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Ben Simmons is making his highly-anticipated return to Philadelphia… sort of. The Brooklyn Nets point forward has yet to suit up for his new club ever since the 76ers traded him away for James Harden. Simmons won’t be playing, but he will be in the arena as he supports his Nets teammate from the bench […]

Carson Wentz and Ben Simmons were once the talks of Philadelphia. Both established themselves as young stars that could become sports legends. By 2019, they were widely supported and were seen as the future of the Philadelphia Eagles and Sixers, respectively. Three years later, they are both among the biggest sports villains in the city. […]

By now, every NBA fan knows about the drama involving the Philadelphia 76ers and guard Ben Simmons, who has since been traded to the Brooklyn Nets. While Simmons won’t be playing in the highly anticipated upcoming game against the Sixers in Philly, there will still be plenty of eyes on the contest. Sixers head coach […]

Kyrie Irving dropped 50 points on 19 shots in a massive win for the Brooklyn Nets, as they defeated LaMelo Ball and the  Charlotte Hornets Monday. But now all eyes turn to the next game on the schedule. The Nets head to Philadelphia March 10, to take on a 76ers squad with whom they just […]

Following an impressive win over the Chicago Bulls last Monday, the Philadelphia 76ers have arguably their most anticipated matchup of the season coming up on Thursday. They will be hosting Kevin Durant and the Brooklyn Nets in a nationally televised matchup. This will be the first time the two teams will square off following the […]

Brooklyn Nets guard Goran Dragic wants Ben Simmons to be ready for his return to Philly. After all, he knows it won’t be a positive experience, to say the least. While Simmons is unlikely to play against his former team, the Philadelphia 76ers, he is expected to join the Nets when they visit the Wells […]

Philadelphia 76ers fans have had March 10 circled on their calendars ever since the team traded Ben Simmons to the Brooklyn Nets for James Harden. They’re hoping for the chance to boo the two-time All-Star who stopped wanting to play for them. Simmons cited mental health struggles as the reason he did not suit up […]

Ben Simmons may not be suiting up for the Brooklyn Nets in their trip to Philadelphia to face the 76ers, but he’s not shying away from entering the building. The former Sixers star is reportedly going to be present on the Nets bench as he slowly makes his way towards making his debut with his […]

The entire population of Philadelphia must have circled March 10 on their calendars. This will mark Ben Simmons’ first return to the City of Brotherly Love since being traded by the Philadelphia 76ers to the Brooklyn Nets. But safe to assume, there won’t be a lot of love on that particular evening. Contrary to earlier […]

The wait for Ben Simmons’ debut for the Brooklyn Nets will have to wait a little longer. According to Shams Charania of The Athletic, Simmons will not be able to suit up even on Thursday’s road game against the Philadelphia 76ers, which would have been a much more intriguing matchup with the point guard on […]

The moment that Ben Simmons was traded to the Brooklyn Nets, the date encircled on the calendar was their March 10 trip to Philadelphia to face the 76ers. Seeing Ben Simmons come back to the venue of all his trauma with a hostile crowd watching is something ripped straight out of a WWE script. However, […]

Ben Simmons is set to return to the court soon after dealing with a back injury for quite some time. Unfortunately for the Brooklyn Nets, the injury woes continue as another key player fell with a similar injury against the Boston Celtics on Sunday. According to Cassidy Hubbarth, Cam Thomas was ruled out and won’t […]

In nearly two full seasons, Brooklyn Nets head coach Steve Nash has rarely had a fully healthy team. The Kevin Durant-Kyrie Irving-James Harden trio barely took the floor at the same time, resulting in massive disappointment. Swap in Ben Simmons for Harden and things haven’t improved at all yet. The latest timetable for Simmons’ possible […]

Ben Simmons is in many ways the perfect fit for a struggling Brooklyn Nets squad. He’s selfless and dedicated to defense, running in transition, and pushing the tempo. These are all things Nets head coach Steve Nash has been preaching (but not always getting) all season long, but getting the 2021 runner-up for Defensive Player […]

Newly-acquired Ben Simmons has yet to play for the Brooklyn Nets as he continues to deal with back soreness. While there is no clear timetable for when he could make his debut with the team, it was a positive sign to see Simmons getting in some extra work after practice on Saturday with the Nets. […]

Dallas Mavericks legend Dirk Nowitzki is no stranger to the superteam era in the NBA. Nowitzki helped take down a superteam, the LeBron James, Dwyane Wade and Chris Bosh-led Miami heat, back in the 2011 NBA Finals. Recently, the superteam era has taken a slight twist, with stars essentially forcing their way out of their […]

It has not been easy for Brooklyn Nets fans to watch the lovefest James Harden is having in Philadelphia with Joel Embiid, while Ben Simmons still has no timetable for his return to play. When Simmons first came to Brooklyn a few weeks ago, fans initially wondered if his mental health would bar him from […]

The Brooklyn Nets season has not gone as planned. This was supposed to be the revenge season after the big three of Kevin Durant, Kyrie Irving and James Harden couldn’t stay on the court together last season. But injuries to Durant, Irving’s COVID-19 stance keeping him from playing in Brooklyn, and Harden’s mental state with […]

Two mysterious back injuries have shaped the NBA landscape this season. Brooklyn Nets’ star Ben Simmons and Golden State Warriors’ star Draymond Green have both been in the spotlight for their recent back problems. And both of their teams anxiously await their return. For that reason, I spoke with Dr. Rahul Shah, a board-certified orthopedic […]

Everybody wants to know when Ben Simmons will make his debut for the Brooklyn Nets after coming over in a trade from the Philadelphia 76ers. While Simmons always was going to need some time to ramp up after not playing all season, he’s now also dealing with a troublesome back issue that has thrown a […]

