[Charania] The Nets have ruled out Ben Simmons for the remainder of the season. Simmons is beginning a rehab program on his back, Nets coach Jacque Vaughn says.
The Nets have ruled out Ben Simmons for the remainder of the season. Simmons is beginning a rehab program on his back, Nets coach Jacque Vaughn says.
— Shams Charania (@ShamsCharania) March 28, 2023
by Cautious-Swordfish38
26 Comments
Are we surprised
[Wow…didn’t see that coming at all](https://media.tenor.com/RMx6o7ZYCdUAAAAC/weebay-thewire.gif). Totally out of left field! I’m *shook*…
I can’t wait to go through all of this again next year. It’s going to be so much fun
Why’d they wait so long to make it official?
Maybe with all the extra money Tsai has now he can buy Ben out.
Sucks we can’t even take advantage of Mikal’s bargain of a contract because of Ben’s albatross one.
🙄
If we’re being honest, he’d only really help improve our transition scoring in his physical state this season.
Things slow down in the playoffs so he wouldn’t help much playoff wise. I suppose he could help our problem with defending big men over 220 but I think Sharpe is up for the task.
Hell of a season, Ben! Great showing.
Was he even on the team?
Hope he gets well soon and comes back stronger. Wasn’t surprised to see all the negative comments lol
I fear Ben Simmons will be like Luol Deng on the Lakers. A huge contract that just sat there till expiration.
That trade was a disaster and would get most GM’s fired
This team has a habit of releasing obvious news 2 weeks later. It’s very impressive.
Lol im dealing with pretty much the same back problems Ben has and I got zero sympathy for the guy. His back isn’t the problem
He averaged 6.9 points per game
I don’t want him on this roster anymore man.
Back problems aint no joke
He wants to go to work as much i do. Gotta love him.
They could’ve done this a long time ago instead of dragging this. Man clearly is not physically and mentally ready.
From the related ESPN article:
“Simmons, 26, has another two years remaining on his contract, paying him $37.8 million in 2023-24 and $40.3 million in 2024-25.”
For those of you keeping score, the Nets have paid him $46,639,662 for 291 points scored through 1.5 seasons.
Great….
Forgot his ass was on the team
Finesse god
Sometimes you eat the bear, and sometimes, well, he eats you.
They extended the ppl who traded james harden for this man.
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then they followed that up by dumping kyrie and kd. time to move on, i know, but yeeesh