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• Magic Could Target Anfernee Simons In Trade
Could Anfernee Simons solve the Magic’s offensive issues? According to Marc Stein and Jake Fischer, the Trail Blazers guard has been increasingly projected around the league as a potential target for Orlando. President of basketball operations Jeff Weltman indicated in a postseason press conference that upgrades this offseason would likely come via trades. “Most of […]...2025
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• Report: Magic May Have Blazers’ Anfernee Simons on Radar

The Orlando Magic’s measured approach to the point guard position may be reaching a pivot point. While the franchise has shown confidence in Jalen Suggs running the offense — and leaned heavily on Paolo Banchero and Franz Wagner for playmaking duties — a first-round playoff exit against the Boston Celtics may have sparked internal discussions […] The post Report: Magic May Have Blazers’...2025
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• Magic Could Have Interest In Trading For Anfernee Simons

The Orlando Magic's interest in adding a point guard may have been overstated in recent years. The Magic have been content with Jalen Suggs handling the role, while Paolo Banchero and Franz handle a heavy dose of playmaking. After their first-round playoff series loss to the Boston Celtics, Orlando may be re-thinking that approach. One projected target for the Magic could be Portland Trail Blazers...2025
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• Rival Teams Monitoring Anfernee Simons, Matisse Thybulle, Robert Williams III, Deandre Ayton

Teams around the NBA are monitoring the situation of the Portland Trail Blazers' Afernee Simons, Matisse Thybulle, Robert Williams III, and Deandre Ayton, according to Marc Stein and Jake Fischer of The Stein Line. All four players will be on expiring contracts next season. Williams has been the frequent target of trade rumors since getting traded to the Blazers. The Blazers recently extended gen...2025
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• And-Ones: Clutch Player Award, NBA Europe, Award Picks, Oweh
The official candidates for Clutch Player of the Year have been revealed, NBA analyst Kevin O’Connor tweets. Here’s the list of candidates, as selected by the league’s 30 head coaches: Anfernee Simons, Trail Blazers Anthony Edwards, Timberwolves Darius Garland, Cavaliers De’Aaron Fox, Spurs DeMar DeRozan, Kings Derrick White, Celtics Donovan Mitchell, Cavaliers Jaylen Brown...2025
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• Anfernee Simons wins NBA Cares Bob Lanier Community Assist Award for March 2025
The NBA has announced Portland Trail Blazers guard Anfernee Simons as the NBA Cares Bob Lanier Community Assist Award winner for the month of March. As part of his efforts, Simons provided scholarships to 24 students, supported mental health wellbeing and hosted holiday events in Portland and his home state of Florida. Simons will receive … Continue reading "Anfernee Simons wins NBA Cares Bo...2025
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• 30 players most likely to be moved at the NBA trade deadline

Photo by Justin Casterline/Getty Images Let’s jump around the league to find the players most likely to get relocated at the 2025 NBA trade deadline. In a now-annual tradition at SB Nation, we are scouring through the internet’s endless supply of NBA trade rumors and asking around our NBA team site network to ask our local experts (alongside some national analysis from yours truly) to see ...2025
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• The Magic should go all-in at the NBA trade deadline, and there is 1 perfect target

Mike Watters-Imagn Images With an awesome team already and nearly all their own assets available to upgrade it, the Orlando Magic are ready to win now. The Orlando Magic should be on the cusp of something special. Before his oblique injury, Paolo Banchero looked like the next thing. And then before his own oblique injury, Franz Wagner looked like the next-next thing. Jalen Suggs might be t...2025
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• Sports card collecting won’t die as long as there’s community, nostalgia, and the thrill of discovery

Friendship and Fun in the Shadow of Money: The National Card Show Comes to the Cleveland. There are thousands of boxes like this sitting on tables on the convention floor. Thousands of boxes that contain thousands of cards, two images on two sides of a piece of cardboard, slipped into a little plastic sleeve, labeled with a price, sitting. A man, one of tens of thousands of people who will be in ...2024
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• Blazers Have Received Interest In Jerami Grant, Anfernee Simons, Robert Williams

The Portland Trail Blazers have started receiving interest in some of the veterans on their roster. This includes Jerami Grant, Anfernee Simons and Robert Williams III. The Blazers have yet to decide which direction to take their team. Portland currently sits 13th place in the Western Conference. Grant makes $29.8 million this season. The veteran forward then has $102.6 million left through 2027-2...2024
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• Handicapping NBA’s tank race for Cooper Flagg by most likely team to land No. 1 draft pick

