Basketball player Ben Simmons: career, achievements

Ben Simmons - basketball player of the Australian team. Recently, he defends the colors of the club of the National Basketball Association "Philadelphia Sixers", with which he signed a professional contract at the beginning of this season.

University career

The debut of Ben Simmons in the student basketball league in the USA took place in the spring of 2015. In the first match for the team "LSU Tigers" against "McNise State" the young player came in the starting lineup. In the meeting, Ben Simmons performed 13 rebounds, and also recorded 11 points on his account. In many respects due to the effective actions of the team's newcomer on the "LSU" site, they managed to win in 3 debut League matches in a row.

December 2, 2015 in a game against the team of the University of North Florida, Ben Simmons set a personal record, noting 43 points scored for the fight, performing 7 assists, making 5 interceptions and 14 rebounds. Such successful actions allowed the club "LSU Tigers" to interrupt a fairly long losing series of matches.

In the winter off-season Simmons Ben was nominated for the title of the best player of the season in the student league, where he looked like one of the top favorites among the other 35 contenders.

During performances in the university league, Ben has established himself as a player who skillfully handles the ball, knows how to distribute the resulting programs and win rebounds.

Draft in the NBA

On the annual procedure for drafting young players into the clubs of the National Basketball Association, which takes place in the summer off-season, Ben Simmons looked like one of the most preferred candidates for getting into the best clubs of the higher league. As a result, the young basketball player was chosen by the team "Philadelphia Seventi Sixers". July 3, 2016 Ben Simmons signed the first professional career contract.

As part of the "Sixers" rookie took part in friendly matches, a series of which traditionally takes place before the start of the championship. The first few meetings did not allow Simmons to demonstrate high results. However, despite the rather low implementation of the moments, sports observers noted Ben as a player who has an excellent vision of the site, and also has the capabilities of a playmaker and distributes accurate transfers to partners.

National team appearances

Simmons debut for the national team of Australia took place in the summer of 2013. The young player not only participated in the training process of compilations, but also went to the site in several meetings of the basketball championship of Oceania.

In 2014, Ben Simmons was on the expanded list of the national team, which was compiled by Australian coaches in preparation for the World Cup. To participate in the international tournament to the young basketball player and it was not possible.

In the summer of 2015, Ben announced to the public about the intention to go on as part of the adult team for the Olympics in Rio. However, the dream came true young basketball player was not destined. Having signed a contract with the club "Philadelphia Sixers", the player decided to concentrate on preparing for the debut season in the NBA.