Coach's stinging words for under-fire Simmons

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The patience of Ben Simmons' Brooklyn Nets manager Jacque Vaughn appears to beryllium waning aft the Australian withdrew from his 2nd NBA clash of the year.

In the 3rd 4th of the Nets' nonaccomplishment to the Detroit Pistons - the 2nd of back-to-back matches - Simmons pulled retired of the lucifer complaining of "knee soreness".

The Aussie has missed respective matches already this play with the aforesaid ailment, on with calf and little backmost pain.

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Simmons said the issues are each connected to a backmost occupation for which helium underwent country past year.

But successful the lack of Kevin Durant, Simmons is the Nets' 2nd highest-paid player, and frustrations astir his perceived under-performance are growing.

In the post-game property conference, Vaughn was asked for an wounded update and each but rolled his eyes arsenic helium told reporters of Simmons injury.

He past inferred helium didn't judge Simmons was doing each helium could to recuperate.

"The goal, successful my eyes, is for everyone to play each crippled and to bash what's indispensable to beryllium prepared to play each game," helium said.

"There's a definite magnitude of minutes that each idiosyncratic played successful Philly. Some played arsenic tonight.

"So the mentation that it takes going into that, you conscionable person to springiness recognition to the guys who were prepared to play, acceptable to play, did what was indispensable to get their bodies acceptable to play."

Since Durant sprained his MCL earlier this month, the Nets person mislaid six of 8 games played.

Simmons has averaged conscionable six points, 5.9 rebounds, and 8.3 assists.

Before helium came disconnected against the Pistons, helium hadn't scored a constituent from conscionable 3 attempts.

The time earlier against the 76ers, Simmons was relentlessly booed by the Philadelphia crowd, earlier helium was benched by Vaughn for the last 9 minutes of the match.

Before that point, helium showed glimpses of what he's susceptible of, with a 12-point 3rd word portion superstar Kyrie Irving was connected the bench.

The occupation for the Nets is they were his lone points of the game.

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