Photo by Grant Halverson/Getty Images These nine NBA teams are still in the mix for winning the 2025 NBA Draft lottery and the rights to Cooper Flagg. It only took about 20 games for the 2024-2025 NBA season to completely reshape what we thought we knew coming into the year. The Boston Celtics and Oklahoma City Thunder emerging as the championship favorites in each conference was to be exp...2024
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• Every NBA team ranked by its 2025 championship chances to start season

Photo by Jacob Kupferman/Getty Images Let’s rank every team in the NBA by their 2025 championship chances to start the season. The start of a new NBA season is the ultimate time for optimism. Every team is undefeated, and each organization’s season-long goals are still within reach. The NBA is fully entrenched in its parity era. The league has had a different champion each of the last six ...2024
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• 9 NBA teams in the Cooper Flagg sweepstakes for 2025 draft, ranked by tiers

Photo by Juan Ocampo/NBAE via Getty Images The 2024 NBA Draft lacked excitement from the very start of the cycle due to the absence of a consensus No. 1 overall player. The 2024 class wasn’t terrible, but it always felt more like a role player draft than one with future franchise cornerstones. The fact that this was the draft that immediately followed Victor Wembanyama’s class made it seem...2024
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• 2024 NBA Draft: Team Needs – Northwest Division

Portland Trailblazers Needs: Efficient scoring, rebounding/ interior presence Picks: 7,14,34,40 Last season, Portland was not very good, finishing last in the conference. However, they went into the year understanding that it was a rebuild, and on top of that, injuries put them behind the eight ball for much of the season. Anfernee Simons played 46… The post 2024 NBA Draft: Team Needs –...2024
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• Reload or Rebuild? What will the Suns, Lakers and every other first-round loser do now?

Original photo by Kevork Djansezian/Getty Images The Suns, Lakers, Sixers and every other team to lose in the first round of the NBA playoffs are facing big decisions this summer. LeBron James and Anthony Davis. Giannis Antetokounmpo, Damian Lillard and Khris Middleton. Kevin Durant, Devin Booker and Bradley Beal.Kawhi Leonard, James Harden, Paul George and Russell Westbrook.Joel Embiid a...2024
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• NBA Trade Rumors: The latest on Dejounte Murray, Bruce Brown and more

Photo by Todd Kirkland/Getty Images We have updates on the latest NBA trade rumors about three of the hottest names on the market, and one surprising inclusion. With just two and a half weeks to go until the Feb. 8 trade deadline and the Toronto Raptors already pulling off multiple blockbusters, the torrid flow of NBA trade rumors is showing no signs of slowing down. Here is an update on ...2024
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• The NBA’s 11 best young cores, ranked by their future championship potential
Let’s rank the best young cores in the NBA. The future always seems so far away in the NBA until it’s not. It wasn’t long ago that Boston Celtics duo Jayson Tatum and Jaylen Brown, Denver Nuggets tandem Nikola Jokic and Jamal Murray, and Phoenix Suns trio Devin Booker, Mikal Bridges, and Deandre Ayton made up the league’s best young cores. Only a few years later, all three teams have appeared in t...2023
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• VIDEO: Damian Lillard’s mid-vacation reaction to Blazers winning NBA Summer League
The Portland Trail Blazers are the 2022 Summer League champions, but superstar guard Damian Lillard wasn’t aware of it until Trendon Watford showed him his MVP trophy. Lillard is away vacationing with his family, and so he only learned about the championship during an IG Live with Anfernee Simons. Watford hopped in on the stream […] The post VIDEO: Damian Lillard’s mid-vacation r...2022
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• 1 pleasant surprise who stood out for Trail Blazers during 2021 training camp
Damian Lillard knew there was something different about Anfernee Simons when the Portland Trail Blazers superstar saw a photo of his young teammate this summer. Suddenly, it was obvious. Simons, ink-less over the first three seasons of his NBA career, had a half sleeve tattoo on his left arm—another step in the 22-year-old’s ongoing growth […] The post 1 pleasant surprise who stood out...2021
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"— John Voita, Bright Side of the Sun Portland Trail Blazers — Jerami Grant or Anfernee Simons The Trail Blazers are sitting on two veteran players with skills to burn, players who might not fit their current agenda."

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"In the second quarter against the Utah Jazz, Sharpe left the Earth to catch a pretty terrible lob pass from teammate Anfernee Simons."

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"The All-Star forward will reportedly replace the Blazers' Anfernee Simons"

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"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 post CJ McCollum sends message to Anfernee Simons amid breakout season with Blazers appeared first on ClutchPoints."

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"Anfernee Simons introduced to himself a global audience at last season’s All-Star Weekend, living up to years of local hype by being crowned champion of the slam dunk contest."

