Should the team look to move on for future assets?
, the team is already into the luxury tax this summer, and is currently $1.3 million into the league's first salary cap apron. Portland boasts several veteran players on major contracts, including guards Malcolm Brogdon and Anfernee Simons, forwards Matisse Thybulle and Jerami Grant, and centers Deandre Ayton and Robert Williams III.
Marks proposes offloading Anfernee Simons to the Orlando Magic, who are badly in need of some scoring and shooting off the dribble in the backcourt, in exchange for young reserve point guard Cole Anthony and a pair of lottery-protected 2025 first round draft picks, the Denver Nuggets' top-5 protected first rounder, likely to land in the 20s given Denver's awesomeness, and the Magic's own lottery-protected first.
Simons, a 6-foot-3 "shooting" guard, enjoyed a solid individual season in 2023-24, averaging 22.6 points on a .430/.385/.916 slash line, 5.5 dimes, 3.6 boards and 0.5 swipes a night, although he only appeared in 46 bouts with various ailments, most recently left knee tendinitis. Despite his limitations, he's still capable of scoring in bunches, and would perhaps be optimally employed as a microwave-scoring, change-of-pace sixth man off the bench for a contender. He'll earn $25.
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