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I really haven t retired, I just don t want it!

12:05am, 18 September 2025【Basketball】

Ben Simmons updated the social media yesterday, which can be understood as: He is interested in everything except playing basketball. This is not the first such content. You should know that at this time in previous years, his social media were all well-decorated training photos. I also said on Weibo yesterday: "It seems that Simmons really has no intention of playing with the NBA's big men."

I didn't think about it. Last night, he replied to netizens' questions about whether he had retired under this update. Ben Simmons replied immediately: "No!"

Now I can confirm it! The pigeon didn’t want to retire, it was really just that he couldn’t find a job!

The latest news about him looking for a job is reported. The Knicks gave Simmons a one-year basic salary contract, but Simmons refused. He hoped to get a contract that was higher than the basic salary this summer. At the same time, some reporters said that the Knicks did communicate with Simmons and were interested in him, but the team never made a formal offer to Simmons.

But no matter what, Simmons is unwilling to sign a basic salary, and it has indeed been passed on several times this summer. Sources revealed that after Simmons expressed his attitude that he was not interested in any proposals during a conversation between agent Bernie Lee and the Knicks management, Bernie Lee made the decision to part ways.

To be honest, I was also confused when I read the two paragraphs above, because the reporter's sources are different, and these will not be said openly, so I don't know now that Simmons just doesn't want to sign a basic salary or doesn't want to play the ball anymore. But this year Benxi's reply should still want to play, but he also wants to pick the team, although the choice is not in his hands now. The agent

has left, and now Simmons chooses to be his own agent. All signs indicate that Simmons is likely to be unable to find a new owner at the opening of the new season, and being forced to retire may become a realistic choice he has to face.

Of course, even if he cannot find a satisfactory next home, or satisfactory salary, as he wishes. Simmons, 29, is not yes either. He has worked in the NBA for more than $200 million. It is much awesome than the "what money is afraid of" that everyone jokes about every day.

It's really a pity that Bensik has written about him before. His first season of his career was 15.8 points, 8.1 rebounds, 8.2 assists, 1.7 steals, and 0.9 blocked data. Except for not having an outside line, everything is full of talent. And I have always had a point that may not be right, that is, 15+5+5 looks average, but if it is 20+5+5, you feel that he may be at the All-Star (at least in the past). The first year of Benxi was 16+8+8. This foot pad is not casually 20+8+8, and it is better to be 25+8+8. To exaggerately, you must have your name in the first few discussions about the league.

Who knows that he just couldn't get over the hurdle of scoring, and 76ers were back-punched by him, and his body was back-punched by him, and finally got into such a field. Who would have thought that the player who voted fourth in the third season of his career was selected as the All-Star, the Best Team, the Best Defensive Team, and the Best Defensive Player, would actually begin to decline. It's really regrettable!