Ben Simmons is BACK.
After Brooklyn Nets Head Coach Jacque Vaughn said Simmons would have a “high likelihood” of returning to the lineup for Monday’s game against the Utah Jazz, Simmons is now listed as “AVAILABLE,” no strings attached.
That designation followed a full practice on Saturday for Simmons, where he got up and down with the G League Long Island Nets. The Aussie — out since November 6 with a nerve impingement in his lower left back — said of the practice: “It was great. I feel great. It was good to just be on the floor and get up and down, and play and get some live situational things going for me.