Many Nets fans have given up on Ben Simmons, as have most if not all pundits, but the Nets organization cannot. They need him to return to form, desperately. He is their only All-Star and he’s owed $78.2 million over the next two years.
So what Brian Lewis is reporting Wednesday has to be considered positive news. Simmons, he writes has “made really good improvement” as he rehabs from nerve impingement in his back. The Nets shut him down for the season on March 24 after he missed 15 straight games going back to February 15.
Moreover, Lewis reports that the chances of a second back surgery is unlikely.