Every injury is bad news, but for Sixers fans who just lived through the past few years in Philly, the Ben Simmons news looks particularly cruel. It comes on the heels of season-long injuries to Andrew Bynum in 2012, Nerlens Noel in 2013, and Joel Embiid in 2014 and 2015. Now last June's No. 1 pick has a fracture in his foot, and he's out at least three months. The Trust the Process 30 for 30 is slowly morphing into a five-part Ken Burns documentary on metatarsals. Not ideal.
Brett Brown echoed all these sentiments when the news was announced this weekend.