What Ben Simmons told Steve Kerr, Steph Curry after Warriors passed on him

Ben Simmons won’t appear in a game for the Kings this NBA season, but he still managed to deliver some good-natured trash talk to one of their Western Conference rivals. Simmons revealed his preseason exchanges with Golden State Warriors coach Steve Kerr and star Steph Curry in an interview with Andscape’s Marc Spears published Thursday that detailed the beginning of Simmons’ recovery from a torn right Achilles tendon. The Warriors were interested in Simmons’ services before the former No. 1 overall pick eventually inked a contract with Sacramento this offseason, Spears reported, citing a source, but apparently not interested enough to send a representative to Simmons’ August workout in Miami. The 30-year-old Simmons last played for the Los Angeles Clippers, at the end of the 2024-25 NBA season, before going unsigned for the entirety of the 2025-26 campaign due to lingering back injuries. “I said something to Steve [Kerr],” Simmons told Spears regarding Golden State’s Oct.