Anfernee Simons Is Only a 21 Year-Old

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  1. RoseCityRebel

    RoseCityRebel Well-Known Member

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    Trading low ceiling Gary Trent Klutch Jr. was a brilliant trade by Olshey.

    Thanks to Neil and Terry for opening up some playing time to one of the real athletic freaks of the NBA.

    Dunk champ and 43% 3pt shooter.
     
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    He was on fire today!
     
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    We should use this fact to trade him for as much as possible this summer
     
    Freshtown, Apr 27, 2021
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    Don’t worry we will all hate him next time he goes 2-6.
     
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    I remember when Sam Perkins went 8 for 8 on 3's without missing he sold t-shirts with an "8 for 8" logo. Dude thought that record would stand forever back in 1997.
     
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    He's so young and he's gonna go through quite a bit of slumps.

    Coach is holding him back so once he's gone he's gonna be able to play through.
     
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    Lol
     
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    Somebody somewhere is writing posts about how they coulda drafted Simons instead of so and so.
    Bet on it.
     
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    Find it. Lol.
     
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    It was a good draft year for sure but are you suggesting that a number of teams would not rather have chosen Simons who was taken 24th over their pick? Knicks, Clippers, Phoenix, Chicago?
     
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    Omg stop lol.. All simons does is hit 3s granted he does that extremely well. Other than that he gives u nothing else. Literally nothing else
     
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    Simons was drafted 24th...among that draft class,

    * Simons ranks 25th in points/game
    * 37th in rebounds/game
    * 24th in assists/game
    * 38th in FG%
    * 10th in 3ptFG%
    * 37th in winshares
    * 39th in winshares/48
    * 38th in BPM
    * 51st in value over replacement

    so he's beating his draft slot in just one category, three's. And he's well below his slot in several metrics that measure impact and efficiency

    now, I was impressed with his scalding hot shooting tonight and he has been playing well over the last 2-3 weeks. But this is his 3rd season so I'd say he'll need a lot more games similar to tonight's game before other teams start regretting not picking him, unless a team's pick completely busted out like Zhair Smith
     
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    It's Stotts' fault!!!

    Oops, sorry, wrong thread.
     
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    no. only Blazers fans do that.
     
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    No no, you're right. Stotts is the reason. You're coming around to the truth!
     
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    Did you find it?
     
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    Thank you! He does nothing except hit 3s. Which again is great but please.. he’s useless other than that
     
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    I would not call him useless at all

    he's starting to display some decent court vision for his passes every once in a while and that's an improvement. His defense is horrible but that's not an exclusive sin on this roster. His April numbers are really good if you disregard the smaller sample size. But I'd think a good step forward is too make the most of limited minutes, and he's been doing that this month

    the thread title pushes the narrative that he's really young, but he's in his 3rd season and will turn 22 in 5 weeks or so. That's young, but not really notably young, especially for a guard. He's older than Jaren Jackson, Kevin Knox, Ja Morant, Darius Garland, Tyler Herro, Keldon Johnson, Anthony Edwards, Lamelo Ball and Tyrese Haliburton. Obviously, many of those guys were top-10 picks so comparing Ant to them might be a bit unfair, but it is a gauge of what's possible at his age. I mean, he's only 4 months younger than Doncic
     
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    BBert Weasels Ripped My Flesh

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    I thought his defense tonight was outstanding
     
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    He is young dude his body haven't fill out yet. He will full off season this year so let see how does next year if improve his weakness.
     
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