"With the first pick in the 2016 NBA Draft, the Philadelphia 76ers select... Ben Simmons!" After much anticipation, Aussie Ben Simmons made history as the No. 1 overall pick in the 2016 NBA Draft after playing just one year of college basketball at LSU. And now you can capture a piece of NBA history with an autographed and inscribed Spalding basketball signed by Simmons himself. The signature, which is deemed authentic via Upper Deck Authentication's 5-Step Process, is an official limited edition NBA game ball. In addition to Simmons' autograph, he's signed it with "2016 #1" in tribute of being taken first overall on a summer June night at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York.