Ben Simmons is set to be a full participant without any restrictions at a player-led minicamp for the Australian men’s basketball team this week, according to ESPN’s Marc J. Spears.
Simmons is an Australian native and is working to make the team for the 2028 Olympics in Los Angeles. He’s played for the Boomers twice in his career at the 2013 FIBA Men’s Oceania Championships when he was 17, but he missed the next three Olympics.
The private minicamp will start on Monday in Melbourne. Simmons, per the report, paid his own way to attend.
Simmons, who the Philadelphia 76ers selected with the No. 1 overall pick back in 2016, has struggled in recent…
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