{"id":1621,"date":"2025-07-17T23:18:08","date_gmt":"2025-07-17T23:18:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/1621\/"},"modified":"2025-07-17T23:18:08","modified_gmt":"2025-07-17T23:18:08","slug":"phoenix-suns-reportedly-not-interested-in-3x-nba-all-star","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/1621\/","title":{"rendered":"Phoenix Suns Reportedly Not Interested In 3x NBA All-Star"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"tagStyle_16dbupz-o_O-style_mxvz7o-o_O-style_12bse5w-o_O-style_6s3kpz\" data-mm-id=\"_oyx61j7eh\">Ben Simmons is no longer the All-Star that he once was with the Philadelphia 76ers. <\/p>\n<p class=\"tagStyle_16dbupz-o_O-style_mxvz7o-o_O-style_12bse5w-o_O-style_6s3kpz\" data-mm-id=\"_gyzz7s3s7\">That said, he is still a productive role player who finished last season with averages of 5.0 points, 4.7 rebounds and 5.6 assists per contest while shooting 52.0% from the field in 51 games (for the Clippers and Nets). <\/p>\n<p class=\"tagStyle_16dbupz-o_O-style_mxvz7o-o_O-style_12bse5w-o_O-style_6s3kpz\" data-mm-id=\"_4legcrhe9\">Right now, he is a free agent who is available to sign with any team in the NBA.<\/p>\n<p><img class=\"base_1emrqjj-o_O-initial_fzbddc-o_O-style_1a1csmw\" alt=\"Ben Simmons \" title=\"Ben Simmons \"\/><\/p>\n<p>Oct 23, 2024; Atlanta, Georgia, USA; Brooklyn Nets guard Ben Simmons (10) warms up on the court before the game against the Atlanta Hawks at State Farm Arena. Mandatory Credit: Dale Zanine-Imagn Images \/ Dale Zanine-Imagn Images<\/p>\n<p class=\"tagStyle_16dbupz-o_O-style_mxvz7o-o_O-style_12bse5w-o_O-style_6s3kpz\" data-mm-id=\"_9101vyqyk\">One team that fans have mentioned as a possible landing spot is the Phoenix Suns. <\/p>\n<p class=\"tagStyle_16dbupz-o_O-style_mxvz7o-o_O-style_12bse5w-o_O-style_6s3kpz\" data-mm-id=\"_rs9vbqhqu\">That said, John Gambadoro of Arizona Sports 98.7 FM Phoenix reported that the Suns do not have an interest in the former LSU star. <\/p>\n<p class=\"tagStyle_16dbupz-o_O-style_mxvz7o-o_O-style_12bse5w-o_O-style_6s3kpz\" data-mm-id=\"_1oyr80chw\"><a class=\"tagStyle_16dbupz-o_O-style_ksj615\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/Gambo987\/status\/1945547497830523308\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Via Gambadoro: <\/a>&#8220;For the many that are asking &#8211; no the Suns do not have interest in Ben Simmons.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">For the many that are asking &#8211; no the Suns do not have interest in Ben Simmons.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 John Gambadoro (@Gambo987) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Gambo987\/status\/1945547497830523308?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">July 16, 2025<\/a><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Ben Simmons is no longer the All-Star that he once was with the Philadelphia 76ers. That said, he&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1622,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[557],"tags":[64,63,590,85],"class_list":["post-1621","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nba","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-nba","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1621","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1621"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1621\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1622"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1621"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1621"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1621"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}