In his first comments since announcing that he and Ben Simmons have been in communication about the Nets guard/forward joining the Australian national team, Brian Goorjian, head coach of the Boomers, dismissed talk of any deadline for Simmons, saying the invitation is an open one if Simmons feels fit enough to play in the FIBA World Cup.
“The media ... I keep reading different things, but the message is he wants to play and I really do believe that it’s something he wants to do, and right now, he’s in a process of getting healthy, and there’s no timeframe for him on it,” Goorjian said at a Melbourne United business lunch Friday, according to the Melbourne Age.