Ben Simmons
Ben Simmons
Sixers announce that Ben Simmons is shut down for season
Published
Feb. 24, 2017 10:21 p.m. ET
Nate Scott
On Friday morning Philadelphia 76ers president of basketball operations and general manager Bryan Colangelo announced that No. 1 overall pick Ben Simmons would miss the entirety of his rookie season.
The team made the decision after doctors looked at a scan of Simmons' foot. The Australian wing has missed all of this regular season so far after fracturing the fifth metatarsal in his right foot during a preseason game for the Sixers.
"The scan indicated there's not full healing in the bone," Colangelo said.
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Simmons underwent the scan on Thursday, the same day the Sixers sent big man Nerlens Noel to the Dallas Mavericks in exchange for a protected first-round pick and Justin Anderson.
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