Halis Sunnetci<\/p>\n
04 September 2026\u2022Update: 04 September 2026<\/p>\n
Three-time NBA All-Star Ben Simmons has agreed to join the Sacramento Kings on a one-year deal, his agents told ESPN on Friday.<\/p>\n
The contract is worth $3.5 million, according to the report.<\/p>\n
The agreement marks the 30-year-old Australian\u2019s return to the NBA after he missed the entire 2025-26 season while rehabilitating lingering back and leg injuries.<\/p>\n
According to ESPN, Simmons visited Sacramento on Monday and underwent an extensive medical examination and on-court workout before meeting head coach Doug Christie and other members of the Kings\u2019 staff.<\/p>\n
The report said Sacramento expects Simmons to serve as a backup point guard to rookie Darius Acuff Jr. and contribute across multiple positions.<\/p>\n
The Philadelphia 76ers selected Simmons with the first overall pick in the 2016 NBA draft out of Louisiana State University.<\/p>\n
After missing his first season because of a foot injury, he was named the 2018 NBA Rookie of the Year and earned three consecutive All-Star selections from 2019 to 2021.<\/p>\n
Simmons was also selected to an All-NBA team once and named twice to the NBA All-Defensive First Team.<\/p>\n
His career has been disrupted by injuries and other health issues in recent years.<\/p>\n
Simmons split the 2024-25 season between the Brooklyn Nets and Los Angeles Clippers, averaging five points, 5.6 assists and 4.7 rebounds across 51 games.<\/p>\n
He has averaged 13.1 points, 7.4 rebounds, 7.2 assists and 1.5 steals in 383 regular-season games during his NBA career.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Halis Sunnetci 04 September 2026\u2022Update: 04 September 2026 Three-time NBA All-Star Ben Simmons has agreed to join the…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":453776,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[121,123,122,122814],"class_list":["post-453775","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sacramento","tag-sacramento","tag-sacramento-headlines","tag-sacramento-news","tag-sitekeywords"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/453775","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=453775"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/453775\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/453776"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=453775"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=453775"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=453775"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}