Ben Simmons

Free agent • PG/PF • 8 years of NBA experience

Height6'10

Born20th July 1996 (age 30)

Weight240 lbs

Nationality🇦🇺Australia

NBA Draft1st pick, 20162016: Stayed in

Pre-draft teamLSU

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AgentRich Paul (Klutch Sports)

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Representative Teams

NBA Summer League - Las Vegas 2016 roster

Philadelphia 76ers

NBA Summer League - Rocky Mountain Revue 2016 roster

Philadelphia 76ers

Stats

Year	League	Team	MPG	G	GS	PTS/G	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	3P%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF
2017-18	NBA	Philadelphia 76ers	33.7	81	81	15.8	6.7	12.3	54.5%	0.0	0.1	0.0%	2.4	4.2	56.0%	1.8	6.3	8.1	8.2	1.7	0.9	3.4	2.6
2018-19	NBA	Philadelphia 76ers	34.2	79	79	16.9	6.8	12.2	56.3%	0.0	0.1	0.0%	3.3	5.4	60.0%	2.2	6.6	8.8	7.7	1.4	0.8	3.5	2.6
2019-20	NBA	Philadelphia 76ers	35.4	57	57	16.4	6.6	11.4	58.0%	0.0	0.1	28.6%	3.2	5.2	62.1%	2.0	5.8	7.8	8.0	2.1	0.6	3.5	3.3
2020-21	NBA	Philadelphia 76ers	32.4	58	58	14.3	5.6	10.1	55.7%	0.1	0.2	30.0%	3.0	4.9	61.3%	1.6	5.6	7.2	6.9	1.6	0.6	3.0	2.9
2022-23	NBA	Brooklyn Nets	26.3	42	33	6.9	3.2	5.6	56.6%	0.0	0.0	0.0%	0.6	1.4	43.9%	1.0	5.3	6.3	6.1	1.3	0.6	2.3	3.3
2023-24	NBA	Brooklyn Nets	23.9	15	12	6.1	2.9	4.9	58.1%	0.0	0.0	—	0.4	1.0	40.0%	2.1	5.9	7.9	5.7	0.8	0.6	1.8	2.4
2024-25	NBA	Brooklyn Nets	25.0	33	24	6.2	2.8	5.2	54.7%	0.0	0.0	—	0.5	0.8	69.2%	0.9	4.3	5.2	6.9	0.8	0.5	2.7	2.5
2024-25	NBA	L.A. Clippers	16.4	18	0	2.9	1.3	2.9	43.4%	0.0	0.0	—	0.3	0.4	85.7%	0.9	2.9	3.8	3.1	0.7	0.4	0.8	1.4
2024-25	NBA	Total (NBA)	22.0	51	24	5.0	2.3	4.4	52.0%	0.0	0.0	—	0.5	0.6	72.7%	0.9	3.8	4.7	5.6	0.7	0.5	2.0	2.1

Teams

2 entries

Date	Team
2015 - 2016	LSU (NCAA)
June 2016 - present	Philadelphia 76ers (NBA)

Transactions

4 entries

Date	League	Transaction
2016 NBA Draft	NBA	Drafted 1st overall by Philadelphia.
2nd July, 2016	NBA	Signed four year, $26,620,450 rookie scale contract with Philadelphia. Included team options for 2018/19 and 2019/20.
27th October, 2017	NBA	Philadelphia exercised 2018/19 team option.
29th October, 2018	NBA	Philadelphia exercised 2019/20 team option.

NBA Salary

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Listed total $25,250,000

2025/26	2026/27	2027/28	2028/29
$5,375,000 Free agent Fully guaranteed	$6,000,000 Free agent Fully guaranteed	$6,625,000 Free agent $3,312,500 guaranteed Team option	$7,250,000 Free agent $3,625,000 guaranteed Player option

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2017 NBA Manifesto

29th June 2017

Ben Simmons
PF, 6’10, 240lbs, 20 years old, 1 year of experience

An offence built around him and Fultz is an offence I want to see. Fultz, Simmons, Embiid, Saric, Holmes and Covington, with the hope that one of the trio of Stauskas, Anderson and Luwawu-Cabarrot becomes the new Michael Finley or something, is about as good of a platform as any team can have without having drafted a LeBron or Durant type. Health permitting, of course. And Simmons’s health as well.

Player Plan: Three years of rookie scale salary remaining. Obviously things are off to a pretty slow start, but the commitment to him should remain.

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