Ben Simmons has reunited with Patty Mills on the Los Angeles Clippers as he seeks to reignite his NBA profession at a brand new franchise.
Simmons formally joined the Clippers on Tuesday, two days after the Brooklyn Nets agreed to purchase out his contract and waived the purpose guard.
The Clippers didn’t reveals phrases of the Australian’s settlement.
Simmons was reduce by Brooklyn, ending a disappointing stint with the membership that began when he sat out the 2021-22 season after being traded in for James Harden.
The Nets hoped Simmons would complement Kevin Durant and Kyrie Irving, proving the ultimate piece in an NBA championship puzzle.
However Simmons, within the last season of a five-year deal value $US177.2 million, struggled with recurring again accidents and is but to stay as much as the potential mirrored by his choice with the primary general decide within the 2016 draft.
Simmons is notably linking up with compatriot Mills, who he shared a locker room with on the Nets throughout 2021-22 and 2022-23.
With the Nets, Simmons appeared in 90 video games (69 begins) and averaged 6.5 factors, 6.2 rebounds and 6.3 assists over 25.4 minutes per sport.
The three-time All-Star and former Rookie of the Yr will give Los Angeles extra assist at level guard.
Nonetheless, Simmons’ numbers in Brooklyn lagged behind these he put up with the Philadelphia 76ers.
In 275 video games with the Sixers, he averaged 15.9 factors, 8.1 rebounds and seven.7 assists.
He missed two full seasons with the Sixers – 2016-17 attributable to harm, and 2021-22 due to a holdout and a again harm.
Final week, Boomers captain Mills was traded from the Utah Jazz to the Clippers.
Mills, extensively thought of Australia’s most profitable basketballer, is aged 36 and in his sixteenth NBA season.
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