{"id":363708,"date":"2024-01-29T02:11:08","date_gmt":"2024-01-29T03:11:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=363708"},"modified":"2024-01-29T09:03:39","modified_gmt":"2024-01-29T09:03:39","slug":"simmons-on-brink-of-nba-comeback-from-injury","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=363708","title":{"rendered":"Simmons on brink of NBA comeback from injury"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/wwos.nine.com.au\/ben-simmons\" target=\"\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" title=\"Ben Simmons\">Ben Simmons<\/a> could soon return to the <a href=\"https:\/\/wwos.nine.com.au\/brooklyn-nets\" target=\"\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" title=\"Brooklyn Nets\">Brooklyn Nets<\/a> after missing nearly three months because of a pinched nerve in his back.<\/p>\n<p>Simmons has played in just six games this season, none since November 7, and has missed the last 38.<\/p>\n<p>He practised on Saturday with the Nets&#x27; <a href=\"https:\/\/wwos.nine.com.au\/nba\" target=\"\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" title=\"NBA\">NBA<\/a> G League affiliate and coach Jacque Vaughn said afterwards there was a \u201chigh likelihood&quot; that the No.1 pick in the 2016 draft would play on Tuesday against Utah.<\/p>\n<p><strong>READ MORE:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/wwos.nine.com.au\/tennis\/australian-open-2024-mens-final-result-daniil-medvedev-jannik-sinner\/480c1f83-4445-43f3-8709-78ee6e3d8eeb\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Sinner seals emotional maiden slam with &#x27;epic&#x27; comeback<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>READ MORE:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/wwos.nine.com.au\/tennis\/australian-open-final-2024-jannik-sinner-coach-darren-cahill-australian-video\/7eb7f701-6fd7-4953-bfe6-3b1dae21257c\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" title=\"\"><strong>The &#x27;special&#x27; Aussie who guided Sinner to title<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p><strong>READ MORE:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/wwos.nine.com.au\/tennis\/australian-open-news-2024-daniil-medvedev-unwanted-record-two-sets-up-to-lose-grand-slam-record\/24bad97e-ccb8-4856-8222-80fa884e5fde\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Medvedev makes unwanted grand slam history<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The Nets listed Simmons as probable to play on Sunday in their injury report.<\/p>\n<p><img data-id=\"b4b2a147-bee8-4c02-bf24-f0ba3fec8207\" src=\"https:\/\/prod.static9.net.au\/fs\/b4b2a147-bee8-4c02-bf24-f0ba3fec8207\" alt=\"Benn Simmons playing for the Brooklyn Nets.\" data-width=\"5239\" data-height=\"3493\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Simmons has battled back injuries since the Nets acquired him from Philadelphia nearly two years ago.<\/p>\n<p>The Nets originally thought his injury in November was in his left hip, before determining it was caused by an impingement in his lower back.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>Ben Simmons could soon return to the Brooklyn Nets after missing nearly three months because of a pinched nerve in his back. Simmons has played <a class=\"mh-excerpt-more\" href=\"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=363708\" title=\"Simmons on brink of NBA comeback from injury\">[&#8230;]<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":363710,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/363708"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=363708"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/363708\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":363711,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/363708\/revisions\/363711"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/363710"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=363708"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=363708"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=363708"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}