Ben Simmons

Right.

So you try to bring in Ben Simmons and get that length and athleticism.

That doesn't work out because he gets hurt.

You've got Keegan Murray.

We talked about the players here that have played so far, and we're talking about Leaky Black, Emmanuel Sharp, Alex Caraban, Nick Clifford, Jonathan Mobo, Daquan Plowden.

The Kings at this point, they only have 14 men on the roster, so they have an open roster spot, just so we're all on the same page here.

Then they had Ben Simmons go out, so now they're down to 13 that are regular, everyday players.

Then on top of that, You have three players who are out in Cardwell, Maxine Reno and Keegan Murray.

And that's tough.

For those who are missing, that's because Hammers, including Ben Simmons, was going to be the starting

four, and he'll never get an opportunity to play with this team this year.

Hopefully Max and Dylan return here soon.

Like...

They're trying, and I would just point out that a year ago or two years ago, you could look at the bench and you're like, okay, I'm not super impressed with 10 through 15 on this particular bench.

But right now, the Kings are playing with 13 players because Ben Simmons is still under contract and is out for the year.

Then they have their two-way contracts, so...

And that's tough.

For those who are missing, that's because Hammers, including Ben Simmons, was going to be

the starting four, and he'll never get an opportunity to play with this team this year.

Hopefully Max and Dylan return here soon.

Like...

They're trying, and I would just point out that a year ago or two years ago, you could look at the bench and you're like, okay, I'm not super impressed with 10 through 15 on this particular bench.

But right now, the Kings are playing with 13 players because Ben Simmons is still under contract and is out for the year.

Then they have their two-way contracts, so...

And that's tough.

For those who are missing, that's because Hammers, including Ben Simmons, was going to be the starting four, and he'll never get an opportunity to play with this team this year.

Hopefully Max and Dylan return here soon.

Hopefully Keegan Murray returns here soon.

Like...

They're trying, and I would just point out that a year ago or two years ago, you could look at the bench and you're like, okay, I'm not super impressed with 10 through 15 on this particular bench.

But right now, the Kings are playing with 13 players because Ben Simmons is still under contract and is out for the year.

Then they have their two-way contracts, so...

His teammate Kaysen Wallace also sustained a serious shoulder injury and is expected to be sidelined for several months.

The Sacramento Kings' Ben Simmons tore his Achilles before the season even began, while Minnesota Timberwolves superstar Anthony Edwards could miss up to two months after undergoing an arthroscopic knee procedure.

The list goes on.

Oklahoma City just received another blow as starter Chet Holmgren is out for 8-10 weeks with a right patellar tendon tear.

And the Kyler Murray talk that not only is that over, not only is that like, yeah, you can kind of let go.

That's the, that's my football Ben Simmons right there where it's like, ah, no, you ain't gonna never tell me that Kyler Murray can't get it done.

That offensive line is awful.

And they've still got some of the names that you remember being good a couple of years ago.

Yeah, of course.

This is why they were so excited about a Ben Simmons who really hadn't played in a minute, but they saw so much out of him in that short period of time in training camp.

He was becoming a leader on top of everything.

And you're exactly right, Dawn.

But even when they won that first championship in 2015, that was the guy that Cleveland was going to hunt over and over and over.

And you're not taking him off the floor because he's the MVP of the league and you need him on the offensive side too.

And so that's what really hurt, to not be able to see a Ben Simmons.

I know you guys talked about it.

Not only that, Woods, we've also got some of those other injuries and guys that either haven't played or missed, you know, quite a lot of games.

So we've got Brandon Ingram, Max Strews, Con Canipple, Kobe Wyatt, Alex Caruso, Ivica Zubac, Paul Zingas, Larry Markinan, Yusuf Nurkic, Tobias Harris, Cam Johnson, Nick Claxton, Mark Williams, Ariel Haporti, and Ben Simmons.

Jalen Suggs, did you mention him? Yeah, I did mention

him.