No matter position, Simmons centerpiece of 76ers’ offense

No matter what position he ends up playing, Ben Simmons is going to be the centerpiece of the Philadelphia 76ers’ offense.

“He’s a facilitator, a distributor and he’s going to have the ball in his hands a lot,” said Bryan Colangelo, the team’s president of basketball operations.

The 20-year-old Australian was the first of three first-round picks taken by the Sixers on Thursday night.

Despite a collection of players drafted in the lottery in recent years, Philadelphia is turning to Simmons to be the focal point.

Philadelphia coach Brett Brown has a challenge in determining where Simmons, a 6-foot-10 former LSU forward will play in the NBA.

[...] they lack depth in the backcourt, meaning Simmons could be asked to play guard despite his size.

The Bulls traded the former MVP and No. 1 overall pick to the Knicks on Wednesday, with center Robin Lopez and point guards Jose Calderon and Jerian Grant going to Chicago.

Rose was introduced at a news conference at Madison Square Garden on Friday.

Driving in and just seeing my name on the billboard, or seeing my picture on the billboard or on the screen outside of the building, kind of blew me away a little bit.