Brooklyn Nets coach Jacque Vaughn has confessed the NBA team is not expecting guard Ben Simmons to play again this season.
The 26-year-old Australian, who has not played since February 15, is currently sidelined with nerve impingement in his back, but not no final decision will be made about his availability until he meets with a back specialist.
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“For me as a coach, there’s some things that I can control, some things that I can’t control,” Vaughn said on Saturday.
“What I can’t control is the impingement. What I can control is getting this group ready to play. And then in all honesty, the realism that he’s probably not going to join us for the rest of the year … certainty will come once he…
