldWideWob?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1368780495677427713%7Ctwgr%5E%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&amp;ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fclutchpoints.com%2Fwp-admin%2Fpost-new.php">Rob Perez</a>).</p><blockquote>“I was just going to him saying like ‘Was that worthy?’ Cause he’s a guy that, you know, is a part of arguably the greatest Dunk Contest of all time. So he knows when he sees a great dunk. A dunk that’s worthy, 40 (points), 50 even. So I was going to him like ‘How was that?’ ‘Should I do something else?’ ‘Should I do this?’ ‘Come down next time?'”</blockquote><figure class="op-interactive"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">Anfernee Simons says he went over to Zach LaVine multiple times to ask if his dunks were “worthy”. <a href="https://t.co/u6R9gHch0t" target="_blank">pic.twitter.com/u6R9gHch0t</a></p><p>— Rob Perez (@WorldWideWob) <a href="https://twitter.com/WorldWideWob/status/1368780495677427713?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">March 8, 2021</a></p></blockquote><p></p></figure><p>Obviously, Simons picked the right guy to ask in LaVine as he beat New York Knicks rookie Obi Toppin and Indiana Pacers swingman Cassius Stanley for the NBA Slam Dunk Contest trophy, becoming the first player from the Trail Blazers to achieve the feat.</p><p>LaVine was seen several times applauding the aerial acrobatics of the young participants, so safe to assume he was quite impressed. He, however, has already stated that he’s done with the NBA Slam Dunk Contest after winning back-to-back titles in 2015 and 2016, although his last one against Orlando Magic forward Aaron Gordon is still being debated up to this day.</p><p>Hey, maybe Anfernee Simons can get Zach LaVine to join again. That would surely get everyone’s approval.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Anfernee Simons admits asking Zach LaVine’s approval for all his dunks

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px;    font-size: 18px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px;    font-size: 16px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: #0000FF;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 16px;    text-decoration: none;}ul {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 16px;}ol {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    padding: 0px 0px 0px 15px;    font-size: 16px;    border-left: 2px solid black;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 12px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;    background-color: #EFEFEF;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article><header><figure><img src="https://clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/image_2021-03-08_122535.png"></figure><h1>VIDEO: Anfernee Simons channels Tracy McGrady for 2021 Slam Dunk Contest with epic 360 slam</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2021-03-07T20:36:09-08:00">March 7th, 8:36pm</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2021-03-07T20:36:09-08:00">March 7th, 8:36pm</time><address><a>Virgil Villanueva</a></address><h3 class="op-kicker">NBA</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>For one of his dunks in the NBA Slam-Dunk Contest, Portland Trail Blazers guard Anfernee Simons channeled his inner Tracy McGrady with an epic 360 slam.</p><p>Like many have done before, Simons took the effort to <a href="https://twitter.com/ClutchPointsApp/status/1368757002604666880?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1368757002604666880%7Ctwgr%5E%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&amp;ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fclutchpoints.com%2Fwp-admin%2Fpost.php%3Fpost%3D1029257action%3Dedit">bring out a vintage</a> Toronto Raptors McGrady jersey for his slam. The likes of Josh Smith (Dominique Wilkins jersey), DeMar DeRozan (Vince Carter jersey), Larry Nance Jr. (Larry Nance Sr. jersey) have all done it before. Simons forged his name into this longstanding dunk contest tradition.</p><figure class="op-interactive"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">Anfernee Simons rocks the Tracy McGrady jersey and throws down the 360 🔥<a href="https://t.co/pLnActq1Po" target="_blank">pic.twitter.com/pLnActq1Po</a></p><p>— ClutchPoints (@ClutchPointsApp) <a href="https://twitter.com/ClutchPointsApp/status/1368757002604666880?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">March 8, 2021</a></p></blockquote><p></p></figure><p>While his dunk didn’t exactly copy McGrady, he didn’t exactly disappoint either. Perhaps Simons wanted to remind everyone that once upon a time, McGrady donned the Raptors jersey and actually participated in a Slam Dunk Contest.</p><p>To recall, this was the 2000 Dunk Contest which Vince Carter won. Since Carter’s dunks <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nba-news-vince-carter-admits-scrapping-original-dunks-legendary-2000-slam-dunk-contest/">were so good</a>, people forgot the rest of the participants like McGrady, Steve Francis, Ricky Davis, Larry Hughes, and Jerry Stackhouse. So Simons’s little dedication was surely appreciated by Slam Dunk Contest fanatics.</p><p>For all his efforts, Simon won the 2021 Slam Dunk Contest. It’s still up for debate on the official judge known as NBA Twitter. But that McGrady dunk he unleashed may have been his best dunk of the night.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

