On April 25, Beijing time, the 2021-22 NBA playoffs continued. Earlier today, the Nets officially revealed that Simmons will not play tomorrow in the Fourth Round of the Nets' and Celtics' series. In this series, the Nets are currently 3-0 behind the Celtics.
Subsequently, the US media broke the specific inside story that Simmons would not return. Both the Nets and Simmons were reportedly expected to return to G4, but after yesterday's training session, Simmons said his back pain had recurred earlier today, and the two sides agreed that Simmons would not return if he continued to be absent.
It's worth mentioning that if the Nets continue to lose tomorrow, they will be swept out by the Celtics, and Simmons will be for the audience the whole time in the process. On August 24, 2020, Simmons tweeted: "Watching my team get swept out hurts me and I don't want to feel that way again." ”
Simmons' tweet comes in the first round of the 2020 playoffs, when the 76ers were eliminated by the Celtics 0-4, and Simmons did not play in the series due to injuries. So after the 76ers were eliminated, Simmons tweeted.
Interestingly, under Simmons' tweet, the brightest comment came from a fan who wrote, "Join the Nets, so it won't happen again!" "I'm afraid no one could have imagined that this fan's comment at that time actually became a god prophecy. In a big deal earlier this year, Simmons actually made his way to the Nets.
It is worth mentioning that since Simmons was sure that he would not play in the G4, he has been criticized and ridiculed by many media people. Reggie Miller bluntly said that Simmons was not competitive, famous journalist Bill Simmons mocked him for the possibility of a comeback at G7 or G8, and Perkins tweeted: "Simmons officially completed the biggest robbery in NBA history, he really missed a whole season!" ”