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Ben Simmons has yet to play a minute of basketball this season and his trade to the Brooklyn Nets hasn’t quite made a difference on that front just yet.
The Nets have no idea when the Australian will be ready to make his debut for the season, with a back injury understood to be lingering. However, head coach Steve Nash is hopeful Simmons could return to playing before the close of the regular season.
Speaking after shootaround on Tuesday, Nash said he has “extremely high hopes that we’ll see him in the regular season.”
“He’s just doing his rehab, strengthening,” Nash added. “We’re still doing that side of things rather than court work right now.”
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The Nets only have 14 games left to play before the start of the playoffs but Simmons still hasn’t been cleared to practice. It was initially thought that his back injury was based on soreness due to him not playing all season but it’s become more serious in recent weeks and the…
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