Anfernee Simons and the Celtics took the floor at TD Garden for the first time this year on Sunday, demolishing a short-handed Cavaliers team 138-107 in their third preseason game.
Here are the takeaways:
Anfernee Simons is an impressive offensive talent.
Simons, the Celtics’ most notable offseason pick-up, spent the entire summer very publicly on the trading block until it became clear that Brad Stevens would not receive the offer he wanted.
Now Simons is in Boston, and Sunday’s game showed that the Celtics have a bit of a conundrum.
The complicating factor in Simons’ situation is that he’s very good.