Anfernee Tyrik Simons (born on June 8, 1999) is an American expert ball player for the Portland Trail Blazers of the National Basketball Association (NBA).

He played prep ball for IMG Academy in Bradenton, Florida. He is the main American to enter and be chosen in an NBA draft straightforwardly after moving on from secondary school since the association originally carried out age limitation rules in 2005.

Simons won the Slam Dunk Contest during the 2021 NBA All-Star Game occasion by a 3-2 appointed authorities choice.

Proficient vocation

Simons was chosen 24th by and large by the Portland Trail Blazers in the 2018 NBA draft. He would be the third secondary school player beginning around 2015 to be drafted in the NBA, behind Thon Maker and Satnam Singh Bhamara.

On July 2, 2018, the Trail Blazers reported that they had marked Simons.

On January 21, 2019, the Blazers allowed Simons to the Agua Caliente Clippers for an NBA G League task.

On April 10, 2019, Simons had his first professional start against the Sacramento Kings while the Trail Blazers rested Damian Lillard and CJ McCollum for the last round of the ordinary season.

Simons set up professional highs no matter how you look at it with 37 places, 6 bounce back, and 9 helps, turning into the principal Trail Blazers newbie to score 30+ focuses since Lillard.

In the title round of the Slam Dunk Contest during halftime of the 2021 NBA All-Star Game, Simons endeavored to kiss the edge, yet fizzled and still finished the dunk. Despite his bombed endeavor, he won the 2021 Slam Dunk Champion in a 3-2 choice.

On January 3, 2022, Simons scored a profession high 43 focuses behind nine three-pointers, alongside seven bits of help, in a 136–131 success over the Atlanta Hawks.

In a postgame talk, he committed the game to his granddad who passed on from malignant growth the earlier evening.

Individual life

Simons was given the name Anfernee because his folks, Charles and Tameka, love the Orlando Magic and naming him after the previous player Penny Hardaway. Hardaway instructed Simons during a Team USA Basketball instructional course.