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I Brooklyn Nets have communicated that Ben Simmons will no longer play for the 2023-24 NBA seasonfor the usual back problems, the player will consult with other medical specialists.
Simmons played only 15 games this season, in two “tranches”. The first a Novemberjust 5 appearances and the pre-season before stopping due to a back problem, a nerve impingement in the lumbar area. Problem temporarily resolved after three months of stopping and therapy, Simmons was returned to the field between January and February but only for 10 races before having to stop a second time. And always for the same problem.
In recent days i Nets they had communicated that the pathology that prevented a Ben Simmons to play “was always the same” and not a new injury, as assumed. Brooklyn had initially listed Simmons as out due to an unspecified injury to his left leg. In just 15 games Simmons therefore finished a Averaged 6.1 points, 7.9 rebounds and 5.7 assists in 23.9 minutes.
Dal 2020-21 Ben Simmons played only 55 games between Philadelphia 76ers and Brooklyn Nets, skipping the 2021-22 season entirely in Philadelphia and then in Brooklyn. In the summer of 2022 he underwent back surgery. His contract with Brooklyn expires in 2025.
Simmons’ agent Bernie Lee confirmed that the intention is to “find a solution that does not require a new surgical operation” to solve the Australian’s back problems. Simmons and his entourage will consult with other specialists in the coming weeks before making a decision,”with the aim of getting Ben back to the level he was at before his injuries“. In his first four NBA years, Ben Simmons was with the Sixers three-time All-Starrookie of the year in 2018 and two-time All-NBA defensive player, before the break with the environment in Philadelphiaand with Joel Embiid e coach Doc Rivers first of all, and it psychodrama of the second round series of the 2021 playoffs against the Atlanta Hawks, closed with the famous episode of Simmons’ one-on-zero layup avoided for fear of suffering a foul and going to the line, in the final and decisive minutes of Game 7 then won by the Hawks.
2024-03-07 15:13:12
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