Ben Simmons returning to NBA on 1-year, $3.5M deal with Kings

Three-time All-Star Ben Simmons is back in the NBA after agreeing to a one-year, $3.5 million contract with the Sacramento Kings on Friday, his agents Max Wiepking, Sean Tribe and Ryan Arney told Andscape and ESPN's Shams Charania.

Simmons returns to the NBA after missing the 2025-26 season to rehabilitate lingering back and leg injuries. Now healthy, the 6-foot-10, 240-pounder impressed Kings general manager Scott Perry when he worked out for him in Miami and had an hourlong meeting in late August.