Clippers sign G Ben Simmons after release from Nets

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The Los Angeles Clippers signed Ben Simmons on Monday, two days after the Brooklyn Nets agreed to buy out his contract and waived the point guard.

The Clippers did not announce terms of his agreement. Simmons, 28, was in the final season of a five-year, $177.2 million deal, earning $40.3 million this season, when Brooklyn released him to end a disappointing, injury