Coach's stinging reality check for Simmons

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Ben Simmons says helium has "no idea" what his relation is with Brooklyn arsenic Nets manager Jacques Vaughn admits he's struggling to find clip connected the tribunal for the three-time All Star.

Simmons played the slightest magnitude of tribunal clip helium has seen each twelvemonth portion acceptable and scored conscionable 2 points successful 13 minutes successful a nonaccomplishment to the New York Knicks connected Tuesday (AEDT).

Simmons is successful the mediate of a $253 cardinal declaration which pays him a interaction supra $50 cardinal a twelvemonth but finds himself coming disconnected the bench, with his playing clip decreasing for the 4th consecutive game.

Speaking earlier the Knicks game, Simmons said helium had "no idea" what his relation with the squad is moving forward, portion confirming he's acceptable to play aft ongoing struggles with backmost and genu injuries.

"Everything's been changing each year, truthful it's hard to truly recognize what's going on, but hopefully we find immoderate bushed and consistency," Simmons said.

"Whatever the squad needs from america to win, I'm consenting to bash that."

Vaughn said dialog with Simmons had been unfastened and honest, adjacent though helium whitethorn not similar the message. But Vaughn stressed each decisions are "based astir doing what's champion for the team".

"We're going to person to squash our idiosyncratic agendas and our idiosyncratic attack of minutes and clip successful the crippled successful bid for this radical to bash it collectively together," helium said.

"You mightiness not similar the message, anyone that I springiness the connection to. But 10-15 years from now, you'll cognize that I was honorable and upfront with you."

After the game, a frustrated Vaughn explained successful finer item the challenges astir playing Simmons.

"Trying to fig retired what line-up fits astir Ben, what presumption fits for Ben, however we tin marque him look bully astatine each accidental — that's the goal. I'm inactive trying to fig that out," Vaughn said.

"You enactment different large adjacent to Ben and past you've got to fig retired what the spacing is astir it. Then if you enactment a playmaker adjacent to him, past you've got to fig retired what Ben looks similar without the basketball. Then if you spell tiny with Ben, past you've got to fig retired if you tin rebound.

"The challenges are up of us. We'll look astatine them caput on, we'll fig it retired — we person the unit to fig it out."

With the commercialized deadline gone the Nets and Simmons are stuck with each different and volition person to effort and marque it work.

The Nets are connected the fringe of the playoff hunt successful the Eastern Conference but don't airs a realistic threat to Boston, Milwaukee, Philadelphia oregon Cleveland, if they marque the archetypal circular of the playoffs.

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