{"id":886024,"date":"2026-09-09T19:30:12","date_gmt":"2026-09-09T19:30:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/886024\/"},"modified":"2026-09-09T19:30:12","modified_gmt":"2026-09-09T19:30:12","slug":"new-ben-simmons-rumors-reveal-kings-contract-details-ahead-2026-27-nba-season","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/886024\/","title":{"rendered":"New Ben Simmons Rumors Reveal Kings Contract Details Ahead 2026-27 NBA Season"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__body__article__medium mui-m06sf4\">Ben Simmons may need to make the Sacramento Kings&#8217; opening night roster to get a payout from the deal he recently <a class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-inherit MuiLink-root MuiLink-underlineAlways MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__ui__link__medium_strong mui-mlpnpn\" href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/nba\/story\/_\/id\/49824980\/sources-ben-simmons-agrees-1-year-35m-deal-kings\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">signed<\/a> with the team.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__body__article__medium mui-m06sf4\">HoopsHype&#8217;s <a class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-inherit MuiLink-root MuiLink-underlineAlways MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__ui__link__medium_strong mui-mlpnpn\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/MikeAScotto\/status\/2097747942199185653?s=20\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">Michael Scotto<\/a> reported Wednesday that Simmons&#8217; one-year contract with the Kings is non-guaranteed and worth &#8220;up to&#8221; $3.5 million.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__body__article__medium mui-m06sf4\">Simmons will earn $1 million if he is on the roster when the Kings open the regular season on Oct. 21 at the Los Angeles Clippers, according to Scotto.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__body__article__medium mui-m06sf4\">Simmons&#8217; representatives originally told ESPN&#8217;s <a class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-inherit MuiLink-root MuiLink-underlineAlways MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__ui__link__medium_strong mui-mlpnpn\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nba.com\/news\/ben-simmons-1-year-deal-sacramento-kings\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Shams Charania<\/a> the term and maximum possible payout from the deal.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__body__article__medium mui-m06sf4\">The former No. 1 pick has not seen regular-season NBA action since the 2024-25 season. He split that campaign between the Brooklyn Nets and Los Angeles Clippers while averaging five points, 5.6 assists and 4.7 rebounds through 51 games.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__body__article__medium mui-m06sf4\">Simmons told Men&#8217;s Health&#8217;s <a class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-inherit MuiLink-root MuiLink-underlineAlways MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__ui__link__medium_strong mui-mlpnpn\" href=\"https:\/\/www.menshealth.com\/fitness\/a71654161\/ben-simmons-interview\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Clay Skipper<\/a> he had been playing through pain related to nerve injuries at the time.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__body__article__medium mui-m06sf4\">Adding Simmons gave the Kings additional depth after Russell Westbrook, signed to the team earlier this offseason, announced his <a class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-inherit MuiLink-root MuiLink-underlineAlways MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__ui__link__medium_strong mui-mlpnpn\" href=\"https:\/\/bleacherreport.com\/articles\/25427270-russell-westbrook-retires-nba-video-narrated-michael-b-jordan\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">retirement<\/a> last month.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__body__article__medium mui-m06sf4\">Simmons&#8217; ability to prove he&#8217;s healthy during training camp and the preseason could be key to his hopes of cashing in on that first $1 million payout. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Ben Simmons may need to make the Sacramento Kings&#8217; opening night roster to get a payout from the&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":886025,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[557],"tags":[64,63,590,85],"class_list":["post-886024","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\/886024","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=886024"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/886024\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/886025"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=886024"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=886024"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=886024"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}