Welcome to Boston, Anfernee Simons!

[Larry_Russell]

please simmons, just play reasonable enough so that you can get traded.

[31to6]

I'm still maintaining that Brad hasn't decided yet. It's been 13 games. I think all Brad knew is that he wanted to get off the Jrue contract and Simons was a talent and this is a "tryout year". And if a deal comes during the season where Brad can upgrade the team and it makes sense to use him, then he will. No deals are happening now so it doesn't make sense for a pragmatist like Brad to have made his mind up now. Just let the situation play out and when he has to make a decision, he will. It's surprisingly uncomplicated. What's the point of having your mind made up during a time when it doesn't matter? If a deal comes, then he'll consider it.

Bingo. I still believe this was an A++ trade from ol' Brad given the circumstance we were in.

Numerous Blazer fans were certainly right on letting us know what to expect on the Simons experience, but it's certainly entertaining when he gets hot.

I just wish it were possible to have a real life preview of what he could really look like when sharing the floor with defenses smothering JT, which we're not going to see before the trade deadline so I'm apprehensive on prematurely moving him.

bumping these quality posts.
Simons has hit 21-for-31 from the floor over the last 3 games.
No reason not to keep developing him here, take any helpful offer IF it appears (unlikely, but I'm sure Brad will keep phone lines open) and then consider trying to resign him for MLE $ next summer.

[ryan in Maine]

JT finding Simons out of the doubleteam chef kiss.

[Hal14]

JT finding Simons out of the doubleteam chef kiss.

You get it.

Tatum, Brown, White, Simons, Prichard, Hauser..this has the potential to be the most explosive offense the league has ever seen - with multiple all-defense caliber players.

I want to at least see what Simons looks like with a healthy Tatum and on a Celtics team that is actually competing for a something meaningful.

He's 26..players typically peak around age 28-31. His best is yet to come..

[ryan in Maine]

JT finding Simons out of the doubleteam chef kiss.

You get it.

Tatum, Brown, White, Simons, Prichard, Hauser..this has the potential to be the most explosive offense the league has ever seen - with multiple all-defense caliber players.

I want to at least see what Simons looks like with a healthy Tatum and on a Celtics team that is actually competing for a something meaningful.

He's 26..players typically peak around age 28-31. His best is yet to come..

Yeah I'm a fan. JT makes Simons a threat outside or cutting. Basically at all times lol.

[ryan in Maine]

Some Simons trivia looking at bench guards —

Total points
1. Jaime Jaquez Jr. 321
2. Anfernee Simons 301
3. Quentin Grimes 281
4. Keldon Johnson 272
5. Malik Monk 262

Field goal makes
1. Jaime Jaquez Jr. 128
2. Anfernee Simons 107
3. Keldon Johnson 105
4. Malik Monk 98
5. Quentin Grimes 88

Field goal attempts
1. Jaime Jaquez Jr. 252
2. Anfernee Simons 241
3. Malik Monk 214
4. Quentin Grimes 187
5. Ajay Mitchell 185
6. Keldon Johnson 182

3's made
1. Anfernee Simons 55 (40.7)
2. Collin Gillespie 50
3. Isaiah Joe 49
4. Cam Spencer 48
4. Klay Thompson 48
5. Tim Hardaway Jr 46

3's attempted
1. Anfernee Simons 135
2. Klay Thompson 122
3. Collin Gillespie 120
4. Isaiah Joe 117
5. Tim Hardaway Jr. 116

11th in ftm (86.5)
16th in fta

18th in def boards (40)

14th in assists (57)
12th in turnovers (26)

176th in fouls (45, out of 180 players that probably pisses Joe off more than anything lol)

+/-
1. Caruso 169
2. Ajay Mitchell 142
5. Jaime Jaquez Jr. 124
9. Tim Hardaway Jr. 75
11. Quentin Grimes 62
13. Hugo Gonzalez 59
16. Klay Thompson 53
17. Anfernee Simons 50
18. Baylor Scheierman 49
20. Jordan Walsh 43
26. Keldon Johnson 35

Fantasy points if that's your thing
1. Jaime Jaquez Jr.
2. Keldon Johnson
3. Collin Gillespie
4. Quentin Grimes
5. Anfernee Simons (462)
6. Anthony Black
7. Malik Monk
8. Ajay Mitchell
9. Jamal Shead
10. Cam Spencer
11. Jose Alvarado

Among all players —

72 points as pick and roll ball handler. Pritchard also 72. He's our best threat there after JB and Pritchard. He's only hitting it at 43% he needs to get more comfortable here. 46.7 for Pritchard.

