US News: The Celtics sign Boucher, the Knicks look like the biggest favorite to sign Simmons at the base salary

Basketball     9:31am, 6 August 2025

Today, reporter Brett Siegel talked about the situation of Ben Simmons.

Brett Siegel said the Celtics and the Knicks have been the focus of discussion around Ben Simmons. Now that the Celtics have signed Boucher (3.3 million a year), the Knicks seem to have signed Ben Simmons with a basic salary.

Simmons is 29 years old and is the No. 1 pick in the 2016 draft. This summer, Simmons' five-year, $177.2 million max salary contract expired.

In the 2024-25 season, Simmons played a total of 24 regular season games for the Nets and Clippers, and averaged 5 points, 4.7 rebounds and 5.6 assists per game in 22 minutes; in the playoffs, Simmons played 5 times and scored a total of 4 points.

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