Ben Simmons, 10 months removed from back surgery and troubled by knee and back surgery nearly all of this season, has been diagnosed with “a nerve impingement” that require him to be out of action while the Nets determine “best long-term course of treatment.”
The news was contained in a Nets a medical update on Simmons released shortly after 6:00 p.m. ET on Friday...
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Although the Nets did not officially shut down Simmons, the language would seem to suggest that the 6’11” point guard will not play again this season.