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Blazers take guard Anfernee Simons with 24th pick

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) The Portland Trail Blazers acquired two guards during Thursday's NBA draft, landing IMG Academy's Anfernee Simons and Duke's Gary Trent Jr.

Simons was the 24th pick of the draft. Portland got Trent after acquiring the rights to the 37th pick by trading two future second-round picks to Sacramento.

The 6-foot-4, 180-pound Simons didn't play in college. He initially committed to Louisville but after the school fired coach Rick Pitino in October, Simons opted to attend IMG Academy in Florida. Simons, who turned 19 this month, averaged 22.4 points and shot 45 percent last season.

Leaders
Points:	Damian Lillard	26.9
Rebounds:	Jusuf Nurkic	9.0
Assists:	Damian Lillard	6.6
FG%:	Jusuf Nurkic	50.5%
Steals:	Al-Farouq Aminu	1.14
Blocks:	Jusuf Nurkic	1.41

Defense (Rank)
Points:	103.0 (5)
Rebounds:	42.9 (13)
Assists:	20.2 (2)
FG%:	44.7% (4)
FT%:	75.5% (4)
3P%:	36.4% (16)

Offense (Rank)
Points:	105.6 (17)
Rebounds:	45.5 (4)
Assists:	19.5 (30)
FG%:	45.2% (20)
FT%:	80.0% (3)
3P%:	36.6% (11)

Standings
Northwest Division
	W	L	Pct	GB
xy-Portland	49	33	.598	--
x-Oklahoma City	48	34	.585	1.0
x-Utah	48	34	.585	1.0
x-Minnesota	47	35	.573	2.0
Denver	46	36	.561	3.0
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Transactions
Date	Player	Transactions
7/17/2018	Georgios Papagiannis	Waived
7/7/2018	Jusuf Nurkic	Re-Signed
7/6/2018	Seth Curry	Signed as Free Agent
7/6/2018	Gary Trent Jr.	Signed as Draft Pick
7/5/2018	Nik Stauskas	Signed as Free Agent
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Injuries
Date	Player	Status
No Recent Injuries for this team