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NEW YORK — Ben Simmons would possibly not play for Australia this summer season on the Basketball Global Cup, with the Brooklyn Nets guard as a substitute specializing in his restoration from accidents.
The Australian Basketball Federation introduced Thursday on Twitter that Simmons and the Nets had knowledgeable the group that he can be unavailable.
“Ben wishes extra time to concentrate on his rehab and he appears to be like ahead to being a part of the Boomers at some point,” Basketball Australia stated. “We want Ben the entire best possible in his restoration.”
Simmons used to be restricted to 42 video games in his first complete season with the Nets and did not play after the All-Celebrity spoil. The crew introduced in overdue March that he had a nerve impingement in his again and would start a rehabilitation program.
The No. 1 select within the 2016 draft had additionally overlooked 15 video games previous within the season with left knee soreness as he struggled to stick wholesome after lacking the entire 2021-22 season.
Australia received bronze within the 2020 Olympics, its first medal in males’s basketball.
