Ben Simmons regrets spending $10K on Savannah cats

Raising two Savannah cats turned out to be more than Ben Simmons could handle.

Simmons was asked about his most regretful purchase on Maverick Carter's show, "Kneading Dough," and revealed he had to part with the cats.

"I had two Savannah cats. I had to get rid of them, though. They were crazy," he said. "I had one that was around $4,000 and then I got a male who was a second generation, no, third generation, he was $6,000."

A Savannah is a hybrid of a domestic cat and a wild African cat called a serval, hence the expensive price tag.

The cats also caused a great deal of stress for Simmons' half-brother, Sean Tribe, who was the one who ultimately decided to get rid of them.

"We had them for about four or five months, and I told Ben, 'We can't have these cats anymore. This is crazy,'" Tribe told the Undefeated's Marc Spears. "He was going on a road trip while he was injured, and I told Ben, 'I am going to call the breeder and tell them we can't quite look out for the cats anymore and they can find them a better home.' He said, 'Cool.'"