Brooklyn Nets guard Ben Simmons will stay in Brooklyn to focus on his rehabilitation from his back injury, according to ESPN’s Tim Bontemps. Simmons’ 2022-2023 season ended toosoon because of a nerve impingement in his back that was triggering him discomfort and making his return to play longer than expected.
This implies that Simmons will not offer fans of the Philadelphia 76ers a possibility to boo him on Saturday as the Nets checkout Philadelphia for Game 1 of their first-round series. This will be a rematch of the 2019 Eastern Conference Playoffs inbetween the 2 groups when Simmons was playing for the