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Head coach Brett Brown said Simmons, who last
played in a game on Feb. 22 because of a pinched nerve in his
back, is ready to play now.
"He's put in a tremendous amount of work for me to be able to
confidently say that," Brown said on a conference call with
reporters Wednesday afternoon.
"As you search for silver linings with this pandemic and the way
things have shaped up, it would be hard-pressed for me to find
something more obvious than this: It's enabled Ben to reclaim
his health. He's good to go, and we look forward to watching him
with what I'm told is effectively 100 percent health."
The Sixers play their first game since March 11 on Aug. 1
against the Indiana Pacers.
Fellow All-Star Joel Embiid should also be set for game action
in August, Brown said.
"There is nobody on our team that has put in more time than Joel
Embiid," Brown said. "Forget what he has actually done in the
gym for a minute, just go to the man hours and consecutive days
and the amount of days he has put in over the past few months.
I'm proud of him, I respect him. He needed to do it. We
understand the impact he can have on our team.
"... I'm looking for Joel to come in in as good of shape as he's
been in since I have coached him. I think the three weeks we
have together is an inverted sort of luxury we haven't had. I'm
excited for Jo to get back into this and show what he has been
doing the last few months."
--Field Level Media
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