Report: Ben Simmons cleared for contact, did 4-on-4 work at practice yesterday

Photo by Nathaniel S. Butler/NBAE via Getty ImagesThough there’s still no telling when Brooklyn Nets’ forward Ben Simmons will see time in an actual NBA game, there’s yet another update to consider as part of the ongoing saga. Per ESPN’s Nick Friedell, Nets head coach Steve Nash told reporters Tuesday that Simmons has been cleared for contact amid his rehab from a herniated disk in his back.

“He got some 4-on-4 work in yesterday, [and] Nash said he came through it well,” Friedell tweeted after practice today. In a separate tweet, he posted a video of a new first: Simmons, Kevin Durant, and Kyrie Irving all getting shots up at the same time after practice. Again... that’s the first time that…