Anfernee Tyrik Simons is an American professional basketball player for the Portland Trail Blazers of the National Basketball Association (NBA).
He played prep basketball for IMG Academy in Bradenton, Florida.
He is the first American to enter and be selected in an NBA draft directly after graduation from high school since the league first implemented age restriction rules in 2005.
Simons won the Slam Dunk Contest during the 2021 NBA All-Star Game event by a 3-2 judges decision.
Simons was selected 24th overall by the Portland Trail Blazers in the 2018 NBA draft. He would be the third high school player since 2015 to be drafted in the NBA, behind Thon Maker and Satnam Singh Bharmara.
On July 21, 2019, the Blazers assigned Simons to the Agua Caliente Clippers for an NBA G League assignment.
Anfernee Simons’s Net worth
As of 2021, Anfernee Simons’s net worth is estimated to be around $3 million.
Simons’s Salary
Simons is presently earning an annual salary of $2,252,040 from Portland Trail Blazers.
Simons’s Nationality
He is an American.
Anfernee Simons’s Instagram
He has 171k followers, 843 following and 164 posts on his Instagram.
Anfernee Simons’s Twitter
On his Twitter account till there are 26.1k followers,574 following and 1203 tweets.
In the championship round of the Slam Dunk Contest during halftime of the 2021 NBA All-Star Game, Simons attempted to kiss the rim, but failed and still completed the dunk. Despite his failed attempt, he won the 2021 Slam Dunk Champion in a 3-2 decision.
Simons was rated as a five-star recruit and was ranked as the 7th best player in the 2018 class by 247Sports.com. Originally, he planned to enter the University of Louisville, but as a result of the basketball sex scandal of 2015 at the university and its involvement in the 2017–18 NCAA Division I men’s basketball corruption scandal, he ultimately de-committed from Louisville, saying that he was most interested in the University of South Carolina, North Carolina State University, the University of Tennessee, and the University of Florida.