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Ben Simmons is a professional basketball player from Australia and currently plays for the Brooklyn Nets in the National Basketball Association (NBA). Additionally, Ben Simmons plays the point guard position and was named to the NBA All-Star team in 2019, 2020, and 2021.
Early life
Benjamin David Simmons, better known as Ben Simmons, was born on July 20, 1996, in Fitz Roy, Victoria, Australia. From now on, he is 25 years and is a citizen of Australia. Furthermore, he has a Cancer zodiac sign and is of mixed ethnicity. He is the son of Dave Simmons (father) and Julie Tribe (mother).
Furthermore, his father was a professional basketball player who spent 13 seasons in the Australian National Basketball League and his mother was a cheerleader for the Melbourne Tigers. Also, she has 5 siblings; whose names are Melissa, Emily, Liam, Sean and Olivia.
Caption: Ben Simmons posing for a photo (Source: Instagram)
College and early career
Ben grew up in Newcastle because his father was a coach there. In addition, he started playing basketball at the age of seven with the ‘under-12 representative team’ of the ‘Newcastle Hunters’. He also plays in the West Suburbs Youth Rugby League and the local ‘Newcastle Rugby League’. At the age of ten, he returned to Melbourne and was playing with the ‘Knox Raiders’. He not only played Australian rules football for the ‘Beverley Hills Junior Football Club’ but also received numerous ‘best and fairest’ trophies in the ‘Yarra Junior Football League’.
During his seventh year of grade, he attended ‘Whitefriars College’ where he helped them win the ‘Year 7 Division 1A Basketball Championship and was named MVP. Ultimately, he chose basketball over soccer after his soccer coach failed to put him in the forward position he desired. He represented ‘Box Hill Senior Secondary College’ in the 2011 Australian Schools Championship when he was in ninth grade.
In 2012, he received a scholarship to the ‘Australian Institute of Sport’ and the following year, he was invited to the ‘Pangos All-American Camp’ in the United States, which was designed for basketball prospects. He represented Australia at the 2012 FIBA Under-17 World Championship despite being only 15 years old. He was instrumental in the team’s silver medal win over the Czech Republic.
returned to melbourne
In January 2013, he enrolled in the ‘Montverde Academy’ in Montverde, Florida, USA. In April 2013, he helped the team defeat ‘St. Benedicts’ at the ‘National High School Tournament’. Later, in June 2013, he returned to Melbourne and appeared in six games with the ‘Bulleen Boomers’ of the ‘Big V’ (Victoria’s semi-pro basketball league).
He returned to the ‘Montverde academy’ for the 2013-2014 youth season. His Academy defeated ‘Oak Hill Academy 71-62 in the ‘National High School Tournament’ and was voted MVP. He was crowned MVP and ‘America’s Top High School Junior’ at the ‘National Basketball Players’ Association Top 100 Camp’.
LSU Tiger
His career with the ‘LSU Tigers began with a preseason trip to Australia, which the LSU team won with a 3-2 record. For his performance, he is named preseason player of the week. He made his season debut in November 2015, starting with a win for the LSU team. At the end of the season, he was named to the League’s first team, ‘All-Southeastern Conference’ and ‘Freshman of the Year’. The LSU team’s performance in the ‘2016 SEC Tournament’ postseason was disappointing as they failed to lead the ‘LSU Tigers’ to an ‘NCAA Tournament berth’.
Career
Caption: Ben Simmons playing basketball at the tournament (Source: Instagram)
NFL career
The ‘Philadelphia 76ers’ selected him with the first overall pick in the 2016 draft in June. He signs contract with ‘Philadelphia 76ers’ in July 2016 and plays in ‘2016 NBA Summer League’. Although his game did not live up to expectations, his overall skills earned him respect and a spot on the ‘Las Vegas Summer League First Team’. He injured his right ankle during training camp in September 2016, which was diagnosed as a fractured fifth metatarsal in his right foot. In February 2017 it was announced that he would not be able to participate that season.
He made his NBA debut in October 2017 after missing an entire season due to injury. He broke many previous records in the first few games. Also, he helps his team finish the season as the third seed in the ‘Eastern Conference Playoffs’. He selects ‘Eastern Conference Rookie of the Month’ for the third straight time after the regular season. After the playoffs and the season, he was named ‘NBA Rookie of the Year’ as well as a member of the ‘NBA All-Rookie First Team’.
national team member
He made his national team debut at the age of 15 and helped his team win silver at the ‘2012 FIBA Under-17 World Championship’. His senior debut for Australia came at the ‘2013 FIBA Oceania Championship’, when he led his team to a gold medal victory over New Zealand.
Awards
In his career, he has won some accolades and honors. He received three awards in March 2015: the ‘Morgan Wootten Award,’ given to ‘McDonald’s All-American Top Male Players,’ ‘Naismith Prep Player of the Year,’ and ‘Gatorade National Player of the Year.’
Ben Simmons – Net worth 2023
Talking about his net worth, his net worth is estimated to be around $7.5 million. As for his salary, she earned $6.4 million in 2018-19, $8.1 million in 2019-20 and $10.5 million in 2020-21. Additionally, he has signed a $20 million endorsement deal with Nike.
civil status
As of now, Ben Simmons is single and not married. But he links up with plenty of celebrities and non-celebs like Brittany Renner, Amber Rose, Dylan Gonzalez, and Tinashe. Also, there is a rumor that he is in a relationship with British TV and radio presenter Maya Jama. But none of them have officially confirmed their relationship.
Ben Simmons – Body Measurements
The basketball player is 6 feet 10 inches tall and weighs around 109 kg. Additionally, the player has black hair and dark brown eyes. Ben wears a shoe size of US 14 and his other body measurement is unknown.
Caption: Ben Simmons body measurement (Source: Instagram)
On his Instagram page there are more than 6.1 million. He also has more than 1 million followers on his Twitter. And on his Facebook he has more than 560k followers.
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