Sidelined NBA All-Star Ben Simmons Passes New Jersey Mansion to Nick Castellanos

It’s been a bouncy 12 months for three-time NBA All-Star Ben Simmons, each on the courtroom, the place currently he’s develop into nearly as identified for not enjoying as for enjoying, and in the actual property enviornment.

The 25-year-old 6’11” energy ahead, who signed on as a young person with the Philadelphia 76ers as the primary total choose within the 2016 NBA Draft, sat out his first season because of damage however was named NBA Rookie of the Yr for the 2017-18 season. A number of screamingly profitable seasons adopted, and in 2019 he signed a five-year contract extension value a staggering $170 million.

Alas, a disappointing 2020-21 playoff season wherein he struggled to get the ball within the basket, each from the courtroom and the free-throw line, led to a lackluster begin to the 2021-22 season. His incapacity to get his sport on observe, and the attendant scrutiny from followers, coaches, and the media, solely festered extra frustration and rising tensions. Simmons was tossed out of shape a number of instances, suspended for one sport, and have become essentially the most fined participant in NBA historical past for the various video games he skipped. Then, someday late final summer season, he requested a commerce from the 76ers, a uncommon demand from a prime participant.

Simmons received his want earlier this 12 months when he was traded in a blockbuster deal to the Brooklyn Nets that included Andre Drummond and Seth Curry. He was, nevertheless, nearly instantly sidelined for all the season with a herniated disk. Final week he underwent again surgical procedure and isn’t anticipated again on the courtroom till the beginning of subsequent season’s coaching camp.

Amid the turmoil, Simmons has additionally been making strikes to shake up his cross-country property portfolio. Final summer season he dropped $17.5 million on a “fashionable farmhouse” in L.A.’s ritzy Hidden Hills suburb, the place a number of members of the family of his former girlfriend Kendall Jenner famously personal massive spreads. And shortly after he requested the commerce final fall, he hoisted his deluxe apartment on the Ritz Carlton Residences in downtown Philadelphia available on the market at $3.1 million; the asking worth has since dipped to a tad underneath $3 million.

Decided to place Philly in his rearview mirror even earlier than a commerce was introduced, Simmons additionally put one other of his houses available on the market final fall, this one in Moorestown, N.J., a 40 minute drive from the place the 76ers play. The asking worth was $5 million.