A transaction proposed by the NBA Analytics Network would send 24-year-old Boston Celtics player
Anfernee Simons, who owes the Portland Trail Blazers $77 million, to the team’s reserve field of Payton Pritchard and Malcolm Brogdon and a rematch in the first round in the future.
picks in 2025 and 2027.
James Piercey of the NBA Analytics Network believes that as the best player in this deal, he will raise C’s immediate win ceiling and be the missing piece to the team.
with an opponent.
“(Simons) is comfortably the best offensive player in this group,” began Piecey before saying, “Simons is an excellent dribbler who can create his own shot in the innings.
midfield.
Simons is a great player.
In fact, this is the kind of player that competitors can really use.
Amid rumors of Damian Lillard’s trade, the Trail Blazers may be looking to get rid of a large number of their high-priced products; like Jusuf Nurkic, a seemingly inevitable throw-in from Lillard.
The NBA analytics network also staged a fake transaction involving sending Jerami Grant to the Celtics, and Houdini didn’t approve.
But this one?
Fewer draft options would make this a deal worth considering for the Boston Celtics
Payton Pritchard
Two choices for Simons make the juice worthless, as it will wipe out a large part of C’s future project wardrobe.
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Now we cook with gas.
Such a deal is not worth considering ahead of the trade deadline because as far as we know, the presence of Kristaps Porzingis could be the roster change needed to take this team to the top.
If the Celtics are struggling between October and February, betting on Simons is something the front office radar should be on.
Malcolm Brogdon
Simons doesn’t solve the “pure” point defense some people still attribute to the letter C, but Derrick White can, and the two would be very complementary in the same backyard.
