PORTLAND – All you need to know about the swagger, toughness and hunger of Orlando Magic guard Jonathon Simmons could be summed up in a couple of high-level NBA conversations he had last summer.
Even though he’s a self-proclaimed ``one percenter’’ who made it out of a tough neighborhood in Houston and someone who remarkably got the NBA thanks to a $150 tryout for a minor league team, Simmons still had enough gumption and belief in himself to tell two of the biggest names in the NBA ``no’’ when they were trying to sway his decision-making last July.