Today, the NBA regular season continues, with the Portland Trail Blazers coming on the road to challenge the Memphis Grizzlies. The attention of this game is still relatively high, because the Blazers have just experienced a big deal, and instead of going all the way, they have shown an upward momentum.
The Grizzlies' leading guard Morant is the new NBA All-Star starter, known as the "world's first waist", and is currently the hottest new generation star in the NBA. But the Trail Blazers also have a very good player, that is, Anfenni Simmons.
McCollum was traded away, Lillard was sidelined with injury, Simmons became the Trail Blazers' only option on the guard line, and his performance was remarkable. In the three games after McCollum left, Simmons averaged 30 points per game, averaging six three-pointers per game.
Against the Grizzlies and Morant today, Simmons finished with 31 points, three rebounds and six assists. With 44 seconds left in the fourth quarter, Simmons faced Tyes Jones' defense and made a dry three-pointer to extend the lead to 122-117, basically ending the suspense of the game.
In the four games after the big deal, Simmons averaged 30.3 points, 2.5 rebounds and 6.3 assists per game, shooting 5.8 three-pointers and leading the Blazers to four consecutive wins. It has to be said that Simmons is completely on the throne. According to statistics, Simmons shot 113 three-pointers in the first 30 starting games of his career, the player with the most three-point shots in the first 30 starts in NBA history.
Although the Blazers said they wanted to rebuild from the Lillard core, Lillard is 31 years old and has been seriously injured, and no matter how you look at it, Simmons is more valuable. The better Simmons played, the more Lillard became.