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"After colliding knees with Portland Trail Blazers guard Anfernee Simons in their scrimmage on Sunday, VanVleet gave a positive update on his injury."

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"Portland is three wins from building an Anfernee Simons statue"

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"Anfernee Simons is thinking about slowing things down."

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"Five-star prospect Anfernee Simons might skip college, enter NBA Draft"

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• Rival Teams Monitoring Anfernee Simons, Matisse Thybulle, Robert Williams III, Deandre Ayton
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• Jusuf Nurkic Suggests Orlando Should Trade For Portland Guard

Following his debut game in the Charlotte Hornets loss to the Orlando Magic, Jusuf Nurkic was asked where he thinks the Magic are at as a team. Nurkic was complimentary of Orlando, while making a suggestion for a future transaction. "They are a really good young team and they are doing a really good job. They have a really good coaching staff, but I think they are missing one player. I can't name ...2025
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• Blazers GM Cronin On Quiet Deadline: ‘We Just Didn’t Find The Value’
The Trail Blazers were viewed for much of the season as a likely seller at the trade deadline, with veterans like Jerami Grant, Anfernee Simons, Robert Williams, and Deandre Ayton among the players believed to be available. However, Portland was one of just five NBA teams that didn’t make a single trade in the week […]...2025
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• Northwest Notes: Grant, Kessler, Collins, Williams, Strawther, Braun
The Trail Blazers figure to be one of the more active teams in the trade market and Sean Highkin of the Rose Garden Report lists a handful of players who could be moved if the right offer comes along. That group includes Jerami Grant, Deandre Ayton, Anfernee Simons, Matisse Thybulle and Robert Williams. Grant could […]...2024
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• Blazers Have Received Interest In Jerami Grant, Anfernee Simons, Robert Williams
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• Shaedon Sharpe’s dunk broke NBA record for highest vertical leap in-game

Shaedon Sharpe’s record-breaking vertical leap on alley-oop dunk will be difficult to break Shaedon Sharpe might be the most explosive leaper in the NBA. The Portland Trail Blazers guard was a top-10 draft pick despite coming straight out of high school, and he’s starting to become a big part of the team’s rotation now in his third pro season. Sharpe’s huge putback slam against the Minnesota Timb...2024
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• Shaedon Sharpe’s dunk broke NBA record for highest vertical leap in-game
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• Trail Blazers Notes: Simons, Henderson, Clingan, Remix
The Trail Blazers have been waiting for Anfernee Simons to start taking over games with his scoring like he did in Saturday’s win at Houston, writes Aaron Fentress of The Oregonian. Simons scored 15 of his team-high 25 points in the fourth quarter as Portland got a measure of revenge after dropping an NBA Cup […]...2024
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• Nets blow fourth-quarter lead, waste Mikal Bridges' 42 points in 134-127 OT loss to Trail Blazers

Anfernee Simons had 38 points and 11 assists, Malcolm Brogdon scored eight of his 18 points during Portland’s nearly flawless overtime, and the Trail Blazers beat the Brooklyn Nets 134-127 on Sunday....2024
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• Trail Blazers Notes: Simons, Henderson, Reath, Bench, Grant
Anfernee Simons has become the Trail Blazers‘ franchise cornerstone, answering a looming question the organization had after trading Damian Lillard in the offseason, Jason Quick of The Athletic writes. The 24-year-old guard is averaging 27.1 points and 5.3 assists while shooting 45.6% from the field, 40.0% from beyond the arc on 9.5 attempts and 92.3% […]...2023
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• Northwest Notes: Grant, Kessler, Collins, George, Holiday, Jokic
With Damian Lillard traded and Anfernee Simons injured, Jerami Grant is averaging a career-high 22.8 points through eight games. Grant was the focal point of Detroit’s offense in 2020/21, when he averaged 22.3 points, so he’s familiar with being a No. 1 option. Yet it remains an unusual role for him. “I’m pushing Jerami to […]...2023
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• Blazers’ Anfernee Simons Needs Thumb Surgery, Out 4-6 Weeks
Trail Blazers guard Anfernee Simons will undergo surgery for a UCL tear in his right thumb and is expected to miss four-to-six weeks, the team announced Friday in a press release. The injury occurred during the season-opener, in which Simons scored 18 points in a 123-111 loss to the Clippers. When the initial injury report […] The post Blazers’ Anfernee Simons Needs Thumb Surgery, Out ...2023

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• Handicapping NBA’s tank race for Cooper Flagg by most likely team to land No. 1 draft pick
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• 9 NBA teams in the Cooper Flagg sweepstakes for 2025 draft, ranked by tiers
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• ‘Put your big boy pants on’: Damian Lillard’s message to Anfernee Simons moments before game-winner for Blazers

