Newly acquired Celtics guard Anfernee Simons has been in the NBA for seven seasons now. In the last four years of his Portland tenure, Simons averaged double-digit shooting volume with 3-point attempts accounting for 52.6% of his shot diet.
It’s fair to question how different Boston looks stylistically when you break up a championship core, but if there’s one thing that we can be sure of with the return in last night’s Jrue Holiday trade, it’s that Simons has the makings of a built-in Mazzulla Ball mindset.
The Celtics are far from done in the trade market, making a discussion of play style feel preliminary.