“He’s played his role for us tremendously.”

Simons has been in trade rumors ever since being acquired by the Celtics over the summer in the Jrue Holiday trade. It makes sense from multiple angles. He’s on an expiring $27.7 million contract, so he’s a natural trade piece to shed salary and potentially get under the luxury tax. Plus, he’s set to hit free agency this summer.

Proposed Celtics trade sees Boston deal Anfernee Simons for $100 million four-time NBA champion, DPOY originally appeared on The Sporting News. Add The Sporting News as a Preferred Source by clicking here.

Anfernee Simons’ name surfaced in Bulls trade talks involving Nikola Vucevic, but the proposed deal never gained traction.

"A lot of them could be true. A lot of them, most of the time, aren’t true."

On the second night of a back-to-back, the Boston Celtics fell to the Chicago Bulls 111-114.During his postgame news conference, Anfernee Simons refused to make excuses. His comments were centered around Boston playing through a double-overtime in the win over the Brooklyn Nets just 24 hours earlier.

It's been said that the Bulls and Celtics had discussed a trade involving Nikola Vucevic and Anfernee Simons well before.