Not when he was so ineffective in his return from back surgery that Simmons couldn't even protest much when he was bounced first from his normal position, then eventually from Nets coach Jacque Vaughn's rotation entirely.
“It’s hard for a coach to really trust and believe in you when he’s not seeing it, right?” Simmons said.
It gives the Nets hope that, no longer with Kevin Durant or Kyrie Irving, at least they now have the old Ben Simmons.
“Ben Simmons going downhill is a problem,” said Doc Rivers, who coached Simmons in Philadelphia and is now an ESPN analyst.
Simmons, used to his game being scrutinized in both his NBA homes, won't say much beyond that he is finally healthy again.
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