Nets coach Steve Nash knows the experience that Simmons, Durant and Irving are getting while playing together in the preseason is key. "I was pleased overall," Nash said. "I think it's all so new.

Nets players laughed in the pregame layup line when Simmons jogged out to boos. Simmons walked toward the stands and posed for a photo with the teenager wearing his Brooklyn No. 10 jersey.

Kevin Durant and Ben Simmons’ careers have followed different arcs, but they intersected in the 2022-23 season. They each spent time on the Brooklyn Nets that year, although Durant got traded to ...

The Nets acquired the 27-year-old from Philadelphia at the cost of James Harden behind the inevitable implosion of Brooklyn's Big 3 experiment (with Kevin Durant and Kyrie Irving). However, for ...

A return to New York is possible for Ben Simmons, only this time it would be on the other side of the Brooklyn Bridge. The Knicks have expressed interest in the polarizing former Nets point guard ...

The offseason Ben Simmons hype train is going full speed. Again. Simmons played in 15 games last season in Brooklyn before shutting things down for a partial discectomy (the surgeon removes a ...

Simmons' injury woes This season, Simmons has only played in 15 games. He once missed 38 straight. 6.1 points, 7.9 rebounds, and 5.7 assists are the averages for the top pick in the 2016 NBA Draft.

Simmons, the No.1 overall pick by Philadelphia in the 2016 NBA Draft, joined Harden with the Clippers following his Brooklyn departure, averaging 16.4 minutes in 18 appearances.