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What happened
Ben Simmons joined the Sacramento Kings on a one-year, veteran minimum contract for his comeback season in the NBA. Simmons spent the 2025-26 season without an NBA team, healing up from the years of back injuries that saw his career nosedive from an MVP prospect to being out of the NBA.
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