The latest sign Nets’ Ben Simmons will not play again this season

Brad Penner | USA TODAY SportsA few weeks back, Nets coach Jacques Vaughn denied the team had engaged in “talks” about shutting down Ben Simmons for the rest of the season.

But as we said then: Do you really need to talk about something that will just naturally happen?

From The Post:

Injured Nets point forward Ben Simmons has been diagnosed with a nerve impingement in his back after a reevaluation on Friday.

Simmons will remain out of action while the Nets determine the best long-term course of treatment.

But with just nine games left on the regular season schedule and the Nets having slumped into the play-in, it appears all but certain that the 26-year-old Simmons will not return to the court…