A new update on the Ben Simmons injury just dropped courtesy of Shams Charania.

76ers star Ben Simmons is progressing in rehab with lower back nerve impingement and will be re-evaluated in three weeks.

— Shams Charania (@ShamsCharania) March 11, 2020

Ben Simmons is progressing through rehab with a lower back nerve impingement and will be re-evaluated in three weeks.

Not the best news in the world but it shouldn’t surprise anyone.

Assuming that the report is accurate and everything goes as planned – this would mean Ben Simmons will be back roughly a week before the NBA Playoffs start on April 18th.

With Joel Embiid and Josh Richardson returning this week – the 76ers are in desperate need of a run to finish out the remaining 18 games this season.

It’s time to handle business until we are back at full strength for the playoffs. As I have always said – you don’t want to face a healthy 76ers team in the playoffs, no matter the seed.