Ben Simmons Injury Adds to Philadelphia 76ers’ Pileup of Uncertainty

October 2nd, 2016 by Khalid Salaam Leave a reply »

This is bad.

Ben Simmons, the freshly minted No. 1 pick in the 2016 NBA draft and the advertised solution for reviving the comatose Philadelphia 76ers, fractured his foot at the team’s final training camp practice Friday night. Saturday, ESPN's Marc Stein reported Simmons will undergo surgery and miss approximately three months, a devastating blow for a team in desperate need of hope.

The Sixers won 10 games last year, ranked 29th in points scored per game and finished 28th in attendance. The goal entering this season wasn't to challenge for a playoff spot, but to earn respect and figure out what they have. This injury derails all of that.

This marks the fourth year in a row that the team has drafted a player who will miss significant time during his rookie year. In 2013, Nerlens Noel missed the entire year with a torn ACL. In 2014, Joel Embiid missed the year with a stress fracture in his right foot. Last year, Jahlil Okafor missed 23 games with a right knee meniscus tear.

Those injuries have clouded the Sixers' futu ...

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