This was supposed to be the year the Sacramento Kings could maybe prove themselves with Simmon’s presence and talent. Those hopes of watching him light the beam at the Golden One Center are now dead and buried after it was announced that the Kings guard suffered a torn right Achilles during a live drill at practice on Sunday. An MRI revealed a torn right Achilles tendon,” the Kings said in a press release.
It’s never easy being away from the game I love, especially after everything it took to get back here. But if there’s one thing I’ve learned, it’s that adversity doesn’t define you. How you respond to it does.
This time will be no different.” Simmons signed a one-year, $3.5 million deal with the Kings in September. He sat out the entire 2025-26 season to rehabilitate his body from his lingering back and leg injuries.
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