Ben Simmons

They already have 15 players.

Their only non-guaranteed deal, Ryan, is Ben Simmons.

Are the Kings about to have Alfred Payton and Ben Simmons battling for a roster spot? I would imagine Ben Simmons is the very big favorite for that, but that is crazy to say in the year 2026, even if those are actually good ideas for a Kings team that needs a veteran behind Darius Acuff, and those two are certainly vets who've been around for a while.

Yeah, they've, they've, they've been around the block, that's for sure.

[laughs] They, they've bounced around to different situations.

Uh, it wouldn't surprise me if Lavine was moved to a, a team or certainly agreed to a buyout at some point in that situation.

So, uh, that team is long on young guys after that, and it'll be interesting to see.

Maybe whoever's gonna be a better veteran between Alfred Payton and Ben Simmons I think might be the, the guy that they decide to bring in.

Yeah, yeah.

That I'm not like Ben Simmons or whatever, yes.

Right.

Yeah.

We'll see if he can make that team.

Might have to beat out Ben Simmons.

And yes, that is a sentence I am saying.

In 2026 and Lockdown Suns, they signed Dwap Reith after Mark Williams tore his labor.

That is complete garbage, the fact that went to air on the old midweek tackle.

Ben Simmons, Sam Closey's going to join us.

He's running in the Red Sox Challenge, so he's going to tell us all about it.

You agree

You think it's whatever you said it was, garbage.

I actually don't have that strong an opinion about the story he went with.

Ben Simmons.

One-year deal, Sacramento Kings.

You can trade them for hints.

So let's think about, I mean, the two most obvious ones are Luka and Ben Simmons, right? I mean, assuming that they're both listed as point guards.

Well, to me,

the obvious—we have to get all ten.

You do have to get all ten, yeah.

The obvious ones to me are Luka, Russ, Ben Simmons.

I feel like even the Ball Brothers—

I feel like Lonzo, maybe Lomelo.

I think that makes sense.

Patrick asked an Australian in here for our do operate the breaking news spot says, Gerald, are there any other Australians that the sun should acquire? Well, Ben Simmons is gone.

Yeah.

I don't think XM is in the league anymore.

It's a very low bar.

Yeah.

I don't think as of right now there are any other Australians, but when Simmons gets cut from the Kings, I've always been a Ben Simmons believer.

Simone asks, is Bridges good at passing the ball?

Why wait? We Go V!

Ben Simmons.

One-year deal, Sacramento Kings.

He's back in the NBA.

Yeah.

And that's why every player that's been up there gets asked about it.

So we can understand why there's a little bit of a buzz around Ben Simmons at the moment.

Have you seen enough – you watch a lot of NBA – have you seen enough to get a sense as to whether – he's going to be able to turn this one low-money one-year deal into something more substantial?

No disrespect to Sacramento.

Go Ben Simmons, hope you do well.

But yeah, I think it's just the legwork of making the league what it is, both for prospects and guys who want, like Kendrick Davis is in a similar boat.

He's obviously never been in the NBA and doesn't have that profile, but he's consistently spoken about I'm using the NBL to get to the NBA.

We are a football school, but we do love our basketball players as well.

Ben Simmons, Shaquille O'Neal.

What can you tell us about Skyler?

Dynamic, two-way player, got a lot of experience.