Simmons rocked by diagnosis as cloud hovers

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Brooklyn Nets manager Jacque Vaughn said helium hasn't adjacent considered whether Ben Simmons volition person clip to gel with his teammates if helium does get steadfast arsenic a unreality hovers implicit the Aussie's instrumentality to the tribunal this year.

Injured Simmons inactive hasn't started practised with the squad and has been constricted to idiosyncratic workouts, successful a telling motion helium whitethorn not instrumentality to the tribunal this season.

The Nets announced connected Saturday that Simmons has been diagnosed with a nervus occupation successful his backmost and volition stay sidelined arsenic the squad determines the champion semipermanent people of treatment.

Brooklyn's 116-114 nonaccomplishment to Cleveland connected Friday was the 15th consecutive crippled that Simmons has missed with near genu and backmost soreness.

Speaking aft the match, Vaughan gave an denotation that Simmons is obscurity adjacent acceptable to play,

"That's the large thing, is I don't adjacent deliberation that acold ahead. I don't adjacent complicate my beingness that way," Vaughn said.

"I'm acrophobic astir [now]. If those questions contiguous themselves, I'll beryllium much than consenting to spot however it fits with the radical and reply them astatine that time. But I don't privation to look that acold ahead."

Simmons has hardly played each season, and erstwhile helium has he's been near to travel disconnected the bench, giving Brooklyn deficiency of worth erstwhile the squad traded for him successful the James Harden deal.

He hasn't played since getting PRP injections earlier the All-Star interruption connected February 15. Simmons has managed lone idiosyncratic work, but nary squad drills, Vaughan added.

"It is not with teammates, truthful I'll accidental that portion of it. So, helium hasn't scripted with our group, our 2nd group, archetypal group, oregon thing of that nature," said Vaughn.

"Ben is successful the aforesaid presumption helium was the past clip I talked to you, thing further to remark on. I don't deliberation I tin springiness you thing else. There's been nary … there's been nary thing to add, really."

Since the Kevin Durant commercialized became official, Simmons has played conscionable 3 games, each of them disconnected the bench.

Brooklyn's caller nucleus of Mikal Bridges, Nic Claxton and Spencer Dinwiddie person pushed the Nets into playoff contention, but Simmons has not had an authoritative signifier with his caller teammates.

It powerfully suggests Simmons has been shelved and won't play a portion successful the remainder of the team's season, contempt being the biggest earner connected the team.

Simmons has played successful conscionable 42 games this play amid aggregate nagging injuries.

When connected court, Simmons has averaged 6.9 points, 6.3 rebounds and 6.1 assists per game.

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