67 transition points which is pretty good.

62 points as spot up. Not bad. Hauser 66. JB 67.

I'm guessing Joe wants to see Simons foul more and spot up more.

[Larry_Russell]

Maybe someone will look at the above posted and think "Yeah we can trade for him"

[Half-Full]

Maybe someone will look at the above posted and think "Yeah we can trade for him"

I am not entirely opposed to trading Simons, but I do not regard him to be trash, as you seem to feel. If a trade can be made that will improve our team, and get us tax relief, I would make the trade. If not, I am content to ride out the season with Anfernee. His defense, while not his strong suit, is not as awful as I was led to believe, and he is clearly an asset on offense. At years end, we can let him walk, removing his $27 million from our payroll, and getting us under the apron. Alternatively, we might be able to re-sign him for more reasonable dollars, and that would not be a bad thing IMO. In the meantime, he is contributing to our success, and giving us no reason to move him precipitously.

[ryan in Maine]

Maybe someone will look at the above posted and think "Yeah we can trade for him"

I don't get the allure of the hater. You can cheer for Simons, criticize Simons, propose trades for Simons, whatever, it's to be expected. But why can't you do it respectfully? It really drags the board down.

[Larry_Russell]

Maybe someone will look at the above posted and think "Yeah we can trade for him"

I don't get the allure of the hater. You can cheer for Simons, criticize Simons, propose trades for Simons, whatever, it's to be expected. But why can't you do it respectfully? It really drags the board down.

1. Why are you trying to backseat moderate
2. There is nothing wrong with what I posted, there is zero disrespect there, far more disrespect in your response.

Mine Fits all the rules of the board and is not an off topic post, while it can easily be argued your post doesnt.

[brackdan70]

He’s great as a rotation guard, bench gunner, will fit well with Tatum. He not worth 27.6 million per year obviously. I don’t mind keeping him if we could resign him for appropriate money.

[Curmudgeon]

LOL Simons didn't have a point last night until the Celtics are up 20. Then he caught fire. Great garbage time player. But if padding his stats makes him more tradable I'm all for it.

[Hal14]

Read on Twitter

[Half-Full]

Maybe someone will look at the above posted and think "Yeah we can trade for him"

I don't get the allure of the hater. You can cheer for Simons, criticize Simons, propose trades for Simons, whatever, it's to be expected. But why can't you do it respectfully? It really drags the board down.

1. Why are you trying to backseat moderate
2. There is nothing wrong with what I posted, there is zero disrespect there, far more disrespect in your response.

Mine Fits all the rules of the board and is not an off topic post, while it can easily be argued your post doesnt.

Not against the rules, but the constant negativity is tiresome. You have been going on about Anfernee Simons since we acquired him, always negative. Have you seen nothing positive in what he brings to the Celtics?

[Larry_Russell]

I don't get the allure of the hater. You can cheer for Simons, criticize Simons, propose trades for Simons, whatever, it's to be expected. But why can't you do it respectfully? It really drags the board down.

1. Why are you trying to backseat moderate
2. There is nothing wrong with what I posted, there is zero disrespect there, far more disrespect in your response.

Mine Fits all the rules of the board and is not an off topic post, while it can easily be argued your post doesnt.

Not against the rules, but the constant negativity is tiresome. You have been going on about Anfernee Simons since we acquired him, always negative. Have you seen nothing positive in what he brings to the Celtics?

Nothing he has done has made me change my mind.

He is an inefficient scorer, porous defender who best attribute is his expiring contract.

