{"id":453525,"date":"2026-09-04T16:46:12","date_gmt":"2026-09-04T16:46:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/453525\/"},"modified":"2026-09-04T16:46:12","modified_gmt":"2026-09-04T16:46:12","slug":"ben-simmons-signs-one-year-deal-with-sacramento-kings","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/453525\/","title":{"rendered":"Ben Simmons Signs One-Year Deal With Sacramento Kings"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Sacramento Kings are bringing Ben Simmons back to the NBA. Simmons and the Kings have reportedly agreed to a one-year, $3.5 million contract.<\/a><\/p>\n

Simmons is a former No. 1 overall pick and three-time NBA All Star. Now 30, he did not play in the 2025-26 season following a string of injuries.<\/p>\n

The 6\u201910\u2019\u2019 point guard was selected with the first pick in the 2016 NBA Draft by the Philadelphia 76ers. He missed his first season with a foot injury and then won rookie of the year the following year. He would then go on to make three All Star teams in a row and became one of the league\u2019s best defenders. His time with the 76ers came apart after the 2021 NBA playoffs. He gained a reputation for being unwilling to shoot the ball at times. which reports indicated might have been related<\/a> to him being focused on efficiency.<\/p>\n

From 2021 and on, recurring back problems have limited his career during his time with the Brooklyn Nets and last stint with the Log Angeles Clippers in 2024-25. He did not play last season in order to rehabilitate from injuries<\/a>. While out of the NBA, he got involved in pro fishing<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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Simmons\u2019 career averages are 13.1 points, 7.2 assists, 7.4 rebounds and 1.5 steals. He averaged 55% from the field and 13% from three. Granted, he has only ever taken 36 threes<\/a> in his entire career and hasn\u2019t attempted one since the 2022-23 season. The 2020-21 season was the last time he played at least 58 games in a season.<\/p>\n

Simmons now slots in as the backup point guard to Darius Acuff Jr.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Sacramento Kings are bringing Ben Simmons back to the NBA. Simmons and the Kings have reportedly agreed…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":453526,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[103859,126327,121,123,128,122],"class_list":["post-453525","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sacramento","tag-ben-simmons","tag-darius-acuff-jr","tag-sacramento","tag-sacramento-headlines","tag-sacramento-kings","tag-sacramento-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/453525","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=453525"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/453525\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/453526"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=453525"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=453525"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=453525"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}