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More than a week before free agency officially begins, the top shelves have been mostly emptied. The original No. 1 player on this list, defensive tackle Chris Jones, re-signed with the Kansas City Chiefs on a huge five-year deal just days before hitting free agency. From the first edition of the top 25 free agents this offseason, eight of the players were given the franchise tag. Here’s all who got tagged: Cincinnati Bengals WR Tee Higgins, Jacksonville Jaguars DE Josh Allen, Carolina… Source link

The sports world on Friday night was centered on the women’s U.S. Open where tennis legend Serena Williams was playing in her final match. She has had one amazing career and everybody wanted to see what she would do in Queens. Brooklyn Nets star Ben Simmons was in attendance for Williams’ final tennis match and he was shown on the jumbotron at USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center. Considering that it’s New York, one might have assumed that he would get some love and cheers from… Source link

Back in 2016, the Philadelphia 76ers held the No. 1 pick in a pretty deep draft. The Sixers were going to land one of the top talents and continue to grow their team for the future. They went with Ben Simmons out of LSU who went on to play four seasons with the Sixers, sitting out his first season due to injury and sitting out his last one due to a holdout and a back injury, before being traded to the Brooklyn Nets. He made an All-Star game three times, he won Rookie of the Year, he made it… Source link

When the Brooklyn Nets announced that Ben Simmons wouldn’t play in Game 4 as he’d planned, there was a lot to say. His return had been hyped for weeks, and after he woke up with back soreness Sunday, it all amounted to nothing. He wouldn’t be in the game to help the Nets try to come back from a 3-0 series deficit. He wouldn’t be making his Nets debut until likely October, eight months after he was traded. Social media was brimming with people ready to torch Simmons. One of the most notable… Source link

This content is not available due to your privacy preferences. Update your settings here to see it. Subscribe to Posted Up with Chris Haynes On Tuesday night, the New Orleans Pelicans shocked the Phoenix Suns at home to even their first round series 1-1, thanks to 37 points from Brandon Ingram and Devin Booker leaving the game with a hamstring injury. Chris Haynes and Vincent Goodwill kick off today’s podcast wondering if the Phoenix Suns can get by without their All-Star shooter until round 2,… Source link

Ben Simmons isn’t ready to make his debut with the Brooklyn Nets just yet while he’s dealing with a lingering back injury. He will, though, be with the team when they take on his former team on Thursday. Simmons, Nets coach Steve Nash said on Tuesday, will join the team in Philadelphia on Wednesday and then sit on the bench with them on Thursday night. “It’s great. He’s on our team, he needs to be with his teammates and get the whole Philly thing out of the way a little bit,” Nash… Source link

With the second half of the NBA season starting this week, Joel Embiid insists he has put the Ben Simmons saga behind him. “I did a lot of chasing around trying to get him back and try to make him feel comfortable again,” Embiid told ESPN’s Malika Andrews on Tuesday of his former teammate. “It was tough. “I didn’t care anymore.” Simmons was involved in a messy exit from Philadelphia after he requested a trade and then sat out for months while racking up fines and refusing to play…. Source link

Ben Simmons handed out a few answers after an elongated holdout and last week’s trade to the Brooklyn Nets. The 2016 No. 1 overall pick told reporters his mental health had nothing to do with the deal, but that things had piled up during his tenure with the Philadelphia 76ers that forced his way out. “It piled up a bunch of things over the years where I knew I wasn’t myself and I had to get back to that place of being myself and being happy as a person and taking care of my well-being,” Source link

The Philadelphia 76ers have been shopping three-time returning All-Star Ben Simmons for the entire season, so nobody would be surprised if he is moved before the NBA trade deadline on Feb. 10. We have also discussed potential deals involving the Portland Trail Blazers‘ Damian Lillard and Washington Wizards‘ Bradley Beal ad infinitum, despite both players pledging loyalty to middling franchises in serious need of a roster shakeup. The list of potentially available franchise players beyond them… Source link

SACRAMENTO — Sacramento Kings guard De’Aaron Fox’s name is circulating throughout the league as a big-time player who can potentially be moved by the Feb. 10 NBA trade deadline. The Philadelphia 76ers canvassed the prospect of a Fox-Ben Simmons trade package as recently as a few days ago, but dialogue remains exploratory due diligence, league sources told Yahoo Sports. The Kings have received an abundance of interest in Fox and second-year guard Tyrese Haliburton, but the internal plan… Source link