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Nick FriedellESPN Staff Writer
- Nick Friedell is the Chicago Bulls bushed newsman for ESPN Chicago. Friedell is simply a postgraduate of the S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications astatine Syracuse University and joined ESPNChicago.com for its motorboat successful April 2009.
DALLAS -- Brooklyn Nets swingman Ben Simmons says helium volition play Monday nighttime against the Dallas Mavericks aft missing the past 4 games due to the fact that of near genu soreness.
"I consciousness great," Simmons said aft Monday's shootaround. "It took a fewer days to get immoderate rehab in, get it right. So I'm feeling great. ... I'll beryllium successful tonight. I deliberation I've got similar 20 minutes."
Simmons had an MRI connected the genu past week that came backmost clean, but helium had to get the genu drained and did not travel the Nets connected the archetypal 2 games of this roadworthy travel -- wins implicit the Washington Wizards and the Charlotte Hornets.
Simmons says helium believes that the genu issue, combined with rehabbing from offseason backmost surgery, has impacted his play aboriginal successful the season. Simmons enters Monday's crippled averaging 6.2 points, 6.5 rebounds, and 7.3 assists successful six games this season.
"I don't privation to marque that an excuse, but I had a swollen knee," Simmons said. "It is what it is, but it's taken attraction of now, truthful I'm gladsome I'm moving."
Simmons acknowledged that helium believes the genu contented is apt related to the backmost surgery.
"I deliberation overall, if you person thing you're doing connected your near side, it typically affects your close side," Simmons said. "I had a little close backmost injury, truthful it's astir apt a portion to it. But arsenic clip goes on, I request to enactment connected my spot successful presumption of near and close knee. And past evidently proceed to bash the enactment I've been doing connected my back."
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