[Charania] Nets say Ben Simmons is out for the remainder of the season while he consults with specialists and explores treatment options for the nerve impingement in his lower back

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1. This is a tiny aftershock compared to the Shams nuke that was the KAT tweet.

2. Biggest injury news of the day

3. His basketball career is over

4. Nets 100% saw the KAT news and used it to bury this headline

5. He’s done

6. He’s cooked

7. Most tremendous fall off I’ve ever seen from a sports player

8. Man what a massive waste of a talent

9. His career might be over

10. Least shocking news of the decade.

11. So tough. I think his career is just over at this point. He cannot sustain any playing time. Brandon Roy type beat. Sometimes it happens it sucks.

12. Copy paste tweet

13. It’s a shame where his career has gone, he was collecting so many accolades early on. 

14. I hope for his own good he’s done at this point. You don’t fuck around when you have back injuries.

15. Back injuries are a career killer. It’s been 3 years of this, it might be over for him

16. So teams are announcing all their injuries today I guess with the KAT news.

17. That hawks series really broke this man’s back, literally

18. I just hope dude’s back is fine after basketball at this point.

19. Ben Simmons is not a real basketball player. That guy is just a hoax at this point

20. Assuming this is it, what a disappointing career. Dude had a lot of unreached potential.

21. Dude is just finessing money. Once his contract is up end of next season he’s finished in the league.

22. The way back 2 back #1 overall picks in Simmons and Fultz’s careers have turned out is wild.

23. Poor guy. Had a career-ending injury and he’s the last to realize it.

24. OMG it’s time for him to retire. If he doesn’t want a buyout then Nets should trade his expiring contract for a draft pick by next February. But don’t bring back any more bad contracts. I suppose worst case is they keep him all next season then renounce his rights.

25. Good night Lightskin LeBron. You will be missed.

26. Honestly, I don’t care about his bball career anymore. I just hope he doesn’t have an injury that seriously affects his quality of life. Back injuries are nothing to fuck around with, and at this point it’s obvious that he’s genuinely not 100%

27. It’s crazy to me how much hate be gets for…being actually injured. Like he called his injury to get back surgery a year ago, as any normal person does, and now he’s been sitting out because he’s a diva…with a bad back injury that will likely take more surgery to hopefully fix.

    My sister in law just had neck surgery for a pinched nerve, and she’s “better” now, but still has pain. This stuff is no joke. Hope he can have a career again.