Ben Simmons is out for at the least three video games with a calf damage suffered within the Brooklyn Nets’ last-start win.
Simmons has performed his greatest basketball of the season since recovering from left knee soreness and rejoining the beginning 5 however struggled in opposition to Orlando on Tuesday (AEDT) and left the courtroom within the second quarter.
Scans revealed a left-calf pressure that can rule the previous No.1 draft select of Thursday’s sport in opposition to the Washington Wizards, and follow-up conferences with Toronto and Boston.
“He’s out for the next three games,” Nets coach Jacque Vaughn mentioned earlier than the sport in opposition to the Wizards.
“That’s what we are, and then we’ll get to a point where we’ll take a look at him after that.
“It ended up being an upper-calf pressure. We’ll see the place he is at after these three video games that he’ll miss.”
Either Joe Harris or Edmond Sumner appear likeliest to replace Simmons in the starting five for the game against Washington at Barclays Center.
After the win over the Magic, Vaughn said “the buildup of video games” had affected Simmons, who missed last season through a back injury and mental health leave.
“His cumulative load begins so as to add up. It’s actually stretching him typically,” Vaughn mentioned.
Brooklyn’s Japanese worldwide Yuta Watanabe will miss a sixth-straight sport with a hamstring criticism.
