Dime Magazine: Simons....'finding another gear'

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  1. TBpup

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    https://uproxx.com/dimemag/anfernee-simons-blazers-speed-improvement/

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    "The label young players often get slapped with as a result is “inconsistent”. A catch-22 of a term that applies only to results, an oversimplified write-off that can put players in temporary stasis or out of contention, completely.

    But there are occasionally situational lifelines thrown to young guys. Teams that are going through rebuilds or investing in their young talent via development, franchises forced to get creative to stay competitive in less lucrative markets for stars, or else the indiscriminate equalizer of every team and athlete regardless of career stage—injury. It was the latter, initially, that pushed Anfernee Simons into the limelight with the Trail Blazers."
     
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    Here we go overrating Simons again.

    lol

    The kid's got serious game. You have to actually watch him to see the talent. Wait 2 more years-- he's gonna be a monster.
     
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    Still a bench player in Portland unless CJ gets traded. At some point Olshey is gonna have to choose between the two imo.
     
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    my dream scenario involves moving CJ + stuff for Ben Simmons over the next few seasons.
    A Dame/Simons/Simmons/Nurk lineup would absolutely destroy this league
     
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    Even if CJ gets traded, Simons is still a bench player - a starting bench player.
     
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    The next Martell Webster
     
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    And a nightmare for announcers around the league !
     
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    1M and 2M. Kind of like Thing 1 and Thing 2.
     
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    Good, neutral wasn't working
     
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    I agree 100%. The thing I actually like the most, is he might be more even keeled than Dame and that's saying ALOT!
     
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    What is it with American broadcasters and their inability to pronounce names? YOU HAVE ONE JOB!
    I remember when we had Pat. On every team's feed it was different:

    Pat Cannenten
    Pat Coggenton
    Pat Contenton
    Pat Cuntenton
     
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    have you heard announcers when we are on an East coast road trip over the years? Where is Oregun? Not sure where Orygon is, but I think Portland is in Maine...

    Get over it. We are just the after thought to the rest of the country. :)
     
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    Just imagine Mike Rice calling that. Almost as fun as the Mo Bamba and Bismak Biyombo combo that almost was.
     
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    We didn't have a Bamba-Biyombo pairing, but we did have Kemba-Batum-Biyombo. Now imagine all of them together, maybe even coached by Mutombo.

    "Pass the ball out to Bamba!"
    "Pass the ball out to Bamba!" yells Mutombo to Batum and Kemba
    He yells to Batum and Kemba, but then they pass it to Bismack Biyombo
    To Bismack Biyombo, poor Dikembe, poor Dikembe, poor Dikembe
    Biyombo is no Kaminski
    Biy0mbo's not even Plumlee, so they sit him down, they sit him down, they sit him down, for
    Bamba, Bamba
    Bamba, Bamba
    Bamba, Bamba...


    (I spent way too much time on that)
     
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    Weren’t Bamba and Biyombo on Orlando together for a split second?
     
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    I had to double take the date of this post. Thought it was a zombie preseason puff piece.
     
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    Just tell them it rains here all the time so they won't come here.
     
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    Can we PLEASE bring back Wild Rice for the Simons/Simmons combination?
     
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    Shouldn’t there be a Bingo Bango Bongo in there somewhere?
     
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    too bad Simons couldn't have found that other gear tonight against Dallas
     

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