INGLEWOOD, Calif. -- Ben Simmons opened a new chapter with the LA Clippers on Tuesday, practicing with the team for the first time after being waived by the Brooklyn Nets last weekend.
The No. 1 pick in the 2016 draft is expected to make his debut either Wednesday at home against Memphis or Thursday at Utah. He hasn't played since Feb. 1.
"I feel great, ready to go," Simmons said. "I just want to play basketball at a high level and I feel like that's going to happen here."
He left the Nets, who own a 19-34 record and are 12th in the East, for the Clippers, who are 29-23 and sixth in the West.