Call Out My Name

Point Guard Anfernee Simons Is Armed With Unwavering Confidence And A Skill Set Relatively Similar To His Namesake—both Of Which Will Be Needed As The Florida Native Heads Straight From Img Academy To The Nba Draft.

- Ryan Jones

ANFERNEE SIMONS IS thinking about slowing things down. Understand, we don’t mean this in some vague, figurative sense, but quite literally: When we catch up with Simons in late April, he’s talking about how he’s focused on improving his ability to control things on the basketball court—to dictate pace and flow—the better to exploit openings and impose his will.

“Working with my trainer, especially the past couple of weeks, he’s been teaching me how to slow the game down, to be more efficient,” Simons explains. “I like how guys like CJ McCollum or Donovan Mitchell do that. They know when to slow the game down.”