BOSTON — There's no denying that Boston Celtics guard Anfernee Simons is an elite shooter . But whenever his talents are discussed, it always comes with a caveat about his lacking defensive ability.

Simons wants to change that, and Boston will provide him with the chance to do so on a bigger stage than the former Portland Trail Blazer is used to. In fact, Simons revealed during media day on Monday afternoon that he's already discussed his previous defensive woes with Celtics head coach Joe Mazzulla .

“We talked about it,” he said. “He always says that, ‘You know, you're not as bad as people think you are.' And so that's good to hear, but also I got to be able to get better in that and focusing on exactly what we need to do on defensive end.” Expand Tweet

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