Right now the Brooklyn Nets are just trying to survive. Playing shorthanded, missing four key starters, it’s been some tough sledding. Kevin Durant looks like his return is imminent. He figures to be back on Thursday vs. Miami or Sunday vs. Boston. We still don’t know when Ben Simmons will return, as he’s dealing with […]

While James Harden has sizzled in his start with the Philadelphia 76ers, Ben Simmons has been bogged down by a bad back which has prevented him from even making his Brooklyn Nets debut. All eyes are on the Nets’ schedule with a March 10 trip to Philadelphia. That Ben Simmons homecoming that may not be […]

Heading into the home stretch of the 2022 regular season, the eighth-seeded Brooklyn Nets have had enough challenges for two teams. Remember back in training camp, there was what felt like a sidebar story about how not every player was vaccinated, but the team expected to have everyone ready to roll soon. You were probably […]

When it rains, it pours for the Brooklyn Nets. Just when we got the disappointing update that NYC Mayor Eric Adams doesn’t want to make any exceptions to allow an unvaccinated Kyrie Irving to get back out on the court for home games, we have more bad news. It sounds like Ben Simmons has suffered […]

Much has been made about Ben Simmons potentially making his Brooklyn Nets soon. As it turns out, however, that might not come in the immediate future. Previous reports revealed that Simmons is still dealing with a back problem that will keep him out for a few more games. Right now, all eyes are on March […]

You’re never going to believe this, but there’s some bad news involving a Brooklyn Nets star not being available to play as soon as we all hoped. The Nets struck a monster trade bringing in Ben Simmons from Philadelphia. Simmons hasn’t played since the fateful June 21 home loss to the Atlanta Hawks, when he […]

While there were expectations that Ben Simmons could play for the Brooklyn Nets soon, that doesn’t seem to be the case now. After the Nets pulled the trigger to trade James Harden to the Philadelphia 76ers for Ben Simmons for a slew of players and picks, many thought it won’t be long for the Aussie […]

Pressure is mounting for the Brooklyn Nets. They’re eighth-place in a much-improved Eastern Conference. These playoffs are shaping up to be a bloodbath where some excellent teams won’t even make the second round. Earning a sixth seed so they can avoid a possible single-game elimination play-in fate would be huge for Kevin Durant and company. […]

Ben Simmons, Andre Drummond, and Seth Curry joined the Brooklyn Nets over two weeks ago. They were traded from the Philadelphia 76ers on February 10, right before the 2022 NBA Trade Deadline. Curry and Drummond have four games under their belts in Brooklyn, but Simmons has yet to take the game-day court in a Nets […]

It didn’t take long for James Harden to win over the Philadelphia 76ers faithful. One slithery move past Anthony Edwards for the bucket plus the foul in his Sixers debut and you know the fans forgot all about Ben Simmons. the Harden era has begun! pic.twitter.com/n7eSzHxJyH — Philadelphia 76ers (@sixers) February 26, 2022 But James […]

Philadelphia 76ers big man Joel Embiid couldn’t contain his excitement after finally getting to experience playing alongside James Harden, so much so that it seems he wasn’t able to hold back on taking a subtle shot at former Sixers running mate Ben Simmons. The Sixers absolutely destroyed the Minnesota Timberwolves on Friday, 133-102. Embiid and […]

Brooklyn Nets coach Steve Nash recently expressed optimism about the much-awaited return of Kevin Durant. The star forward has been sidelined for weeks now due to a knee injury. Not coincidentally, the Nets have been on a downward spiral since his exit. On Thursday night, in their first game back following the All-Star break, the […]

Like they were a season ago, the Brooklyn Nets were one of the most fortunate teams in this season’s NBA buyout market. Last year they landed Blake Griffin and LaMarcus Aldridge. That duo has provided a big lift to Kevin Durant and Kyrie Irving at different times since coming aboard. Griffin was key back in […]

Philadelphia 76ers guard Danny Green recently dropped a bombshell, claiming that his former teammates Seth Curry and Andre Drummond were angry at Ben Simmons for the way he was handling his standoff with the team. Curiously, all three of them got shipped to the Brooklyn Nets, where things could get more awkward. Curry, however, wanted […]

The Brooklyn Nets made an absolute blockbuster of a trade cutting bait on declining, disgruntled, soon-to-be-maxed superstar James Harden in favor of Ben Simmons, Seth Curry, Andre Drummond, and a pair of first round picks. The headliner there is Simmons, the 25 year-old, two-time All-Star out of Melbourne, Australia. He’s one of the best defensive […]

Both Ben Simmons and James Harden are now closing in on their respective debuts for their new teams following the landscape-shifting trade between the Sixers and the Nets. The dust has now settled on that blockbuster deal, but at this point, we still can’t stop talking about Simmons’ unsavory exit from the team that drafted […]

One thing Philadelphia 76ers fans have enjoyed most since the James Harden-Ben Simmons blockbuster trade with the Brooklyn Nets went down has been roasting Simmons’ notorious lack of a jump shot. Sure, Sixers fans have always complained about the issue in the past. But it’s been especially fun for them to listen to Nets GM […]

Former Philadelphia 76ers guard Ben Simmons’ exit from the franchise will go down as one of the most scrutinized stories in NBA history. Seemingly every fan in Philadelphia had a take on Simmons- almost certainly not a good one- and the 76ers players were constantly peppered with questions on the disgruntled star to the point […]

While he hasn’t logged a single minute, the last eight months represent the most eventful portion of new Brooklyn Nets star Ben Simmons’ professional career. A brutal slump from the free throw line in the playoffs last season culminated in his not wanting to get fouled, thus passing on an open dunk in crunch time […]