What is Ben Simmons?
{{about|the Australian basketball player|the British bobsleigher|Ben Simons|the British physicist|Benjamin Simons}} {{use dmy dates|date=February 2021}} {{use Australian English|date=November 2015}} {{Infobox basketball biography | name = Ben Simmons | image = Ben Simmons free throw (cropped).jpg | image_size = | caption = Simmons with the [[Brooklyn Nets]] in 2019 | number = 25 | team = Brooklyn Nets | position = [[Point guard]] / [[Power forward (basketball)|Power forward]] | league = [[National Basketball Association|NBA]] | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1996|7|20|df=y}} | birth_place = [[Melbourne]], [[Victoria (Australia)|Victoria]] | nationality = Australian / American | height_ft = 6 | height_in = 11 | weight_lb = 240 | high_school = * [[Box Hill Senior Secondary College]]<br>(Melbourne, Victoria) * [[Montverde Academy]]<br>([[Montverde, Florida]]) | college = [[LSU Tigers basketball|LSU]] (2015–2016) | draft_year = 2016 | draft_round = 1 | draft_pick = 1 | draft_team = [[Philadelphia 76ers]] | career_start = 2016 | years1 = {{nbay|2016|start}}–present | team1 = [[Philadelphia 76ers]] | highlights = * 3× [[List of NBA All-Stars|NBA All-Star]] ({{nasg|2019}}–{{nasg|2021}}) * [[All-NBA Team|All-NBA Third Team]] ({{nbay|2019|end}}) * 2× [[NBA All-Defensive First Team]] ({{nbay|2019|end}}, {{nbay|2020|end}}) * [[NBA Rookie of the Year]] ({{nbay|2017|end}}) * [[NBA All-Rookie Team|NBA All-Rookie First Team]] ({{nbay|2017|end}}) * [[List of National Basketball Association annual steals leaders|NBA steals leader]] ({{nbay|2019|end}}) * Consensus first-team [[NCAA Men's Basketball All-Americans|All-American]] ([[2016 NCAA Men's Basketball All-Americans|2016]]) * [[USBWA National Freshman of the Year]] (2016) * First-team All-[[Southeastern Conference|SEC]] (2016) * [[Southeastern Conference Men's Basketball Rookie of the Year|SEC Freshman of the Year]] (2016) * [[Mr. Basketball USA]] (2015) * [[Gatorade Player of the Year awards|Gatorade National Player of the Year]] (2015) * [[Naismith Prep Player of the Y