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If Ben Simmons checks into a game for the Nets on his current contract that is a result of today's trade. You Win. If he leaves the team for any reason and at any point is no longer a Net before checking in, I win.
Seems like he just said "a game," which includes preseason games to me. Preseason games are still games, even if they don't count toward the team's record. If anyone wanted specifically regular season games, they should have specified that in the terms.
Simmons is probably going to play reg. season anyway, so it'd just be delaying the inevitable to not send now.