{"id":453591,"date":"2026-09-04T17:58:13","date_gmt":"2026-09-04T17:58:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/453591\/"},"modified":"2026-09-04T17:58:13","modified_gmt":"2026-09-04T17:58:13","slug":"sacramento-kings-ben-simmons-agree-to-one-year-3-5m-deal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/453591\/","title":{"rendered":"Sacramento Kings, Ben Simmons agree to one-year, $3.5M deal"},"content":{"rendered":"

Sept. 4 (UPI) — The Sacramento Kings<\/a> agreed to a one-year, $3.5 million contract with free agent guard Ben Simmons<\/a>, sources familiar with the pact told UPI on Friday.<\/p>\n

Simmons missed last season to rehabilitate back and leg injuries.\n<\/p>\n

A source told UPI that the 6-foot-10, 240-pound guard, who is now healthy, is expected to function as a backup point guard to Darius Acuff Jr., but also could play alongside the No. 7 overall pick in the 2026 NBA Draft.<\/p>\n

He is expected to give the Kings an additional ball handler and benefit their roster from a defensive standpoint.<\/p>\n

Simmons was in the same 2016 NBA Draft class as Kings forward Domantas Sabonis, who entered the league as the No. 11 overall pick by the Orlando Magic<\/a>.<\/p>\n

A No. 1 overall in that draft, Simmons was an All-Star three times within his first five years in the league. The former Philadelphia 76ers star missed the 2016 campaign due to a broken foot. He logged 15.9 points, 8.1 rebounds, 7.7 assists and 1.7 steals per game from 2017-18 through 2020-21.\n<\/p>\n

The two-time All-Defensive Team selection joined the Brooklyn Nets<\/a> through a 2022 trade. He joined the Los Angeles Clippers<\/a> in 2024-25.<\/p>\n

Simmons struggled with injuries, outside shooting and playoff performance throughout his career. He averaged just 5.9 points, 5.8 rebounds and 5.8 assists per game from 2022-23 through 2024-25. He appeared in 108 games, with 69 starts, during that span.<\/p>\n

The Kings will host the Los Angeles Lakers<\/a> in a preseason matchup Oct. 5 in Sacramento. They will face the Clippers in their regular season opener Oct. 21 in Inglewood, Calif.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Sept. 4 (UPI) — The Sacramento Kings agreed to a one-year, $3.5 million contract with free agent guard…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":453592,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[103859,74150,716,2497,20518,121,123,128,122],"class_list":["post-453591","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sacramento","tag-ben-simmons","tag-brooklyn-nets","tag-los-angeles-clippers","tag-los-angeles-lakers","tag-orlando-magic","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\/453591","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=453591"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/453591\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/453592"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=453591"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=453591"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=453591"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}