ESPN.com · Apr 20, 2022
Sources: Game 4 realistic target for Ben Simmons to make debut for Brooklyn Nets
The progress of Brooklyn Nets star Ben Simmons in practices this week -- and the anticipation of its further accelerating in the coming days -- has turned Game 4 on Monday into a realistic target for his season debut, sources told ESPN.
Simmons hasn't been ruled out for Game 3 of the first-round playoff series against the Boston Celtics, sources said, but there are still more hurdles Simmons would be required to clear in a much shorter window of time for him to be ready to play in Saturday's game in Brooklyn, sources told ESPN.
Simmons has been recovering from a herniated disk in his lower back, and has yet to play for either the Nets or the Philadelphia 76ers this season.