The Official Off-Season NBA Thread

[los2187]

Simons has started eight games now, including all five games the Blazers have played in 2022. He's been pretty darn good.

• Starter numbers: 20.9 points (58/41/96 split), 3.4 rebounds, 6.0 assists (2.1 turnovers) in 32.4 minutes
• 2022 stats: 27.8 points (61/45/95 split), 3.2 rebounds, 7.6 assists (2.8 turnovers) in 37.0 minutes

Only three players (Fred VanVleet, Trae Young, Donovan Mitchell) are taking more pull-up threes per contest than Simons in 2022; none of them are doing it at better efficiency than Simons (41.2% on those shots). It's a 10-day sample, of course, but even this snapshot of high-volume pulling should be respected.

With more responsibility, Anfernee Simons is stepping up in Portland

Nekias Duncan breaks down the recent play of Anfernee Simons in the absence of Damian Lillard and CJ McCollum.

www.basketballnews.com

 

[Cashflow]

Another Day of BIG ANFERNEE SIMONS Thread?

Yuck. See y'all later!

 

[amitt5504]

Maltese gets it

 

[getback]

Philly should have just made a move before the season. They have a solid group. Just getting back a PG like Haliburton and some shooters and/or picks would've been worth it to try and make a run. Embiid is playing out of his mind. They sort of owe it to him IMO.

 

[pmatic]

 

[rolaholic]

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[B Sox]

Total package.

 

[addict4sneakers]

Yeah I’m rolling with Myrie. That’s fake hustle man

 

[pmatic]

 

[d3si]

 

[lovehateself]

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his hand touhed the ball before he came in contact with kyrie
clean tackle

 

[getback]

Dude was diving for a loose ball in a tight game. I like that. Unfortunate that he had to roll up on Qyrie but I like to see folks hitting the deck like that.

 

[RustyShackleford]

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If he was ahead of Kyrie or even shoulder to shoulder I could somewhat agree with Litte, but he was clearly behind Kyrie. So it was a reckless play IMO

 

[Cashflow]

If he was ahead of Kyrie or even shoulder to shoulder I could somewhat agree with Litte, but he was clearly behind Kyrie. So it was a reckless play IMO

Nope.

In a fast moving situation like that how was he suppose to come to the conclusion Qyrie was going to just let the ball roll out of bounds. Qyrie had ample opportunity to pick the ball up and continue to play. So Little made a judgement call to make sure that didn't happen.

 

[B Sox]

Don't see anything wrong with that dive. Arms out going for the ball, not hurling his body at Qyrie's legs. Good hustle. Not going to place any fault on Little for Qyrie not going for the ball himself

 

[addict4sneakers]

There was literally nothing he could have done with the ball especially diving from that far away. It was going to be a back court. The epitome of fake hustle

 

[pmatic]

When you're a young role player, you have to make plays like those.

 

[IATT]

Dude actually made contact with the ball

kyrie purposely put himself in the way of the guy and the ball to allow it go out of bounds

id get if they were right on the sideline and the ball was out of bounds when dude went to dive for it

but ain’t even like he missed it.. dude actually made contact with the ball before it went out

 

[RustyShackleford]

Nope.

In a fast moving situation like that how was he suppose to come to the conclusion Qyrie was going to just let the ball roll out of bounds. Qyrie had ample opportunity to pick the ball up and continue to play. So Little made a judgement call to make sure that didn't happen.

Huh?

If Kyrie picks up the ball the contact probably still happens. Little sliding from behind put the onus on Kyrie to avoid this body.

I can appreciate the hustle but still think his action caused the collision

 

[Cashflow]

Huh?

If Kyrie picks up the ball the contact probably still happens. Little sliding from behind put the onus on Kyrie to avoid this body.

I can appreciate the hustle but still think his action caused the

Little dove for the loose ball basically at the same time Qyrie decided to try and shield anyone from being able to get the ball.

How was Little suppose to know Qyrie was going to use his body as a shield in such a split second play?

 

[addict4sneakers]

He plays for a tanking team. That’s not a dude on a 10 day fighting for his life. He’s playing 30 minutes a game. He was wilding. He gave the ball back to the nets. It looks cool but that ain’t it.

 

[getback]

There was literally nothing he could have done with the ball especially diving from that far away. It was going to be a back court. The epitome of fake hustle

Maybe he was trying to take the back court to prevent Qyrie from a scoop and layup.

 

[B Sox]

Seen Marcus Smart recover loose balls like that a million times. It’s just hustle. And he touched the ball. He can’t help that Qyrie literally comes to a stop. Nothing even remotely dirty about that.

 

[tomdiginson]

Nasir was wreckless. That ain't real hustle. He's shielding the ball and you're going to do what? Dive between his legs from behind ? #Pause

 

[pmatic]

He plays for a tanking team. That’s not a dude on a 10 day fighting for his life. He’s playing 30 minutes a game. He was wilding. He gave the ball back to the nets. It looks cool but that ain’t it.

It's a five point game in the fourth.