Going into last year I think most of us had expectations for him to be a decent role player for us. Instead we saw a guy that only received garbage minutes until after the trade deadline. I thought he looked pretty good though once he started getting consistent minutes and gaining confidence. For most of the summer when I would do minute rotations I didn't have Simone penciled in for any minutes but I'm starting to think that is a mistake. Between him having a full year of nba experience under his belt and Hardy possibly having more confidence in him I could see him being given an opportunity to contribute early on in the year. I think he has the potential to be a sniper off the bench for us ala Niang. His 3pt percentage was mediocre last year but most of the year he was getting garbage minutes so I don't ready anything into that. In March he finally received consistent minutes and shot 38.4% from 3. He looks like he also got out of shape a little bit sitting on the bench for most of the year compared to how he looked during last years Eurobasket tourney. In this video from last summer he looks leaner than he looked at the end of last year.