Trade Radar · open rumor · Tuesday, October 13 · 17 h ago

Kings Notes: Simmons, Acuff, Cardwell, Monk, Ranadive

Reported by Marc J. SpearsRead the original report ↗

Ben Simmons is expected to be in the Kings’ starting lineup when they open the season October 21, according to Marc J. Spears of Andscape, continuing a remarkable transition back to the NBA after not playing for a year and a half. Simmons didn’t sign with the team until September 7, but he’s reportedly been […]

Confidence

50%

Reporter starting tier	50	1 call on the ledger, tier used until 5
Corroboration	+0	nobody else has reported this yet
Age	−0	1 day old · a rumor loses 1.2 points a day, up to 25

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Who it involves

Ben Simmons

Kings · G-F

Cap hit 2026-27: $2.45M · expiring

Sacramento Kings

$191.8M · over the cap · 13 contracts · cap sheet

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