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Ben Simmons’ chances of coming back for the play-in game are close to zero.
Though Simmons was shooting and working with stretching bands at Monday’s Nets practice, coach Steve Nash said he still has a long way to go before returning to the lineup.
“It’s not like we’re expecting him in the lineup this week or next,” Nash said.
Asked directly if Simmons would miss the play-in game, Nash said, “I would be shocked [if he played].”
Though actually participating is a major step, Simmons has yet to start running, and the Nets want to be careful with his back injury given that he didn’t play at all for the 76ers this season before being traded to Brooklyn.
Nash wouldn’t say what he thought about the possibility of Simmons playing in the first round of the playoffs, should the Nets make it that far.
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