{"id":80169,"date":"2026-10-18T20:55:00","date_gmt":"2026-10-19T01:55:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/2026\/10\/18\/ben-simmons-nba-comeback-derailed-after-tearing-achilles-tendon-in-practice\/"},"modified":"2026-10-18T20:55:00","modified_gmt":"2026-10-19T01:55:00","slug":"ben-simmons-nba-comeback-derailed-after-tearing-achilles-tendon-in-practice","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/2026\/10\/18\/ben-simmons-nba-comeback-derailed-after-tearing-achilles-tendon-in-practice\/","title":{"rendered":"Ben Simmons\u2019 NBA comeback derailed after tearing achilles tendon in practice"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul>\n<li>\n<p>Sacramento Kings guard to undergo surgery and will miss entire season<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p>Former No 1 draft pick has been attempting to revive his career<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Ben Simmons faces a monumental task to revive his NBA career after another devastating injury setback put his comeback attempt with the Sacramento Kings on hold. The Australian will undergo surgery after scans revealed he tore his right achilles tendon during a live drill at practice, just three days out from Sacramento\u2019s season opener against the Los Angeles Clippers.<\/p>\n<p>The 30-year-old signed a one-year deal with the Kings in an attempt to revive his career, but will now miss the entire season. It is another massive setback for the three-time All-Star, after five years battling a series of significant injuries and mental health concerns.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/sport\/2026\/oct\/19\/ben-simmons-nba-comeback-derailed-after-tearing-achilles-tendon-in-practice\">Continue reading&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sacramento Kings guard to undergo surgery and will miss entire season Former No 1 draft pick has been attempting to revive his career Ben Simmons faces a monumental task to revive his NBA career after another devastating injury setback put his comeback attempt with the Sacramento Kings on hold. The Australian will undergo surgery after &#8230; <a title=\"Ben Simmons\u2019 NBA comeback derailed after tearing achilles tendon in practice\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/2026\/10\/18\/ben-simmons-nba-comeback-derailed-after-tearing-achilles-tendon-in-practice\/\" aria-label=\"Read more about Ben Simmons\u2019 NBA comeback derailed after tearing achilles tendon in practice\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"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,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-80169","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blog"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/80169","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=80169"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/80169\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=80169"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=80169"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=80169"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}