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Exclusive: Blazers Guard Anfernee Simons Stops By

Trail Blazers reserve guard joins the Blazer’s Edge Podcast to discuss life during the NBA’s hiatus.

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On this week’s episode of the Blazer’s Edge podcast, Tara Bowen-Biggs and Danny Marang are joined by Trail Blazer’s guard Anfernee Simons! Together they touch on, managing time with the season up in the air, how Simons works on skills development, what players he looks to take moves/skills from, Hassan Whiteside’s 2K Game, whether or not he’s afraid of ghosts, what coaches expect of him out on the floor, listener questions and a whole lot more!

Like we’ve done the last few weeks, here’s the video feed of the pod:

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Intro

Opening Comments

Anfernee Simons!

Do you still access to a basketball hoop? 1:30

How are you and the family doing? 3:00

How are you staying busy? 4:30

There are BEARS in Florida 7:00

Is Ant afraid of ghosts? 8:30

How much do you love social media? 9:00

When you’re working on a skill- what’s the process you go through? 10:30

When you want to add something to your game, who are the guys you watch? What have you take from Damian Lillard and CJ McCollum? 12:00

When you work on something new, how long do you work on it before you take it to live game action? 15:00

What have been your Top 3 favorite moments you’ve been a part of this season? 16:00

How have your parents helped/influenced you on your way to the NBA? 20:30

Has your fashion sense changed since you got in the league? 22:30

What was your one splurge buy that you just had to have? 23:30

What advice that you received really stuck with you coming off your rookie season? 25:00

Listener Questions!

What is the coaches want you to work on when you get out on the floor? 27:30

What would you rather have- Pick & roll or DHO? 28:30

What is your day like during the season? How is it different now? 29:30

How are staying connected with people/teammates? 31:30

What is your biggest takeaway from the season? 32:30

Why haven’t you worn Dame’s? What’s the process of deciding on what shoes your’e going to wear? 36:30

How is your family doing during all of this? 38:00

What’s the best meal you can cook? 39:20

Do you know all of Gary Trent Jr’s brother’s names? 40:00

Watching old games/footage 43:00

Closing Comments

Outro