西蒙斯退出国际篮联世界杯

澳大利亚墨尔本——本·西蒙斯与费城76人队续约的消息对澳大利亚球迷来说是个坏消息:这位出生于墨尔本的NBA全明星球员将不会在世界杯期间为婴儿潮一代效力。

本周二，西蒙斯与76人队达成了一份价值1.7亿美元的5年续约协议。几个小时后，西蒙斯表示，他更愿意在9月与新队友共度时光，而不是8月31日到9月31日前往中国。15个世界杯。

西蒙斯在一份声明中说:“我想让所有人知道，在咨询了我的经纪人之后，我做出了放弃在中国参加世界杯的艰难决定。”

“最终，我们决定最好是在9月回到费城，熟悉一下我的新队友，为即将到来的NBA赛季做准备。”

西蒙斯已经被选入澳大利亚的世界杯阵容，并在早些时候表示，他计划在中国参加世界杯。

他现在计划8月22日和24日在墨尔本举行的两场表演赛上只为婴儿潮一代效力，对手是美国队。他还表示，明年东京奥运会仍在他的日程安排之中。

席梦思说:“我仍然会回到澳大利亚，在那里举办我的训练营，并在即将到来的表演赛中与婴儿潮一代一起训练和玩耍。”“我对婴儿潮时期出生的那代人的天赋感到非常兴奋，尤其是在接近2020年的时候，能够代表我的国家在世界上最大的体育舞台上参加东京奥运会，我将感到荣幸和谦卑。”

西蒙斯是2016年选秀状元。他在2017-18赛季首次亮相NBA，是年度最佳新秀。上赛季他第一次成为全明星。在他的两个赛季里，他场均得到16.4分，8.5个篮板和7.9次助攻。

澳大利亚世界杯阵容将由圣安东尼奥马刺队的帕蒂·米尔斯、犹他爵士队的乔·英格斯、凤凰城中锋阿伦·拜恩斯、克利夫兰骑士队的马修·德拉维多瓦、前选秀状元安德鲁·博古特、底特律中锋Thon制造者和西蒙斯76人队的队友乔纳·博尔登组成。

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Simmons withdraws from FIBA World Cup

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MELBOURNE, Australia — Ben Simmons' new contract extension with the Philadelphia 76ers came with bad news for Australian basketball fans: The Melbourne-born NBA All-star won't play for the Boomers at the World Cup.

Hours after Simmons and the 76ers agreed to a $170 million, five-year contract extension on Tuesday, Simmons said he preferred to spend time with his new teammates in September instead of travelling to China for the Aug. 31-Sept. 15 World Cup.

"I wanted to let everyone know that after consulting with my representation, I've made the difficult decision to forego playing in the World Cup in China," Simmons said in a statement.

"Ultimately, we decided it was best that I use the time in September to return to Philadelphia to acquaint myself with my new teammates and prepare for the upcoming NBA season."

Simmons had been selected for Australia's World Cup squad and had earlier indicated he planned to play the tournament in China.

He now plans to play only for the Boomers in two exhibition games against the United States in Melbourne on Aug. 22 and 24 at a stadium that is expected to be sold out — 50,000 fans — for each game. He also said the Olympics next year in Tokyo remain on his schedule.

"I will still be heading back home to Australia to host my camps as well as train and play with the Boomers in the upcoming exhibition games," Simmons said. "I'm really excited about the talent we have on the Boomers squad, especially moving closer to 2020 where I will be honoured and humbled to represent my country on the world's biggest sporting stage at the Olympics in Tokyo."

Simmons was the No. 1 overall draft pick in 2016. He made his NBA debut in the 2017-18 season and was the Rookie of the Year. He was an All-Star for the first time last season. He has averaged 16.4 points, 8.5 rebounds and 7.9 assists in his two seasons.

Australia's World Cup lineup is set to feature San Antonio's Patty Mills, Joe Ingles of Utah Jazz, Phoenix centre Aron Baynes, Cleveland's Matthew Dellavedova, former No. 1 draft pick Andrew Bogut, Detroit centre-forward Thon Maker and Simmons' 76ers teammate Jonah Bolden.

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