Brooklyn Nets swingman Ben Simmons will need three to four months of rehabilitation after back surgery on Thursday, but is expected to be fully recovered to return to the court well before pre-season training camp in September, ESPN sources said on Wednesday. .
The 25-year-old Simmons underwent a microdiscectomy to deal with pain localized in a herniated disc in his lower back, the Nets said in a statement on Wednesday.
The decision to undergo the operation was made after “consultation with many specialists in the back”, the team said.
Despite several attempts that ultimately led to failure, Simmons never played a game for the Nets after an exchange on February 10 with the Philadelphia 76ers. Simmons had planned to return for Game 4 of the first round of the Eastern Conference of the Nets against the Boston Celtics, but more than a week without pain ended in pain on the eve of the elimination of Brooklyn.
Simmons and his agent, Klutch Sports CEO Rich Paul, met with Nets general manager Sean Marx and team members the next day, agreeing to continue working together for Simmons’ physical and mental well-being in a final effort to try to bring him back to court next season.
The operation will clearly limit Simmons’ ability to progress on his return in 2022-23, after missing the entire last season with the Sixers and the Nets.
Simmons, a three-time All Star and rookie of the year in the 2017 NBA, has three years and $ 114 million left after this season.
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