Simmons, Magic probe

THE NBA is investigating whether there has been any contact between the LA Lakers and Australian All All-Star Star Ben Simmons that viol violated the league league’s s player tampering rules rules.

A spotlight was turned on Simmons Simmons, the Philadelphia 76ers 76ers’ star star, and Magic Johnson Johnson, the Lakers Lakers’ president of basketball operations operations, s,s s after both admitted moves had been made to work out with each other in the off- off off-season. season. season

Johnson is under pressure to add one or two All- All All-Star Star calibre players alongside LeBron James but attempts — including ne negotiations to trade for New Orleans Pelicans bbig man Anthony Davis — have failed.

Johnson and the Lakers have already been hit with fines for breaching the NBA NBA’s s tampering rules in regard to All All-Stars Stars Paul George and Giannis Antetokounmpo Antetokounmpo.

“The The league office is looking into whether any contact took place between Ben Simmons and the Los Angeles Lakers that violated NBA rules, rulesrules,” ” NBA spokesman Mike Bass told ESPN ESPN.

Simmons (pictured above) is regularly compared with Hall of Fame inductee and Lakers playing great Johnson because o of thei their size and styles of play play. The Australian is 208cm tall and Johnson is 206cm 206cm.

Simmons told reporters after the Sixers beat the Lakers on Monday ““trying trying to learn from somebody like that would be huge”.