Celtics Insider Floats Reunion With Former Guard In NBA Free Agency This Offseason
The guard averaged 14.2 points and 24.5 minutes per game with the Boston Celtics across 49 contests before being traded to the Chicago Bulls.
Celtics Insider Floats Reunion With Former Guard In NBA Free Agency This Offseason originally appeared on NESN . Add NESN as a Preferred Source by clicking here . The Boston Celtics ' big trade ahead of the 2026 NBA trade deadline sending guard Anfernee Simons to the Chicago Bulls in exchange for center Nikola Vucevic mostly ended up being a wash.
Simons was limited to just six games with the Bulls after the February deal due to injury and Vucevic struggled to produce (and missed time with a fractured finger ) as well. It is largely expected that the Celtics will let the two-time All-Star big man walk in free agency this summer, but could Boston reunite with Simons too? Celtics beat writer John Karalis included the 26-year-old among the team's potential free agent targets in an article published on Thursday .
"We know what he can bring offensively. He made some strides defensively, too. He’d probably take up most of, if not all of, the full mid-level," Karalis wrote.
Simons finished his Boston tenure averaging 14. 2 points, 2. 4 rebounds, 2.