Ben Simmons wasn’t ready for full team work on Saturday, as the Nets had initially anticipated. And it sounds as if it could be a while until he is.
While Nets general manager Sean Marks said on March 3 he hoped his prized new acquisition could be taking part in team activities by the end of this week, The Post reported Thursday that Simmons wasn’t going to practice fully Saturday. And apparently he’s not a single step away, but several.
“He’s not ready for even one-on-one, let alone three-on-three, five-on-five,” Nets coach Steve Nash said. “So he’s got to get to a place where he can go full speed unopposed, one-on-oh, and then we’ll talk about and hopefully quickly he can go to one-on-one, three-on-three, five-on-five.”
It’s a fairly stark prognosis for Simmons, who is rapidly running out of time to get in sync with his new team.
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