{"id":116698,"date":"2025-09-03T22:10:08","date_gmt":"2025-09-03T22:10:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/116698\/"},"modified":"2025-09-03T22:10:08","modified_gmt":"2025-09-03T22:10:08","slug":"ben-simmons-reportedly-questioning-whether-to-continue-nba-career-amid-knicks-rumors","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/116698\/","title":{"rendered":"Ben Simmons Reportedly &#8216;Questioning&#8217; Whether to Continue NBA Career amid Knicks Rumors"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__body__article__medium css-1vqr2el\">Ben Simmons is &#8220;questioning&#8221; whether he wants to continue his NBA career for the 2025-26 season as he continues to navigate through free agency, according to <a class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-inherit MuiLink-root MuiLink-underlineAlways MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__ui__link__medium_strong css-lu48cp\" href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2025\/09\/03\/sports\/knicks-one-of-two-teams-interested-in-ben-simmons-if-he-wants-to-keep-playing\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">Stefan Bondy<\/a> of the New York Post. <\/p>\n<p class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__body__article__medium css-1vqr2el\">Simmons has received interest from the New York Knicks and one other team on the open market, per Bondy. <\/p>\n<p class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__body__article__medium css-1vqr2el\">The 29-year-old appeared in 51 combined games with the Brooklyn Nets and Los Angeles Clippers last season. <\/p>\n<p class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__body__article__medium css-1vqr2el\">This article will be updated soon to provide more information and analysis.<br \/>Make Bleacher Report one of your preferred sources on Google by selecting Bleacher Report on the &#8220;source preferences&#8221; page\u00a0<a class=\"MuiTypography-root 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