Fears Ben Simmons is done after latest miserable news

Ben Simmons won’t play again for the Nets this season.

It opens up questions of whether he’ll play for them again astatine all.

Brooklyn announced that the oft-injured defender volition stay retired for the remainder of the run portion helium consults with specialists and explores attraction options for the nervus impingement successful his little back.

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Simmons, on with cause Bernard Lee and Nets aesculapian personnel, are presently successful discussions with galore experts to find the people of enactment that volition supply him with the champion accidental for semipermanent sustainable health, the squad said successful a connection Thursday morning.

Just days ago, interim manager Kevin Ollie had suggested Simmons could beryllium backmost astatine immoderate point.

“He’s inactive day-to-day, he’s inactive connected the court, and hopefully we tin get him backmost soon and get him acceptable for this playoff propulsion that we person successful March and April,” Ollie said.

Now adjacent that anticipation is gone.

Simmons has missed 47 games this play and aft helium misses the adjacent 20, helium volition person played successful conscionable an absurd 57 of 191 full games since the Nets acquired him astatine the 2022 commercialized deadline.

Over those 3 seasons, Simmons has made $103.3 million, meaning helium has made an outrageous $1.82 cardinal per crippled played.

With a $40 cardinal expiring wage adjacent season, the Nets could effort to commercialized him this summertime oregon perchance adjacent bargain him out.

However, a much affirmative prediction has emerged from Sports Illustrated’s Chris Mannix.

“The easiest prediction successful the satellite is Ben Simmons comes back, plays 65-ish games adjacent play and idiosyncratic hands him a three-year, $90-ish cardinal contract,” Mannix posted connected Twitter.

“Calling that 1 close now. Contract years are real.”

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