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Ben Simmons apparently is about to become the next recipient of a big commitment from the Philadelphia 76ers.

The All-Star point guard and the 76ers are negotiating a $170 million, five-year extension, a person with knowledge of the situation told the Associated Press.

Simmons will make about $8.1 million this season, the last of his four-year rookie deal. Assuming the sides agree on what will be a full max, Simmons' salary for the following season would jump to about $29.3 million and eventually rise to nearly $39 million in 2024-25.

It's already been an offseason of big financial commitments for Philadelphia. It will sign Tobias Harris to a $180 million, five-year deal and add Al Horford on a four-year deal that could reach $109 million. Those deals can't be finalized until the NBA's moratorium ends Saturday.

Simmons was the No. 1 overall pick in the 2016 draft and wound up making his NBA debut in the 2017-18 season, earning Rookie of the Year honors. He was an All-Star for the first time this past season.

• Golden State will add free agents Willie Cauley-Stein and Glenn Robinson III.

The Connecticut men's basketball program was placed on probation for two years and former Huskies coach Kevin Ollie was sanctioned individually for violations of NCAA rules during his tenure.

• Lawyers for former Auburn assistant coach Chuck Person said the former Timberwolves star was broke and financially desperate when he joined a bribery conspiracy that cheated young athletes by steering them toward bribe-paying advisers and managers. They asked a judge in papers filed in federal court to spare him from prison in the scandal that touched some of the biggest schools in college basketball.

Ezekiel Elliott is vowing to avoid incidents similar to a recent one in Las Vegas that forced the Dallas Cowboys star to meet with Commissioner Roger Goodell.

Elliott wrote Tuesday on Twitter after the meeting in New York that he had "worked hard to make better decisions" but "failed to do that" during a music festival in May. Elliott, 23, was handcuffed but not arrested after police say he pushed a security guard to the ground.

Goodell suspended the two-time NFL rushing champion for six games in 2017 over domestic violence allegations.

Soccer: Tottenham signed 22-year-old French midfielder Tanguy Ndombele for a club-record $68 million as the English club ended 18 months of transfer inactivity. … The body of Swiss player Florijana Ismaili was recovered three days after a swimming accident in Italy, Switzerland's national team federation said. She was 24.

WNBA: Liz Cambage had 16 points, nine rebounds and seven assists as host Las Vegas beat Chicago 90-82.