Report: Ben Simmons Set To Shock NBA And Team Up With LeBron James

Ben Simmons is one of the many NBA players who are related to the Los Angeles Lakers and LeBron James. However, this rumor may easily turn into reality.

Simmons may shock the basketball world and make his way to Los Angeles. John Wilmes of Deadspin believes that the Antony Davis trade effort is one of the many reasons Simmons may have to join the Los Angeles Lakers. He had a really good year with the Philadelphia 76ers, and averaged 17 points, nine rebounds and 7.8 assists per game.

Philadelphia’s trade acquisitions of Jimmy Butler and Tobias Harris put the young player out of the spotlight. The team is still a top favorite to reach the NBA Finals thanks to Simmons. He has had a really good consistency on the court. The 76ers may offer him the max rookie extension in 2020, and that’s exactly what Joe Embiid signed a couple of years ago. Will Philadelphia be able to keep the star point guard? Let’s not forget that Simmons has a deal with the Klutch Sports. We all know what that means. The agency has made quite an impact on the league these years.

“It is clear that the Lakers’ president of basketball operations, Magic Johnson, is extremely into the prospect of this particular future,” he writes. “Simmons himself appeared to wish for it during the 2016 NBA Draft Lottery—in One & Done, he is shown watching the broadcast of the event and miming his hypothetical reactions if either the Sixers or the Lakers got the first pick and the right to sign him. When he imagines the Lakers getting it, he celebrates; when he imagines going to the Sixers, he shrugs wryly. Earlier in the movie, a Lakers blanket is visible in the background of his apartment. Currently, he dates L.A.-based famous person Kendall Jenner. You can decide what this all means.”