{"id":535522,"date":"2026-09-28T22:38:18","date_gmt":"2026-09-28T20:38:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/?p=535522"},"modified":"2026-09-28T22:38:21","modified_gmt":"2026-09-28T20:38:21","slug":"ben-simmons-im-back-i-want-to-dominate-with-the-sacramento-kings","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/ben-simmons-im-back-i-want-to-dominate-with-the-sacramento-kings\/","title":{"rendered":"Ben Simmons: &#8220;I&#8217;m back, I want to dominate&#8221; with the Sacramento Kings&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Ben Simmons is ready to return to the NBA with the Sacramento Kings after spending the entire 2025-26 season away from basketball. Speaking during Kings Media Day, the former All-Star said he finally feels fully healthy and ready to compete again.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cI\u2019m right where I need to be. I took a lot of time to focus on my body over the season. I think it was the best thing I\u2019ve done and the best decision I\u2019ve made for my career. I feel great and I\u2019m ready to go. No limitations.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Simmons also strongly rejected criticism over his passion for basketball: \u201cI love this game. It\u2019s my art. It\u2019s in my blood.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The 30-year-old believes he has rediscovered his old self: \u201cYeah, I\u2019m there. He\u2019s there. He woke up.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Asked what he wants to bring to Sacramento this season, Simmons had a simple answer: \u201cTo dominate. Every time I step on the floor, to dominate.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The former All-Star feels fully healthy after stepping away from basketball for the 2025-26 season and believes he can return to his old level.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":174,"featured_media":393198,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_spbk_hide_featured":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[399],"tags":[],"rumors":[],"typology":[],"posizionamento":[],"class_list":["post-535522","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-nba"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2024\/06\/Sacramento-Kings.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/535522","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/174"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=535522"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/535522\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":535523,"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/535522\/revisions\/535523"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/393198"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=535522"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=535522"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=535522"},{"taxonomy":"rumors","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/rumors?post=535522"},{"taxonomy":"typology","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/typology?post=535522"},{"taxonomy":"posizionamento","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posizionamento?post=535522"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}