Anfernee Simons (PG/SG, POR): Week 4 Waiver Wire Pickups

BALLER MOVE: Add in 10+ Team Leagues

ROSTERED IN: 32% of leagues

ANALYSIS: Just when you thought there could be no more noise surrounding Damian Lillard--and Portland by extension--the point guard went on and kicked the year off wildly underperforming to date. The trade rumors will never stop, obviously, but now that Lillard is also putting on bad-after-bad performances, the headlines have maximized their growth. And that's why you are getting lost in a mess and missing on the true breakout player of the Blazers: Anfernee Simons.

One of the latest prep-to-pro guys to make it to the Association, Simons is truly having a marvelous year nine games through Friday. Simmons is, understandably, playing a backup role to Dame/McCollum and getting his average 23 MPG off the pine this season. Not that he's needing much more to thrive on the court: Simons is putting up an average 11-2-2 line that might feel low for the minutes, but that comes packed with goodies if you look under the hood.

Simons has scored at least one three-point shot each and every game so far this season. He's scored 4+ of them in four games, and 5 in two of those four. All of that while keeping up a fantastic 52.1% field-goal percentage on--no joke--10.7 FGA. Of course, Simons is the only player attempting as many field goals and hitting them at such a high clip while playing fewer than 27 MPG. The only guards/wings doing something similar (although on many more minutes and heavier roles): Norman Powell and Seth Curry. That's it. That's Simons--somehow a 32% rostership player--for you. If you're not rushing to your WW at this very moment, I'm sorry to inform you that you're missing out big time on a massive addition to your roster.

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