Has “pain-free” surpassed “ramp-up” as a buzzword for Ben Simmons return saga?
Both Ramona Shelburne of ESPN and Shams Charania used “pain free” Monday when discussing the (possibly) imminent return of Simmons from a 10-month layoff...
“He’s going to ramp it up,” Shelburne told ESPN’s NBA Today. “He’s going to do more in practice this week. And each one of those thresholds he crosses — 1-on-1, 3-on-3 — each one of those is where you evaluate, how I you feel that day, then the next day. But I think he’s getting closer and I think the sense is that if he comes through this week of practices, he plays in this series.