VIDEO: Anfernee Simons channels Tracy McGrady for 2021 Slam Dunk Contest with epic 360 slam

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px;    font-size: 18px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px;    font-size: 16px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: #0000FF;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 16px;    text-decoration: none;}ul {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 16px;}ol {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    padding: 0px 0px 0px 15px;    font-size: 16px;    border-left: 2px solid black;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 12px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;    background-color: #EFEFEF;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article><header><figure><img src="https://clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/Simons.jpg"></figure><h1>Damian Lillard’s surprising role in Slam Dunk Contest, per Blazers teammate Anfernee Simons</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2021-03-01T18:56:45-08:00">March 1st, 6:56pm</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2021-03-01T18:56:45-08:00">March 1st, 6:56pm</time><address><a>Sam Mendelsohn</a>From a very young age Sam Mendelsohn has always had a passion for sports and sports writing. He brings a breadth of experience with his time at Sports Betting Dime and Oddsshark.Sam’s interest in sports journalism guided him into the College of Sports Media and the Centennial College Sports Journalism program to pursue his career. He has been a writer, reporter, commentator and broadcaster for CBC Sports, TSN 1050 &amp; 690, and the Oshawa Generals.His dedication to sports and sports news is evident in his considerable portfolio of writing, game reports, analysis, and features. You can follow him on:</address><h3 class="op-kicker">NBA</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p><a href="https://clutchpoints.com/sports/nba/portland-trail-blazers">Portland Trail Blazers</a> guard Anfernee Simons will be participating in his first-ever Slam Dunk competition, and it seems like he’s going to be bringing some help with him. Simons told <a href="https://theathletic.com/2420551/2021/03/01/anfernee-simons-dunk-contest-trail-blazers/" rel="noopener">The Athletic’s Jason Quick</a> that he is probably going to use the assistance of Damian Lillard for one of his dunks.</p><blockquote>“I will probably use Dame in one of my dunks, but I don’t know what I’m going to do yet,” the Blazers’ third-year guard said.</blockquote><p>Damian Lillard, who will be an All-Star for the sixth time in his career, will be in Atlanta to participate in the All-Star Game and the <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/blazers-news-damian-lillard-announces-hes-joining-the-3-point-contest/">3-point competition</a>. However, it appears he will have some added duties with Anfernee Simons insinuating that he will use his help for one of his dunks.</p><p>Lillard has some experience in the slam dunk competition, as he participated in it himself back in 2014. Simons has also been using his Blazers teammate Derrick Jones Jr. as a reference, especially since DJJ won it last year.</p><blockquote>“We are going back and forth, if he sees something that is good, he will send it to me, and I will send something to him, saying we should think about this,” Simons said of his coordination with Jones.</blockquote><p>Simons is looking to become the first Trail Blazers player in history to be crowned a Slam Dunk champion. He joins the rank of other Portland  players to have participated in the Slam Dunk Competition like Lillard, Rudy Fernandez, Jerome Kersey, James Robinson and Clyde Drexler. Jones Jr. was a member of the Miami Heat last year when he took him the hardware.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Damian Lillard’s surprising role in Slam Dunk Contest, per Blazers teammate Anfernee Simons

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Congratulations @CJMcCollum you guys are a very good football team✊🏾

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Anybody wonder why we turn the music down in there car when we looking for a place? Lol

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2020-21 SEASON STATS
PTS	REB	AST	BLK	STL
7.7	2.2	1.3	0.1	0.2

2020-21 SEASON STATS
PTS	REB	AST	BLK	STL
7.7	2.2	1.3	0.1	0.2