Sources: Nets’ Simmons needs back surgery
Swingman should be back in time for training camp
Whether its about mental health or back issues, Ben Simmons needs to get better if the Brooklyn Nets want to do the same next season.
According to sources cited by ESPN, the mercurial swingman was scheduled to undergo back surgery Thursday for a herniated disc that prevented him from playing a single second for Brooklyn following his arrival as part of the trade-deadline deal that sent James Harden to Philadelphia in February.
Simmons, 25, hasn’t played since last May, when he revealed that mental health concerns were the primary reason he didn’t want to play with the 76ers.