Ben Simmons (Back) Out At Least Another Week

The Brookyln Nets will continue to be without their 27-year-old small forward for another week due to his pinched nerve in the back.

Per the team, Ben Simmons’s reevaluation period had good news and bad news. The good news? He has started light individual on-court work, but the back issue will force him into another week of recovery.

Brooklyn will announce another update in 7-10 days.

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.