[ryan in Maine]

It's easy to understand how he gets a bum rap. He's the new guy, kind of an outsider vibe given questions about his future role, he's not a strong defender (though he's been making a serious effort imo and is being misrepresented). He hasn't been in a winning environment for a long time.

But he's a 26 year old who literally bet on his game and played himself into the league. That's a serious gamer. And after that journey he ends in a Celtics uniform, which happens to be a dream of many ball players around the country who understand the gravity of our franchise. He gets a Celtics jersey, a Celtics locker, a Celtics paycheck. And after all that we're gonna hate on him?

He goes from first option to fourth option, a rare demotion, a crazy adjustment, and he's still expected to get buckets on demand. Mazzulla isn't respecting his rhythm whatsoever. It almost feels like we're nerfing his value on purpose to dangle that MLE lol.

But he's our guy for now and cheering for him should come naturally for a fan. It's the whole point of fans. I think he's doing ok. Looking at his past season numbers he could be our greatest weapon in the clutch imo. Instead, we hardly even go to him in the clutch. The guy who took less than a dozen games to get a franchise record for points scored in a half off the bench lol. And you know what's funny about that? He's broken that mark at least 6 times previously for Portland as a starter. But we sat him lol. In front of his hometown fans lol. This dude who once made 13 consecutive tres in a game is barely allowed to shoot twice in a row lol.

I'm rooting for him.

[Hal14]

1. Why are you trying to backseat moderate
2. There is nothing wrong with what I posted, there is zero disrespect there, far more disrespect in your response.

Mine Fits all the rules of the board and is not an off topic post, while it can easily be argued your post doesnt.

Not against the rules, but the constant negativity is tiresome. You have been going on about Anfernee Simons since we acquired him, always negative. Have you seen nothing positive in what he brings to the Celtics?

Nothing he has done has made me change my mind.

He is an inefficient scorer, porous defender who best attribute is his expiring contract.

Wrong.

Inefficient scorer? League average TS% is 58. It's closer to like 55 or 56 for guards..and it's also lower for players age 26 and under (the younger the player, the lower the average TS% is).

He's at 58.5 so far this season - it's his FOURTH season where he's been at 58 or higher which is excellent for a guard who's only 26 yrs old. Some guards haven't even been in the league for 4 years by age 26 lol.

His efficiency was also good in Portland considering he had to carry their offense..carrying the offense on a bad team as a young guard..with no one who knew how to coach..his efficiency was awesome when you consider all of those factors..and his efficiency will get even better when Tatum returns and he has looks that are even more open.

As for his defense, he's been solid this season..not great but solid.

[Larry_Russell]

Not against the rules, but the constant negativity is tiresome. You have been going on about Anfernee Simons since we acquired him, always negative. Have you seen nothing positive in what he brings to the Celtics?

Nothing he has done has made me change my mind.

He is an inefficient scorer, porous defender who best attribute is his expiring contract.

Wrong.

Inefficient scorer? League average TS% is 58. It's closer to like 55 or 56 for guards..and it's also lower for players age 26 and under (the younger the player, the lower the average TS% is).

He's at 58.5 so far this season - it's his FOURTH season where he's been at 58 or higher which is excellent for a guard who's only 26 yrs old. Some guards haven't even been in the league for 4 years by age 26 lol.

His efficiency was also good in Portland considering he had to carry their offense..carrying the offense on a bad team as a young guard..with no one who knew how to coach..his efficiency was awesome when you consider all of those factors..and his efficiency will get even better when Tatum returns and he has looks that are even more open.

As for his defense, he's been solid this season..not great but solid.

Sigh....

Look at more than statistics Hal.

You cannot analyse a basketball player exclusively by those metrics. Period.

He scores a bumch of garbage time point and could not get playing time over walsh and minot.

A 27 million dollar player with 6 years experience couldnt get minutes.

Nothing about simmons is excellent. Nothing.

[Celts17Pride]

Spoiler:

I think someone in this forum is his agent. Has to be.

Avoid posts that are only going to bait other posters into a fight. Let's get off the personal stuff and get the thread back on topic, please. -b

[ryan in Maine]

You guys are literally derailing the Simons thread with your attention seeking behavior.