What should be done with Anfernee?

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    KeepOnRollin, Apr 17, 2022
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    What about it?
     
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    Click on it and you will see.
     
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    This sure aged well.
     
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    Re-sign Simons next year for $5M more ($9M) than the 2021-2022 salary and give him the chance to play mostly SG alongside Dame.
     
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    He would leave if they only offered him 9 million, and rightfully so.
     
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    Agreed. Odd that the poster who continually proclaims the importance of 3 point shooting is for offering such an underwhelming contract to arguably Portland's best 3 point shooting threat.

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    A $5M increase for a player who is 22 and has only a limited run of high scoring games may be incentive enough given the chance to continue to be on a team that can be a contender next year, and with the continued mentoring of Dame and Chauncey. The Blazers should conserve salary resources, and try to minimize the number of players earning more than $10M. If Simons wants to leave that is his choice. He is not the best swish3 shooter in pressure situations, and will be several % behind Dame next year, when Dame returns healthy for his best seasons in his career.
     
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    Just out of curiosity, do you know that Simons already shoots a better % from 3 than Dame does?
     
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    I think you have to consider packaging him with picks for a legit Robin for Dame that is not a SG. I think you can find another player with Ant's scoring skills. Shit, Jordan Poole was a 28th pick and he is probably better than Ant.
     
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    Going to be interesting to see if they do package Ant?
     
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    The Warriors' player development process is probably worthy of a siginificant amount of credit there.
     
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    There was a poll on Reddit the other day about who was better:
    Anfernee, Jordan Poole and Tyrese Maxey. All three have them have really exploded in value this year. It was pretty evenly divided (although Poole and Maxey have the advantage of having just gone off in the playoffs).

    I've got to say, if offered the choice to swap Anfernee for one of the others, I probably wouldn't.

    (That said: I wanted us at the time to take Jalen Brunson, and he's not doing anything to make me regret saying that either. Supposedly Detroit might pursue him this offseason.)
     
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    $9 million? Simons is going to get at least $16 million if not $20 million.
     
    Chris Craig, Apr 19, 2022
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    I'd love to move him for an equally talented young SG with legit SG size. Anfernee is a PG with good size for a PG. I would also love to feature him and move Dame for a big return... explore both options this offseason to see whats available & then decide. Maybe they don't find a return for either that they find acceptable and push this decision to midseason, but pairing two PG sized PGs isn't a recipe for success.

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    if the Blazers sign Ant for 16M/year they've got a massive discount compared to historical numbers for rookie extensions. I'd love it of course. I've been thinking Ant + Nurk will be at least 40M/year. If they can get them for 30M/year...wow!

    I'm just hoping that Cronin, or whoever the GM is, doesn't pull an Olshey and bid against himself
     
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    Jerami Grant? LoL
     
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    Yeah, I'm scared we're preparing to throw $35M/year at Simons. I'd be ecstatic if the eventual figure is $16-20M per.
     
    handiman, Apr 19, 2022
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