Zodiac
Last year
Ben Simmons has pulled out and made himself unavailable for the World Cup.
Simmons and the Brooklyn Nets came to a joint decision this week, sources said, with the 26-year-old continuing his rehabilitation from a back injury that cut his 2022-23 NBA season short.
NBLTigers
Last year
Not surprised since Ben hasn't been the same player with that back injury.
Cram
Last year
Not unexpected, but glad to see a definitive decision.
hoopie
Last year
Thank God the BS saga is over so that we can concentrate on what we have instead of what might be
Esky68
Last year
HAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHA
*deep inhale*
HAHAHAHAHHHAHAAHA
ok im done
Dunkman
Last year
Lemanis moved aside for mr simmons, now that has worked well.
hoopie
Last year
And I doubt if Lemanis will ever return, so BA really f***ed up there.
While I don't have a problem with Goorjian, I feel that Lemanis worked better for us.
KET
Last year
I feel like his aim was always more Paris Olympics anyway tbh
KWhite_Rulez
Last year
Simmons is not aiming for Paris or any other tournament. He doesn't care about playing for the Boomers and never will. Let's just forget about him and concentrate on the guys who want to play for their country.
LV
Last year
No surprise here
Let's hope Wemby plays in Paris, and Simmons finally makes an appearance too
spEKTre
Last year
Lets face it he doesn't identify or want to be aligned with anything/one other than MONEY!!
Crackers65
Last year
XTRA XTRA NEWS FLASH
Ben Simmons says get f****d again OZ.
Rinse and repeat BS.
Shaggy
Last year
He hasn't got time for that. Much too busy with shirt off sinking 3's at a gym on TicToc this summer. Just plenty more BS from BS.
Repair
Last year
The Nets appear to be playing a strategy of weakening Simmons' tradable market value just as the Sixers did before them. One gets the impression that many clubs have given up on Simmons. The last thing that the Nets need is for Simmons to put in a good showing at an International tournament.
orbit
Last year
What if it helps him regain some form & he helps them make a deep playoff run?
Dunkman
Last year
I see he has miss the last few games, can't seem to find out why, anyone got any ideas.
Dunkman
Last year
Cheers, just starting to show some form and injury issues again
Ballin Fan
Last year
Following an MRI
The Nets are now officially saying Ben has a nerve impingement on the lower left hand side of his spine.
Dunkman
Last year
Not certain what that means but you would think he's out for a while.
hoopie
Last year
And we've known about the long-term pain in the arse
hoopie
Last year
So Simmons has ditched Rich Paul as his agent, for Bernie Lee.
Or did Rich Paul cut the ties after realising that Simmons was too much effort for too little reward?
Cram
Last year
I assume Rich Paul gets paid for the rest of Simmons current deal. He's never going to get another deal like that again (not even close) so not worth the time going forward I'd say.
I don't think he'll be out of the league or on minimums, but it'll be role player money - which in the current environment is still objectively lots of money, but nowhere near max which Paul likes
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