Ben Simmons tonight: 15 points 8 rebounds 7 assists 5/10 FG

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u/LAMonkeyWithAShotgun Spurs 3h ago

The year is 2026 and the best player on the Kings is Ben Simmons

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u/WantUToFly 3h ago

I mean last year the Kings best player was Russell Westbrook

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u/Ob1toUch1ha Lakers 1h ago

Definitely not an overreaction to a pre season game

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u/FatJuggernaut-916 3h ago

Nope, still Domas.

I don't think you understand what's happening here. You just out TWO high level defensive players on the Kangz at SF/PF. Domas doesn't have to worry about D much anymore. The SF supposedly shoots the 3, the PF is a passing genius that can run the point. If the littles remember how to fucking shoot, this team gon be gud.

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u/altrockforlovesongs San Francisco Warriors 2h ago

i wish you the best mr kings fan. i doubt it though

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u/Individual_Access356 1h ago

Simmons wasn't wrong Kings fans are hilarious

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u/After-Analysis1146 2h ago

Sabonis was putrid to be fair, and surely someone can teach Lavine to be half competent on D

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u/JaysonBrown Celtics 1h ago

Good luck trying to tell a man who’s made over 250 million to change what he’s doing…

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u/StranzVanWaldenberg Kings 1h ago

Nah, he still stinks.

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u/theinterestof Pistons 1h ago

Domas doesn't have to worry about D much anymore.

That's... not how anything works. Ben Simmons is not, and has never been, a rim protector. He does nothing to hide Sabonis's massive deficiencies on that end.

And Simmons isn't a passing genius who can run the point. He is elite on the fastbreak, but very flawed when he has to create in the halfcourt. He turned the ball over repeatedly tonight when trying to run their halfcourt offense.

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u/TiredMillennialDad Magic 2h ago

Ben Simmons makes every basketball team materially worse.

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u/Striking_Try4684 2h ago

I still think it’s crazy to not sign him at his current salary valuation no matter who you are. Make him the 9th man if you want.

Yeah, he was a problem when he was making a billion a year, but he’s big as hell and athletic. 15/8/7 is nice in preseason minutes

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u/After-Analysis1146 2h ago

That guy is a full blown Simmons hater. He’s posted a few times just bagging the guy like that’s not a solid game 2nd game back in 18 months from preseason mins

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u/Striking_Try4684 2h ago

I figured. I know Simmons has a lot of haters. When I saw the Kings got him for $3.5, I wished the Pistons signed him.

Yeah he got punked by Trae, but the actual issue with Ben was the contract over output. $3.5M is a steal for him now

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u/inefekt Australia 2h ago

When I saw the Kings got him for $3.5

they got him for tree fiddy?

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u/Striking_Try4684 2h ago

Disappointed in myself for not realizing I typed tree fiddy and didn’t just say tree fiddy

Didn’t know y’all had South Park in ‘Stralia

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u/After-Analysis1146 2h ago

What?… lol. He joined the worst team in the league and they won 52 games his first season. The Sixers went on a 16 game win streak with him while Embiid was out, he averaged 22-11-9.5 while being the leagues best defender. Your takes are about as good as Ben’s 3pt shooting. Low IQ bro.

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u/heat_fan_ Raptors 3h ago

Simmons is back

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u/No_Nefariousness6385 Kings 3h ago

What about Simmon's back?

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u/Im_a_Knob [WAS] John Wall 3h ago

“preseason” simmons is back

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u/SiphenPrax Knicks 3h ago

Kings are winning the NBA Championship!

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u/Yellowperil123 1h ago

Best I can do is round 2 of the NBA cup

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u/believeit0itsbutter 2h ago

Damn I get scared everytime I see this quote cause it’s like as soon as he realizes he’s still good he just disappears again.

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u/FERFreak731 Jazz 3h ago

Hey LeBron, we're good. Ben Simmons is here

Ben Simmons played better than LeBron James Sr today

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u/ajteitel Suns 3h ago

Jr too

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u/whythehellknot 3h ago

You're telling me Ben Simmons is better than even 2 LeBron's put together?

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u/notmoleliza Warriors 1h ago

Ben Simmons is two Lebron James in a trench coat

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u/guacdoc24 Lakers 3h ago

Whoa he hasn’t played yet could drop 2/2/2 game today

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u/ajteitel Suns 38m ago

0/1/1 lamo

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u/guacdoc24 Lakers 37m ago

Im impressed

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u/FERFreak731 Jazz 3h ago

You never know, his game doesn't begin until a half an hour. Who knows, he might have a 20 point game today

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u/ajteitel Suns 3h ago

Look in my eyes and say that again with a straight face

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u/Final_Garlic2067 76ers 3h ago

Kiss

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u/inefekt Australia 2h ago

a WNBA bench warmer could play better than Bronny

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u/TiredMillennialDad Magic 2h ago

No the fuck he didn't. Lol. Ben's empty ass stat line and -21 +/-

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u/After-Analysis1146 2h ago

Ben had the best +/- of all the Kings starters though.

They also played one of the top sides and championship favourites while the Kings played a first time starting 5 together who played 0, 0, 38, 19 and 23 games all season last year. Haha they were likely fairly rusty compared to the Spurs bud.

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u/Never_had_A_Snickers 3h ago

Most improved and comeback player of the year

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u/ifmygrandmawasawheel Wizards 3h ago

You forgot rookie. Sorry Dybantsa

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u/Brabochokemightwork Knicks 3h ago

maybe Giddy/Daniels was right about Simmons when they were back in Melbourne few months ago

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u/so-cal_kid Lakers 2h ago

What did they say?

