[Source Tweet via NBA Central](https://twitter.com/thedunkcentral/status/1684599812132311040) and [Source Article via SNY](https://www.sny.tv/articles/sources-nets-ben-simmons-100-percent-healthy-focused-on-skill-work-conditioning)
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> “Simmons has completed the rehab portion of his offseason and is now solely focused on skill work and conditioning as he prepares for 2023-24 training camp, league sources familiar with the matter told SNY.”
Obviously the even bigger lingering question is going to be about Simmons’ mental health, given that was the cause of his collapse in the Sixers/Hawks series, but this will be the first time we’ll have seen him physically healthy since he’s joined Brooklyn. The Nets are currently struggling to find any playmaking outside of Dinwiddie, so could Simmons be the answer they’re looking for?
by Evilsj
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Him🔥🔥
Triple single Benjamin
Im ready to be hurt again
This man was miles ahead of Dinwiddie and Dennis Smith Jr. not too long ago. If he can’t secure a starting position he is cooked
Sixers ending the Embiid era with a first round loss to the Nets with Simmons would be hilarious
I trust this sub will be rooting for him to succeed
This time things will be different
I know Ben has done himself no favours but I’m excited he at least can be healthy. And if he’s like last season again this season now that he’s healthy. THEN it’s time to meme.
There’s no longer any pressure to succeed at least.
I really feel like this season he will get back to around 14/7/7 with elite defense. Tag me and call me a dumbass if I’m wrong but I don’t think he simply forgot how to drive and finish. Not a max contract type of player but maybe an occasional all star in a weak year with multiple more all-defensive teams in his future.
Would be funny if came back nailing right handed jumpers
Step 1: Fake a mysterious back injury or fake mental illness
Step 2: Sit out all games and collect your check and party in Miami
Step 3: Have your agent “leak” workout videos of you dunking and pay off Shams and Woj to tweet out good PR for you, give people false hope again
Step 4: when it comes time actually to play fake another injury
Step 5: ????
Step 6: Profit
Who he even competing with
“I’m back”
35m/year and is going to “compete” for a job. Someone done fucked up.
The summer is always when Ben Simmons really shines.
Competing for a starting role is what you want to hear from a player you’re maxing out.
Compete with….?
That team could be a damn problem.
The dribble handoff will feature heavily in the Brooklyn offense this year.
I’ll believe it when I see it
This is less believable than the UFO shit
“There’s an old saying in Tennessee — I know it’s in Texas, probably in Tennessee — that says, fool me once, shame on — shame on you. Fool me — you can’t get fooled again.”
― George W. Bush
I would love to see Simmons get back to the player he was. Even with the shooting thing, he was really impactful.
All he has to do is to finish drives or pass out and play defense to be a completely serviceable point guard.
15/8/8 or something like that and he may not be worth his contract but he’ll be a respected player.
Sure we’ll see the empty gym jumpers next, suckers
Genuinely wish him well. If he can become a solid rotation player, that would be pretty awesome.
Well, I’m skeptical, but I hope he can recover. Back issues and mental issues are a bitch.
Lol. It will take a lot to not see him as a joke at this point
I mean I’d love for Ben to get back in prime form but this is the definition of a “I’ll believe it when I see it” situation
I am also 100% healthy and ready to compete for the starting PG job in Brooklyn
Crazy how people virtual signal about “men’s mental health” and the story about what led to mental health deteriorating is out there and people still cry about him faking it.
dudes about to post a video of him shooting mid range jumpers and threes.
Can someone tell this man that he is a Point Forward not a Point Guard. He was so much more valuable in Philadelphia when he spent time guarding the inside and out than just the perimeter.
Honestly, people say he’s mental and that caused his downfall, but maybe the dude was truly in uncomfortable pain constantly and struggled all-around.
We all make simmons out to be this monster and he hates basketball, myself included, but I think people can turn the ship around at any point, and maybe he’s doing that. I’m all for a league with a successful ben simmons – he’s great to watch.