NEW YORK — Brooklyn Nets swingman Ben Simmons stated he is hopeful that he’ll have the ability to return towards the Atlanta Hawks on Friday as he continues to cope with ongoing points with knee soreness and a calf pressure.
“I am excited the place I am at proper now,” Simmons stated after Tuesday’s apply. “So I am on the lookout for Friday to get again on the court docket.”
Simmons will miss his fourth consecutive recreation — and ninth general — when the Nets play the Charlotte Hornets on Wednesday. He believes that the buildup of video games, mixed with the quantity of minutes he is been enjoying, had a task on this newest setback.
“It is lots of load for getting back from a again damage after which additionally the knee,” Simmons stated. “So I am glad I had this time to construct some muscle round it and we’ll work on it.”
Simmons stated he felt some discomfort in his calf throughout a 111-97 win over the Portland Trail Blazers on Nov. 27 after which once more throughout a 109-102 win over the Orlando Magic the next evening. He requested to come back out of the sport vs. Orlando within the first half and hasn’t returned to the ground since.
He stated that he will likely be extra cautious about his minutes shifting ahead, which may impression whether or not he performs each ends of upcoming back-to-backs.
“I feel we’re undoubtedly going to have a look at it loads totally different,” Simmons stated. “I do not know if it is measuring minutes, perhaps not back-to-backs, no matter it’s. I feel that is going to be a joint factor with the coaching workers and myself, and letting them know the way I am feeling.”
Simmons stated the continued knee and calf soreness is probably going associated to the again surgical procedure he had over the summer season.
“I feel it is all associated,” Simmons stated. “While you begin speaking about again accidents, you begin utilizing totally different muscle tissues, you wish to load and lean or no matter it’s. I feel all of them relate in some facet.”
Nets swingman Yuta Watanabe is hopeful to return this weekend as he continues to cope with a proper hamstring pressure. Watanabe has been out since scoring 16 factors in a 127-115 win over the Memphis Grizzlies on Nov. 20.
“I am getting higher,” Watanabe stated. “My hamstring is feeling good. “So hopefully I can play this weekend.”