What could have been: Ben Simmons' '26-27 Kings schedule

Source: the NBA’s 2026-27 schedule, released 5:00am AEST Friday 14 August 2026. Every time is worked out from the game’s own moment in time rather than copied off a printed clock, which is why each row is labelled: Australian daylight saving ends on Sunday 4 April 2027, inside the season, so a tip-off at the same instant reads 10:00am on Saturday 3 April and 9:00am on Sunday 4 April. United States daylight saving begins three weeks earlier, on 14 March, moving the American clock the other way. The two games each club is missing are the Cup knockout rounds, which cannot be scheduled until the group stage resolves.
The eleven Australians on NBA rosters as at 18 October 2026 are Dyson Daniels and Jock Landale (Atlanta), Josh Giddey (Chicago), Tyrese Proctor (Cleveland), Kyrie Irving (Dallas), Johnny Furphy (Indiana), Matisse Thybulle (LA Lakers), Rocco Zikarsky (Minnesota), Duop Reath (Phoenix), Ben Simmons (Sacramento) and Josh Green (Utah). Irving is included as an editorial call rather than a factual one: he was born in Melbourne and represents the United States. Several are not certainties. Ben Simmons is on a one-year deal that stays non-guaranteed unless he makes Sacramento’s opening-night roster; Phoenix already had 15 players on standard contracts when Duop Reath signed, so someone has to go for him to make the opening-night roster; Rocco Zikarsky is on a two-way contract and is not guaranteed to be with the NBA club on any given date; Matisse Thybulle signed as a 16th man against a 15-man limit; and Johnny Furphy is returning from a torn ACL, with the Pacers expecting him back around the middle of the season. This is a fixture list of their clubs, which is not a promise that any of them takes the floor. Ben Simmons: Non-guaranteed one-year deal. This table tracks his club’s fixtures, which is not the same as a guarantee he takes the floor in any of them. Home, away and neutral-site games are filterable, as are the 26 fixtures against another Australian. Every column sorts; the default order is chronological.