Stop us if you’ve heard this before: Ben Simmons has missed five straight games with a knee injury and now is going to miss more with a bad back.
and now is going to miss more with a bad back.
“Update on Ben, during his strengthening process, he did experience some back soreness. Now we are in the process of strengthening the knee while also managing the back,” coach Jacque Vaughn said Friday before the. “That’s my kind of week’s timetable update. I’m really day to day on what it looks like going forward because of the addition of back.”
What is known is that the injuries have — so far — largely robbed Simmons of his former explosion. He is averaging just 6.9 points, 6.3 rebounds, 6.1 assists and 43.9 shooting from the charity stripe this season, all career-lows. Friday marked the fifth straight game and the 21st this season Simmons has missed. But Vaughn insisted last month there had been no talk of shutting Simmons down for the rest of the season. He reiterated Friday that there have still been no discussions of shelving him.With 19 games left, it may be a moot point.
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