Ben Simmons Out For Remainder Of Season

The Brooklyn Nets have announced they are shutting down Ben Simmons for the remainder of the season due to a lower back impingement. This injury forced Simmons into only playing 15 games.

Between this season and last, he’s played a combined 57 games. The last time the 27-year-old point forward played was on February 26th; this is when he put up four points, six rebounds, and three assists in 14 minutes.

Per the organization, this move was made for his long-term health and hopes working with their medical team will help Simmons greatly.

While fans are already disappointed in his tenure with Brooklyn, it gets slightly worse. Joe Tsai has spent roughly $73.3 million on Simmons, only to have him appear in 57 games in two seasons.

Ben Simmons OUT For Remainder Of Season

It has been confirmed by Jacque Vaughn that Simmons is definitely out after many discussions were going around about the availability of the 26-year-old.

A treatment plan for Simmons has not been announced yet, however, they are looking at the injury to take more than the remaining games of the season to get figured out. Overall, the former number one pick has played 42 games this season.

Off those 42 games, he averaged career-lows in points, rebounds, and assists.

Ben Simmons Probably OUT For Season

Ben Simmons Probably OUT For Season

The Nets announced Ben Simmons will be out until treatment for his nerve impingement in his back, but now it appears Simmons will be out for the remainder of the season. That is per Jacque Vaughn, head coach of the Brooklyn Nets.

“For me as a coach, there’s some things that I can control, some things that I can’t control,” Vaughn said. “What I can’t control is the impingement. What I can control is getting this group ready to play. And then in all honesty, the realism that he’s probably not going to join us for the rest of the year … certainty will come once he continues to be looked at by specialists.”

With realism entering the picture, it appears Simmons will not be with the team for a while with specialists taking a look at Simmons injury. It should be noted that Simmons only played 42 games this season, an underwhelming amount when comparing it to the amount of money he is making (and going to be making).

He averaged career-lows with 6.9 points, 6.3 rebounds and 6.1 assists per game. This season was plagued by injuries and trying to get back into basketball shape after missing all of last season due to holdouts and injuries.

The Nets are 40-34, which lands them in the 6th seed behind the Knicks.