As the missed video games attributable to knee upkeep start to pile in direction of the tip of the season, Nets head coach Jacque Vaughn insists there was no dialog about shutting down embattled ahead Ben Simmons for the rest of the season.
“That’s a zero on that one,” mentioned Vaughn, who has been requested twice about the opportunity of resting Simmons for the rest of the season. “Think I went zero last time, going zero again, no discussion.”
After getting fluid from his left knee drained and receiving a platelet-rich plasma (PRP) injection through the NBA All-Star break, Simmons missed his third straight recreation in opposition to the Milwaukee Bucks on Tuesday.
Vaughn mentioned Simmons won’t play in Wednesday’s matchup in opposition to the Knicks at Madison Square Garden. His standing for Friday’s subsequent matchup in Boston in opposition to the league-best Celtics stays unclear.
This is the third time the Nets’ ahead has handled left knee points this season. He sustained a lateral left calf pressure that price him 4 video games in late November, then skilled swelling in the identical knee in January.
Both of these situations got here when Simmons performed in each video games of a back-to-back.
Vaughn says Simmons is engaged on constructing the energy again into his left knee.
“We want to get to a position where we have no reoccurrence of swelling or anything of that nature,” Vaughn mentioned postgame. “I don’t want to get into markers and what he’s doing on a daily basis. I just kind of want to put it all in the bucket of strengthening. That’s what it is at the end of the day, whether that’s consisting of weight room stuff, whether that is conditioning stuff, whether that is basketball stuff, it’s all built around him trying to strengthen and get back to playing.”
Simmons is averaging about seven factors, six rebounds and 6 assists per recreation for the Nets this season. He has appeared in 42 of Brooklyn’s 60 video games this season.
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Source: www.bostonherald.com