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u/After-Analysis1146 2h ago

He trained with the Australian team, they said he was moving great and dominated. The entire Aussie squad met up and Giddey’s Hoop City and trained and scrimmaged.

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u/78ks70aks7to8days 2h ago

That this is the year Colin Cowherd will be proven right.

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u/imezaps 3h ago

we're good lebron, ben simmons is back

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u/AFC-Wimbledon-Stan Timberwolves 3h ago

This man looks good

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u/ICouldEvenBeYou Spurs 3h ago

Earlier, I checked the score in this game and the Spurs were up 71-37. Currently up 107-76. This is a non-competitive game.

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u/After-Analysis1146 2h ago

This is a Spurs going full dress rehearsal vs Kings using a starting 5 taking the floor for the first time ever together.

Last season the Kings starters played 0, 0, 19, 38 and 23 NBA games…. It’s likely they were a bit rusty.

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u/trav-senpai Kings 1h ago

You didn’t have to look up the score to confirm that, you just had to check what team he plays for.

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u/codelyoko_x Magic 3h ago

League’s fucked

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u/Kertia 3h ago

Floater game looks good. Did he have that or is it new?

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u/GyattLuvr69 5m ago

A loong time ago

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u/Fit_Commercial_9438 3h ago

That’s actually insane for being out over a year. Said he didn’t touch a ball til summer

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u/the-mongoose- 3h ago

100% of assists were made within two feet of the rim.

Kidding but it’s possible.

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u/Yellowperil123 1h ago

His passing was the most impressive part of his game.

Kangz playrs looked SHOCKED when they were passed the ball for an open shot

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u/Huckleberry_Sin 7m ago

My man single-handedly improving morale

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u/OwnYourChildren 2h ago

I'm surprised better teams didn't figure out he was back and sign him. Bit of a mystery.

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u/siphillis Spurs 2h ago

Maybe worried about health

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u/Kdog122025 Warriors 0m ago

I think a lot of teams didn’t want the circus and the Kings have pursued him for years.

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u/jjkiller26 Raptors 3h ago

What a come back story

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u/LegateDamar13 3h ago

He's looking good but I'm not surprised, expected it.

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u/doghead6969 2h ago

It's happening omfg

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u/3rd-party-intervener 3h ago

Lakers should’ve signed him

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u/Dangerous_Ad5039 3h ago

He couldn’t handle that media. Sacramento is perfect. They suck ass and he can do this pretty much every night with no pressure at all.

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u/russfan0987 Magic 3h ago

Dopee

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u/WallStreetDoesntBet1 Knicks 3h ago

I got high hopes for him… We gone see!

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u/MELOFINANCE 3h ago

All he has to do is maintain these averages for the rest of the season, and it will be an easy 80 to 110 million

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u/samhit_n Lakers 3h ago

Colin Cowherd's "Hey LeBron, Ben Simmons is here. We're all good" quote wasn't wrong. He was just 8 years too early.

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u/Lgm_yourmom 3h ago

Kings to the 11th seed

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u/moco-7 Spurs 1h ago

His passing looks amazing and he can go to work as long as Wemby wasn't near him

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u/ContinuingAnyway 10m ago

Colin Cowherd vindicated

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u/GigaFly316 Warriors 3m ago

HOLY SHIT, IS HE BACK?

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u/Cool_Ad_9338 3h ago

He scored 12 points after they were down by 30 😂

Yall don’t watch basketball

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u/After-Analysis1146 2h ago

To be fair, he was playing reasonable and they weren’t using him early in the game much, they were trying to get Acuff and Sabonis involved but both of them were awful. Lavine was sleeping on D and pretty bad at one end, while the Spurs are primed and ready. It was always going to be one sided,

Kings aren’t expecting miracles, they hadn’t even played as a 5 before so the start was awful. It will be interesting to see their usage once the shake the rust off and who they go to more

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u/TheMoorNextDoor Nets 56m ago

So just fuck the Nets huh

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u/GyattLuvr69 4m ago

Bro was broken mentally and had a nagging back injury. I don’t think he’s good with the spotlight so Sacramento is perfect lol

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u/i-piss-excellence32 Knicks 3h ago

Knicks should’ve signed him

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u/O2C Knicks 2h ago

He would have crumbled under the bright lights of NYC. He's got a shot at redemption in cowtown. No way his head stays straight under the microscope of media and Knicks fans.

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u/i-piss-excellence32 Knicks 2h ago

Fair point

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u/TurbulentJudge1000 47m ago

Didn’t shoot a 3, so it was a failure. He needs to shoot a 3.

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u/youngnailo 1h ago

i still remember when the kangz had hali and fox

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u/nosole Supersonics 3h ago

-26 currently worst on the team tho lol. i’m rooting for him and he’s looked good but what part of this is simply just Kings stat padding

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u/After-Analysis1146 2h ago

He was best of the starters for almost the entire night. Made Lavine look respectable despite Lavine’s useless defensive efforts

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u/nosole Supersonics 2h ago

nah fair don’t get me wrong if ya look, i’ve been a supporter of simmons. just playing devils advocate

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u/Changnesia102 3h ago

It’s pre season calm down.

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u/rycemenace1 3h ago

The old Ben Simmons wouldn’t have even taken 10 shots. Just face it the league runs through him.

Ben Simmons tonight: 15 points 8 rebounds 7 assists 5/10 FG

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