Washington (AFP) - Ben Simmons, the NBA's number one overall draft pick who broke his foot in training with the Philadelphia 76ers, will likely need surgery, Sixers president Bryan Colangelo confirmed Sunday.
Colangelo, speaking after Philadelphia's first official practice at their new training facility, offered few specifics about the injury, a fracture to the fifth metatarsal bone.
He did not confirm the Philadelphia Inquirer's report that Australia's Simmons will have surgery next week to repair what's commonly referred to as a Jones fracture.
"There is nobody, sadly, that's had more experience dealing with injured draft picks than we have," said 76ers coach Brett Brown.