Marks: “I was down there two weeks ago with him and with our training staff and saw the progress. I’m happy to report that he’s in great physical shape and also mentally. He seems to be chomping at the bit to get back out there. We’ve got time. We’re not gonna rush him back to play 5 on 5 in the next couple of weeks. He’s progressing and he’ll be ready to go hopefully very, very soon.”
Sean Marks said Ben Simmons is not playing 3v3 or 5v5 yet:
"I was down there two weeks ago with him and with our training staff and saw the progress. I’m happy to report that he’s in great physical shape and also mentally. He seems to be chomping at the bit to get back out… pic.twitter.com/5vtDLRssvG
— Erik Slater (@erikslater_) July 10, 2023
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[Quote](https://twitter.com/erikslater_/status/1678201224582283265?s=46&t=TM7dyKOzcNVvxiaVF2WKFg) from Marks on expectation for Simmons, per Slater:
“I think the hope is that he returns to that (All-Star) level of play. I mean, if he was 35 years old, I wouldn’t honestly be able to tell you that. But I think knowing that he’s mid-20s and he has still hopefully not reached his prime, we’ve gotta make sure he can get back out there and get back to that form. And hopefully we see we see his game even evolve past that. But health is going to be the key to him.”
The key addition this offseason is a healthy Ben Simmons that alone puts the Nets top 5 in the eastern conference. Also a HUGE if….So we wait patiently.
[Marks on Ben Simmons not playing in the #FIBA World Cup: “This particular summer he just ran out of time. It just wasn’t the right thing to do to put him out there without playing and rushing it….This was made in Brooklyn’s best interest and Ben’s longterm health.” #Nets](https://twitter.com/nypost_lewis/status/1678201712522272770?s=46&t=Ie-cqJ49Hs9KBIrRiJ7abw)
Pretty sure these quotes are copy and pasted from last summer 😂
Hopefully we get a different result
[The only thing giving me strength through these tough times.](https://www.thescore.com/nba/news/2666528)
how many times can we do this same song and dance
He’s totally getting salary dumped
Til he looks like himself on the court, nothing said matters
Guys don’t disturb ben he’s very sensitive
Washed bum
Bro Ben Simmons absolutely sucks and even if he’s 50% of what he used to be that does nothing for us. We just gotta let go and pretend he’s not on the team. Guy has his money he’s been checked out since the Trae young Philly game