Simmons set to storm NBA

BEN Simmons has declared he’s a better player than before breaking his foot and is ready for the upcoming NBA season.

The Australian 2016 No.1 draft pick of Philadelphia is coming to the end of a near year-long rehabilitation after getting injured weeks out from the 2016-17 season.

But the 21-year-old insists he’s the man to lift the 76ers out of the playoffs wilderness.

“Looking back, I would have killed the old me on the court,” he said.