With Damian Lillard out for an unspecified length of time, Portland Trail Blazers’ guard Anfernee Simons has been elevated in his absence, and he is using the most of his opportunity. According to Nekias Duncan of BasketballNews.com, the numbers are looking good.
It isn’t supposed to be like this, this soon. But the circumstances are the circumstances. Luckily for Portland, Simons appears to be more scalable than advertised.
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.