This article is about the Australian basketball player. For other people with similar names, see Benjamin Simmons and Ben Simons (disambiguation).
Ben Simmons
Simmons with the Brooklyn Nets in 2022
No. 10 – Brooklyn Nets
Position
Point guard
League
NBA
Personal information
Born
(1996-07-20) 20 July 1996 (age 27) Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Listed height
6 ft 10 in (2.08 m)
Listed weight
240 lb (109 kg)
Career information
High school
Box Hill Senior Secondary College (Melbourne, Victoria)
Montverde Academy (Montverde, Florida)
College
LSU (2015–2016)
NBA draft
2016: 1st round, 1st overall pick
Selected by the Philadelphia 76ers
Playing career
2016–present
Career history
2016–2022
Philadelphia 76ers
2022–present
Brooklyn Nets
Career highlights and awards
3× NBA All-Star (2019–2021)
All-NBA Third Team (2020)
2× NBA All-Defensive First Team (2020, 2021)
NBA Rookie of the Year (2018)
NBA All-Rookie First Team (2018)
NBA steals leader (2020)
Consensus first-team All-American (2016)
USBWA National Freshman of the Year (2016)
First-team All-SEC (2016)
SEC Freshman of the Year (2016)
National high school player of the year (2015)
McDonald's All-American (2015)
First-team Parade All-American (2015)
Stats at NBA.com
Stats at Basketball-Reference.com
Medals
Men's basketball
Representing Australia
FIBA Oceania Championship
2013 Australia/New Zealand
Team Competition
FIBA World U17 Championship
2012 Lithuania
Team Competition
Benjamin David Simmons (born 20 July 1996) is an Australian professional basketball player for the Brooklyn Nets of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He played college basketball for one season with the LSU Tigers, after which he was named a consensus first-team All-American and the USBWA National Freshman of the Year. Simmons was selected with the first overall pick in the 2016 NBA draft by the Philadelphia 76ers. After sitting out a year due to an injured right foot, he was named the NBA Rookie of the Year in 2018 and was selected three times to the NBA All-Star Game. As the result of a holdout from the 76ers following the 2020–21 season, which led him to be traded to the Nets, Simmons is the most-fined player in NBA history, in terms of total financial loss.
Simmons attended Box Hill Senior Secondary College in his hometown of Melbourne, Victoria, before moving to the United States to attend Montverde Academy in Montverde, Florida. In his only season in college, LSU began the season with high expectations, but they failed to qualify for the NCAA tournament. Simmons left school to enter the NBA draft, becoming the third Melbourne-born number one overall pick (following Andrew Bogut and Kyrie Irving) in 11 years. Simmons is the son of an American-born father, Dave, who played professional basketball in Australia. A dual citizen of Australia and the United States, Simmons has played for the Australian national team.
him to be traded to the Nets, Simmons is the most-fined player in NBA history, in terms of total financial loss. Simmons attended Box Hill Senior Secondary...
14 years. They had two children, Olivia and BenSimmons, a player in the NBA. In Australia Liam Simmons played for several teams, including the Newcastle...
go-ahead shot fell short and the ball went out of bounds, last touched by BenSimmons, giving Atlanta the ball with 8.2 seconds left. After Trae Young made...
Anthony Bennett (Canada) in 2013, Andrew Wiggins (Canada) in 2014, BenSimmons (Australia) in 2016, and Deandre Ayton (Bahamas) in 2018. Duncan is an...
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Towns. Patrick Ewing of Jamaica, Pau Gasol of Spain, Kyrie Irving and BenSimmons of Australia, Andrew Wiggins of Canada, and Luka Dončić of Slovenia are...
the Game 7 loss to the Hawks in which BenSimmons controversially passed on an open dunk to tie the game, Simmons demanded a trade and held out from participating...
Philadelphia 76ers. On February 10, 2022, Drummond was traded, along with BenSimmons, Seth Curry and two future first-round picks, to the Brooklyn Nets in...
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Highlights from the draft include the second Australian No. 1 draft pick (BenSimmons; the first being Andrew Bogut), the first Austrian to be selected into...
January 2023, in a game against the Miami Heat, Giddey joined Luka Dončić, BenSimmons, and Grant Hill as the only players in NBA history to record at least...
76ers could only field the league's minimum number of players. However, BenSimmons's refusal to play for the 76ers the following season gave Maxey an opportunity...
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Hoop Summit in Portland, Oregon. Playing alongside fellow Australian BenSimmons in the April 11 game, Maker recorded 10 rebounds, two points and one...
not win Rookie of the Year; the award went to 2016 first overall pick BenSimmons, the first player since Blake Griffin in 2011 to win the award in a year...
the Atlanta Hawks. On February 10, 2022, Curry was traded, along with BenSimmons, Andre Drummond and two future first-round picks, to the Brooklyn Nets...
February 10, 2022: Philadelphia 76ers to Brooklyn Nets Brooklyn acquired BenSimmons, Seth Curry, Andre Drummond, a 2022 first-round pick with the right to...
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