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 […] The post ‘Put your big boy pants on’: Damian Lilla...2022
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• VIDEO: Damian Lillard’s mid-vacation reaction to Blazers winning NBA Summer League
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• Blazers SG Anfernee Simons’ emotional reaction to career-high 43 points after grandfather’s death
Anfernee Simons had a night to remember Tuesday, as he stepped up and led the Portland Trail Blazers to a 136-131 home win against the visiting Atlanta Hawks. Simons was a man possessed in that game, finishing the contest with a career-high 43 points, powered by a red-hot 9/16 shooting from behind the arc. Following […] The post Blazers SG Anfernee Simons’ emotional reaction to career-...2022
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• Meet Bre Hudson, Anfernee Simons’ girlfriend going viral after he won the dunk contest
Portland Trail Blazers 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. The folks over on social media were swooning over Simons’ […] The post Meet Bre Hudson, Anfernee Sim...2021
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• Video: Blazers star Damian Lillard hilariously calls out Anfernee Simons for not telling him about girlfriend
Portland Trail Blazers guard Anfernee Simmons recently went on an Instagram Live broadcast with his new girlfriend, and unluckily for him, superstar teammate Damian Lillard happened to be one of the viewers. Lillard crashed the broadcast and decided to playfully embarrass Simons. Lillard had one question in mind throughout the video call: Why wasn’t he […] The post Video: Blazers star ...2020
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• CJ McCollum sends message to Anfernee Simons amid breakout season with Blazers
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 post CJ McCollum sends message to Anfernee Simons am...2022
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• Blazers’ Anfernee Simons unexpected leap vs. Bucks that made Chauncey Billups proud
Anfernee Simons dropped 30-plus points for the third straight game on Monday, the longest streak of his burgeoning career, leading the new-look Portland Trail Blazers to a blowout road victory over the defending-champion Milwaukee Bucks. He made NBA history, too, hitting seven triples against Milwaukee to set a new record for the most made threes […] The post Blazers’ Anfernee Simons u...2022
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• Knicks' Julius Randle, who is shooting 33.8 percent from 3, to participate in 3-point contest, per report

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• 2022 NBA free agency: Anfernee Simons to re-sign with Blazers on four-year, $100 million deal, per agent
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• NBA trade rumors: Blazers could finally be ready to move CJ McCollum after emergence of Anfernee Simons
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• 2 reasons Anfernee Simons’ breakout makes Blazers more likely to trade C.J. McCollum
Anfernee Simons continued staking his claim as a cog of the Portland Trail Blazers’ present and future on Saturday night, playing the half of basketball of his life. He cooled off after a scintillating first two quarters that included 26 points and seven triples, but made his impact keenly felt regardless as the Washington Wizards […] The post 2 reasons Anfernee Simons’ breakout ...2022
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• Five-star prospect Anfernee Simons might skip college, enter NBA Draft
Simons, 18, is a former Louisville pledge who is suddenly eligible for the upcoming draft...2017

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• Fantasy Basketball Trade Analyzer: Anfernee Simons leads players to deal for

Several boom-or-bust performances have been on display recently that could just spur some fantasy deals....2024
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• Report: Magic May Have Blazers’ Anfernee Simons on Radar
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• Magic Could Have Interest In Trading For Anfernee Simons
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• Shaedon Sharpe’s dunk broke NBA record for highest vertical leap in-game
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• Blazers Expected To Move One Of Jerami Grant, Anfernee Simons Before Training Camp
In an interview with Sactown Sports 1140, Portland Trail Blazers beat writers Aaron Fentress said that the team's offseason moves aren't done yet. Fentress reported that Portland is expected to move at least one of Jerami Grant or Anfernee Simons before training camp. "I would be surprised if Jerami (Grant) or Anfernee Simons, that one of the two is not moved. I was told that that's definitely the...2024
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• Blazers boost young core, take Henderson 3rd

The Blazers answered weeks of speculation over a potential trade, staying put with the No. 3 overall pick and taking G League Ignite guard Scoot Henderson, who joins a burgeoning young core that includes Shaedon Sharpe and Anfernee Simons....2023
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• What Norman Powell, Robert Covington trade means for Anfernee Simons
The Portland Trail Blazers’ primary goal in Friday’s shocking trade with the LA Clippers was saving money. They not only ducked below the luxury tax this season, making the franchise and billionaire owner Jody Allen subject to the most lucrative distribution of tax penalties in league history, but also shaved considerable money off their books […] The post What Norman Powell, Rob...2022
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